Not at all. Ai­ki­do uses mo­ti­on se­quen­ces that are “built into” our bo­dies. The foun­der of Ai­ki­do wan­ted to make his art a gift to all peo­p­le on earth. That’s why our phi­lo­so­phy is to be pa­ti­ent with stu­dents and to teach them pa­ti­ence. Our ol­dest stu­dent was 80 ye­ars old when he star­ted, wi­t­hout any ex­pe­ri­ence in any mar­ti­al art.

You au­to­ma­ti­cal­ly be­co­me ath­le­tic with trai­ning. So just try it out.

We at­tach gre­at im­portance to be­ing he­alt­hi­er af­ter a trai­ning ses­si­on than be­fo­re. That’s why we all only do as much as we can, or as much as is ap­pro­pria­te for our phy­si­cal con­di­ti­on.

Long sweat­pants and a T‑shirt, pre­fer­a­b­ly long-slee­ved. We also train bare­foot, so if that’s too cold, you’­re wel­co­me to wear socks. But you usual­ly warm up quick­ly.

The first tri­al trai­ning ses­si­ons are free. Af­ter th­ree to four ses­si­ons, you should have a good sen­se of whe­ther you want to join us per­ma­nent­ly. If you want to try it out for a lon­ger pe­ri­od of time, you can purcha­se a ten-ti­cket pass for €25.

Mem­ber­ship cos­ts €25 for adults and €15 for young peo­p­le, stu­dents, un­em­ploy­ed in­di­vi­du­als, com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice workers, and app­ren­ti­ces. Re­du­ced fees are also available for fa­mi­lies.

With plea­su­re.

A tri­al ses­si­on is in­te­gra­ted into the nor­mal trai­ning, only that you are ac­com­pa­nied by an ex­pe­ri­en­ced Ai­ki­do­ka. A trai­ning ses­si­on be­g­ins with a gree­ting ri­tu­al, fol­lo­wed by a warm-up. Va­rious tech­ni­ques are then de­mons­tra­ted, which the stu­dents then prac­ti­se with al­ter­na­ting part­ners. The ses­si­on ends with the clo­sing ri­tu­al.