Description: ARV was established in 1997 as a traditional Aikido Dojo, committed to teaching and promoting the martial art of Aikido as a way of life. Our Dojo is open seven days a week, offering classes for adults and children. We teach empty-hand Aikido, Aiki-weapons, and Zen meditation (eiryuji.com). Aikido is a non-competitive martial art, based
Aikido of Ramapo Valley
Ai2 homepage zabutons IMG_4379-1280x720A ARV was established in 1997 as a traditional Aikido Dojo, committed to teaching and promoting the martial art of Aikido as a way of life. Our Dojo is open seven days a week, offering classes for adults and children. We teach empty-hand Aikido, Aiki-weapons, and Zen meditation ( eiryuji.com ).
Aikido is a non-competitive martial art, based on the principle of merging with an attacker, redirecting the energy, and skillfully leading conflict to a peaceful resolution. Developing the ability to blend with an incoming force requires the cultivation of awareness, mind-body-spirit unification, and deep observation. Through learning how to harmonize with an attack and diffuse it, we learn how to harmonize and be one with life itself. The path of Aikido aims towards letting go of the resistive pattern, co