Genshinkan Aikido of Manhattan

A new year has begun: As we push through this quasi tundra of the winter, we focus on peace and the warmth of training. 🕊️

Progress comes to those who seek to peel back the infinite layers of aikido.

Moments like these are about pushing your way forward towards harmony.

Happy Lunar New Year to you and all your loved ones. Enter the Wood Dragon! The wood element represents vitality and creativity, as well as steadiness, honesty, generosity, and calmness. Focusing on these representations in aikido training would only enrich a student’s path.

#🐉 #🐲 #🧧 #🎍

Together we’re dedicated to commitment.

We train to deepen our understanding, to connect with our community, and - most importantly - to strive towards being better people.

When you train, train with the purpose of connecting. Connecting not only for an instantaneous moment of an attack, but rather for a dedicated and continual connection to peace.

Aikido … an art that gives a cosmos of physical and spiritual lessons designed to enrich a student’s life. For those that train … we do have a responsibility - a debt - to not only persist, but to strongly rebel against the obstacles and challenges that we face year after year. We train because we love to, but we also train out of responsibility to honor those who’ve devoted their lives to the art before us, and those to come after us.

Preserve art and honor. Ensure Aikido’s longevity for a multitude of future generations, by finding a way to train and build the communities we’re blessed with.

Photo from a recent Children’s Workshop

We push when we train … we push to be better people. And, hopefully along that journey we experience plenty of joy.

We train to be better people. And, hopefully along that journey we experience plenty of joy.

In 2024 we will remain resolute as a community intent on training for peace. We wish you and all your loved ones a Happy New Year.