At the Aiki Arts Center we believe that martial arts training should help you develop not only practical self-defense skills but the capacity to navigate all of life’s challenges with greater clarity, serenity, adaptability, and grace.
Aikido is especially well-suited to this goal, because Aikido’s approach to neutralizing physical attacks involves cultivating a calm, grounded, spontaneous responsiveness that’s equally valuable in non-violent contexts.
The Aiki Arts Center is a friendly and supportive training community. Our practice is vigorous, intense, and full of play. Beginners are welcome at all of our classes, and receive one-on-one guidance from senior students. We are an LGBTQ-friendly dojo.
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Please feel free to contact us with any questions, or show up at any class to begin training! Your first class is free.
We’re located at 2525 Eighth Street in Berkeley (near Dwight Way), in Studio 12.
For more about our philosophy and our approach to Aikido, see this interview with our co-founder Nick Walker Sensei.