A school in Topeka, KS offering Aikido, Kyusho Jitsu, and Women's Self-Defense classes. We take a modern approach to traditional martial arts.
BG Academy of Martial Arts offers a variety of activities including, but are not limited to Aikido, Kyusho Jitsu, Women's Self-Defense, ground fighting, and Systema. The academy is owned by Brian Gillaspie. He currently holds the rank of Nidan (2nd degree black belt) in Aikido under Sensei Gary Boaz of the Independent Aikido Alliance. He also holds the rank of Shodan (1st degree black belt) in Kyu
10/01/2020
After a long break I am ready to start training and teaching again. I will start some small private classes after Thanksgiving. Let me know if you are interested in training and I will provide more info within the next several weeks.
08/29/2017
Hopefully the time never comes. But if it does, do you have the skills to become "powerful and relentless". Training resumes on September 11th at the Garfield Community Center. Let me know if you're interested in training with us.
Just an update...classes are currently on hold at least a few more weeks. I see an orthopedic hand specialist on July 24 and will have a better idea at that time of when classes will start again.
04/24/2017
Spent the day in Wichita training with some of my favorite people.
03/03/2017
The longer I train both Kyusho and Aikido the more I see them working together. With that in mind, beginning April 1, Aikido classes will run from 7:00-9:00 instead of 7:30-9:00. Classes will still be on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. This change will give us a dedicated segment during each class to study Kyusho and learn how these points can be used within Aikido.
02/25/2017
By continuously portraying, and referring to, sexual predators as monsters and demons, we conger up a certain image. This image is misleading and causes us to lose sight of the human element of the perpetrator.
The problem and danger with this, is that victims are caught off guard when the perpetrator is their father, their grandfather, their uncle, their brother, their cousin, their neighbor, their coach, their teacher, their acquaintance or their friend.
~ Julie Werhnyak
Class will start at 7:30 this evening. We will not hold the 6:30 class today.
No classes this evening. Enjoy the night off and get prepared to come back next week and start off training in 2017.
12/25/2016
Merry Christmas!!!
The academy is celebrating Christmas together this evening so no classes tonight. Enjoy this advice from Master Ken to make up for not training today. 😀
A recap of training and events in 2016.
There is some good stuff in here. I believe atemi is a big part of aikido and is something that must be practiced while training.