VIRTUAL
DOJO
Aloha! Welcome to the HILO SEISHIKAN AIKIDO VIRTUAL
DOJO. We
are an independent aikido club located in beautiful Hilo, Hawai`i. Aikido is a relatively new and modern budo,
founded by Morihei Ueshiba-sensei in the 1920s.
The word “aikido” may be translated to mean “the way of harmony with
ki.” Our style of aikido is “O-Shima Ryu
Aikido,” or “Big Island Style Aikido.”
The name “Seishikan” means “the place to come to develop the will to be
honest, sincere, and righteous” through training in aikido.
The
focus of our aikido is “total self-defense,” which includes mental, emotional,
psychological, in addition to physical self-defense. Our practice sessions are primarily based on
defending oneself in the case of a physical attack and the application of
self-defense to aspects of daily life.
By learning to fall without getting injured, one learns to protect
himself against injury in many real life situations. Training hard and getting in physical shape
helps defend oneself against injury and illness. Extending ki, focusing, and gaining awareness
makes it possible for one to defend himself in many daily life situations –
driving, playing, eating, fighting, studying, working – just about everything! Discipline, learning to do that which you
“should” do and not necessarily what you “want” to do, helps to defend oneself
against making wrong decisions.
There
is no competition in our aikido. We do
not believe that competition spurs the kind of results we plan to see in our
students. There are winners and losers
in competition. In Hilo Seishikan Aikido
everyone is a winner!
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HILO
SEISHIKAN AIKIDO
O-Shima Ryu
Hilo, Hawai`i
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