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Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art form that has earned international notoriety for its beauty and the skills required of its practitioners. Because Capoeira requires a combination of dance, acrobatics and fighting skill, those who play must go beyond developing physical strength to cultivate endurance, flexibility, and intuition. The music capoeiristas play and sing themselves provides the rhythm for games while players create a dialogue of movements. The appeal of the game and its philosophy is so widespread that it is now practiced around the world. Because Capoeira was practiced in secret for many years, its definitive origins remain elusive. Most researchers agree that Capoeira emerged among African slaves in Brazil in the 16 th and 17 th centuries as a means of fight training. Unlike slave masters in the northern hemisphere, masters in Brazil permitted slaves to sing and dance. Eventually, slave masters began to feel threatened by the slaves' games and the fight is believed to have been hidden in dance and instruments aided in this camouflage. The beauty its players created in the "roda" (or circle) allowed the game to survive. After slavery's abolition in 1888, Capoeira was outlawed until the 1930s because it had become a lethal martial art. Once these laws were repealed, the Brazilian government recognized Capoeira as Brazil's only truly national sport.
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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and specially ground fighting with the goal of gaining a dominant position and using joint-locks and choke holds to force an opponent to submit. The art was based on early 20th Century Kodokan Judo, which was itself then a recently developed system (founded in 1882), based on multiple schools (or Ryu) of Japanese Jujutsu. One of the most important aspects of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is that it promotes the principle that a smaller, weaker person using leverage and proper technique can successfully defend themselves against a bigger, stronger assailant. BJJ can be trained for self defense, sport grappling tournament (gi and no-gi submission wrestling) and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) competition.
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The arts of the Samuarai and Ninja warriors come from the battlefields of Japan. At the core of these centuries old martial arts is taijutsu , the art or skill of using one’s body. It includes punching, kicking, throwing, locks and holds, and ways to recover safely from locks, holds, throws and falls. It is a very complete system. Our training in weapons includes long and short edged weapons, flexible weapons, stick weapons, projectiles, and combinations of these basic categories.
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Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu is a traditional Japanese martial art transmitted for generations within the Takeda family of the Aizu domain, and disclosed to the general public by Takeda Sokaku starting around the end of the 19th century. The main line of this tradition was inherited by Takeda Sokaku's son, Takeda Tokimune, who then passed it on to Kondo Katsuyuki. Kondo Katsuyuki is the only individual to have received the menkyo kaiden (license of full transmission) from Takeda Tokimune, and as such continues as the leader of the Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu tradition today.
Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu is a form of jujutsu, a system of unarmed fighting and minor weapons techniques to defeat both armed and unarmed opponents. It is noted, as the name suggests, for emphasizing the principles of aiki (some aspects of aiki are also referred to as kuzushi). The Daito-ryu technical tradition includes both jujutsu and aikijujutsu, but a clear distinction is made between the two and the emphasis is strongly on the latter.
From ancient times the admonishment to "attack where the opponent has been unbalanced" has been a fundamental axiom of Asian martial arts. In Daito-ryu, the principle of "how to unbalance the opponent" is referred to as aiki, and a great many of the tradition's oral transmissions and secret teachings pertain to the various aspects of aiki.
Today, Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu is a cultural heritage of the Japanese warrior class with a long history and tradition. It was developed as a means of self-defense against unprovoked violence, with the ultimate aim of neutralizing violence, not causing it. This is one of the reasons why Daito-ryu relies on using forms (kata) to train in the art, but does not include any kind of competitive matches. Further, as a classical Japanese martial art, Daito-ryu goes beyond mere self-defense, offering the way to temper one's body and spirit, with the aim of developing personal character and contributing to the greater social good.
Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu holds the regular membership in the Association of Japanese Traditional Martial Arts (Nihon Kobudo Kyokai) and the Association for the Promotion of Japanese Traditional Martial Arts (Nihon Kobudo Shinkokai). Each year the leaders and representatives of the school participate in Japan's premier martial arts demonstrations, held at the Nippon Budokan, Asakusa Riverside Sports Center, Meiji Shrine, Itsukushima Shrine, and other locations throughout Japan. |
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The ultimate strength and conditioning class using weights and body weight. Sculpt and define every inch of the body. Build strength, endurance, power, and improve balance all in one workout.
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For those interested in any of our classes. We offer a one on one free introductory class for first timers. Or you can join us in any of our regular classes. Please call in advance.
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Private training and personal body conditioning classes are available upon request.
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