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Aikido: More Than Just a Martial Art
Join our community in Antigonish to explore Aikido, enhance your fitness and learn self-defense.
Peter MacLean started Aikido in Antigonish in 1982 and continues to teach to this day. He is a highly respected instructor in the Canadian Aikido community.
Aikido focuses on blending (ai) with a partner and redirecting their energy to neutralize attacks. All movement in Aikido has its origin in the centre of the body (hara). It is here that one possesses their inner energy, or ki. In Aikido, one learns the way (do) to direct their ki to blend with another. Aikido literally means, "the Way of Harmonizing Energy", although it is often translated also as "the Way of Peace"
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