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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