Aiki Arts Center

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Aiki Arts Center Aikido: The Art of Peace. We are an independent queer-friendly Aikido dojo in Berkeley, CA.

New adult aikido students train free all month in October, and we have a week to go. You can get to know our head instru...
10/25/2026

New adult aikido students train free all month in October, and we have a week to go. You can get to know our head instructor, Nick Walker Sensei, with this awesome podcast interview.

Somatic grace under fire

We have five Mondays in November, and will make them a Beginner Series focusing on Jo Kata 2. Much like Jo Kata 1, it ha...
10/23/2026

We have five Mondays in November, and will make them a Beginner Series focusing on Jo Kata 2.

Much like Jo Kata 1, it has twenty-two moves and can be practiced solo or with a partner.

More information here:
https://aikiarts.com/video-jo-kata-2/

See you at the dojo.

Aiki Arts Center instructors Alan Hodges Sensei and Steve Tomich Sensei created this instructional video on the second 22-move jo kata we practice in our dojo. That’s Alan Sensei demonstrating the kata, and Steve Sensei attacking him during the partner ... Read more

“It is high time for the living to get tough, for toughness is indispensable in the struggle to safeguard and develop th...
10/21/2026

“It is high time for the living to get tough, for toughness is indispensable in the struggle to safeguard and develop the life-force; this will not detract from their goodness, as long as they stand courageously by the truth.”

- Wilhelm Reich

Thank you for supporting Zoe in moving up to 1st kyu. They have been training for ten years, since childhood.
10/18/2026

Thank you for supporting Zoe in moving up to 1st kyu. They have been training for ten years, since childhood.

We are pleased to share that Thursday, October 15 is family day. That means parents and siblings age 7 and up can join u...
10/12/2026

We are pleased to share that Thursday, October 15 is family day.

That means parents and siblings age 7 and up can join us for practice. It's a chance for your kids to show what they are learning.

The class will be light and playful - hope you can make it.

New interview with Nick Walker Sensei, conducted by Jon Di Luca on the "Ki to the City" aikido podcast!
10/08/2026

New interview with Nick Walker Sensei, conducted by Jon Di Luca on the "Ki to the City" aikido podcast!

Somatic grace under fire

We are pleased to share that a student moved up to purple stripe level today (10b). It was a fun and focused class.
10/02/2026

We are pleased to share that a student moved up to purple stripe level today (10b). It was a fun and focused class.

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2525 8th Street, Studio 12
Berkeley, CA
94710

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+15107764341

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