Youth Aikido

The Jikishinkan Youth Program offers classes for students ages 6-13.

Classes are structured around ki development exercises, rolling (ukemi), and aikido games. Basic techniques (kihon waza) are taught with an especially strong emphasis on basic body movements (tai sabaki), breaking grips, and developing confidence and awareness (zanshin). Self-awareness is a key aspect of our children’s program: all students are expected to know their name, age, home address, other personal information, how to scream for help, and general rules of safety (e.g., not getting into cars with strangers) for their first promotion.

Older children (ages 10-13) incorporate greater focus on executing kihon-waza, developing zanshin, timing and spacing, learning applied technique (oyo waza), and how to avoid potentially dangerous or violent situations.

For Youth class times and program fees please refer to our schedule page.