Kakushi Toride is a non-traditional aikido dojo in Los Angeles, CA and Boca Raton, FL
Aikido classes are taught with the Aiki-Lab training model.
Our dojo offers a non-traditional aikido training developed to bring a student to a more profound experience of what we believe the Founder intended. Rather than the typical technique emulation teaching format, our training is based on an understanding of the nature of attack. Once the nature of attack is understood from a physical and, more importantly, a spiritual perspective, even beginners can
11/10/2019
Hi All!
Corky will be back teaching a one-day pop-up Aiki-Lab seminar, "The Physics of Intention in Aikido," at the wonderful South Austin Aikido dojo on Saturday, November 23, from 1:30-5pm! Please join us for practice!!
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08/09/2019
On youtube:
Aiki-Lab - about Nikyo Many aikido practitioners have been fooled into thinking that because the energy flow from an overhand grab can be channeled back against the limits of a hum...
03/08/2019
Corky Quakenbush speaking at SXSW today, Aiki-Lab Seminar Saturday, March 9, South Austin Aikido Dojo
How Beneficent Intention Can Help Eradicate Violence SXSW 2019 Schedule | In today’s interconnected world, reasons to experience fear are easily found with just a click of one’s remote, phone, or computer. Our perceptions of fear and threat from the mundane (“What! Who finished my ice cream!?”), to the life-threatening, are hard-wired defense ...
02/20/2019
Aiki-Lab 2019: "Pressure testing" in a meaningful way Though there are many non-martial aspects of aikido that are beneficial, many practitioners might agree that if one's practice is not practical during a real...
02/17/2019
Please join me for an afternoon in Ausitn, TX March 9, 2019 at South Austin Aikido.
In this clip we explore how replacing automatic defense intentions with the intention that all benefit reveals the attack nature of common control techniques.
Aiki-Lab 2019: Austin, TX one day seminar March 9, 2019 Please join me on the afternoon of Saturday, March 9, 2019 at South Austin Aikido dojo for an exploration into takemusu aiki, spontaneously manifesting aikid...
02/12/2019
Corky will be teaching as part of the SXSW conference on March 7, 11am-1pm. See you in AUSTIN!
How Beneficence Eradicates Violence SXSW 2019 Schedule | In our current times, fear is abundant. Humans’ hardwired defense responses to the perceptions of threat are often involuntary and unconscious. But, our evolution in consciousness shows us that these often unwanted responses can be transcended by re-programming our neural circ...
02/03/2019
2019 Aiki-Lab Spring Equinox Seminar - Ft Lauderdale, FL - preview 1 Please join me for an exploration into takemusu aiki, the spontaneous emergence of aikido without preconceived form: Friday, March 22 - Sunday, March 24, 201...
07/14/2018
A warm thank you to all our European friends and hosts, plus an announcement for Corky's Los Angeles dojo residency practice and AIKI-LAB pop-up seminar this August, 2018. P.M. for info and details. Private lessons and coaching also available.
06/21/2018
THIS SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN LIEGE, BELGIUM JUNE 22-25
Aikilab Master Class | Aiki Focus Center asbl Aikilab Master Class Aikilab Master Class with Corky Quakenbush Sensei What is “Aikilab”? The Aikilab teaching system isn’t a new style of Aikido but a particular kind of listening to yourself and the attacker that enables Takemusu Aikido, in the sense of Sunadamori Sensei, Aikido that spontan...