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Welcome to the Aiki Dojo web site!

My goal is to provide you with useful information about aikido and related martial arts.

www.Aikidojo.info is located in Prague, Czech Republic.

I am associated with the Bohemia Aikikai and am affiliated with the Aikido Hombu Dojo, Tokyo, Japan, through our association with Shoji Nishio Sensei, 8th Dan and his student, Ichiro Shishiya Sensei, 6th Dan.

My friends and I teach and practice at the Aikido Renmei Dojo of Prague. You can find details about our classes on our Contact Us page

This page is also now the official English web page for the Bohemia Aikikai. To see the original BA site in Czech click here:Bohemia Aikikai (CZ). To find out more about the Bohemia Aikikai, have a look at our testing standards page.

At this site, you will discover information about Shoji Nishio Sensei’s aikido style, other schools of aikido, daito ryu aikijujutsu, iaido and swords, an aikido FAQ, and other related martial arts.

Check out our extensive links pages and the student handbook that can be used for teaching the basic background information necessary for new students.

In the future, I will be adding even more to the existing book reviews, news, essays, seminar announcements and reviews, pictures and video clips of various martial arts teachers from my travels to stages around the world.

Feel free to browse around this site. If you have comments or questions about our aikido site, or simply need more information and want to contact me, click on the e-mail link on any page within this site or use the guest book.

If you would like to train at our dojo, please see the details on the “Contact Us” page

Thanks for visiting! Larry Kwolek, www.aikidojo.info mail: webmaster.

”Saru mo ki kara ochiru.”
(“Even a monkey can fall out of his tree”)

!! Our Dojo ~ Aikido Renmei!!

Latest Update:

20 April 2008:

News:

• There will be no classes in the Prague Renmei dojo 22 - 25 April due to the seminar with Shishiya Sensei
• There is a new Nishio style aikido dojo now in Moscow, the Nishio Budo club - YUFUKAN. You can find their web site here.

Upcoming Seminars of Interest -

• 23. - 27. 04. 2008 - Ichiro Shishiya sensei, 6. Dan - Hradec Králové, Czech Republic -- This will be an excellent Nishio style aikido seminar by one of Japan’s leading  teachers. Shishiya-san teaches aikido in Tokyo and around Europe  (Invitation.pdf
• 10. 5. 2008 - Jirka Marek, 4. Dan - Pardubice
• 31. 5. 2008 - Jirka Marek, 4. Dan - Plzeň
• 7.- 8. 6. 2008 - Jirka Marek, 4. Dan - Rytro, Poland
• 7. 6. 2008 - Simona Černá & Petr Hvězda, 3. Dan - Plzeň
• 2.- 6. 7. 2008 - Koji Yoshida sensei, 7. Dan - Hradec Králové ( Eng-Info.pdf)
• Ichiro Shishiya sensei, 6. Dan - Hradec Králové 15.- 19. 11. 2008
• More seminars at the Bohemia Aikikai Seminar Page

New Web sites of Interest -

• Takashi Kuroki - Nishio Budo (aikido) in Kiev, Ukraine
• "Facing Multiple Attackers? Styles, Attributes and Strategies for Successful Self-defense", By Brad Parker
• Medieval Sword Fighting - School web site in Germany and a cool video of their practice. (And the Master instructor is Pavel Soza, a Czech! :-))
• “The Naked Warrior - Master the Secrets of the Super-Strong - Using Body Weight Exercises Only” by Pavel Tsatsouline
• Lessons in Iai-do - "The Iai-bu of the Hawaii Kendo Federation compiled a photo journal of iai-do instructions to share with other students.  The photos are captioned with key points of each movement."

New Book Recommendation -

"Aikibatto: Sword Exercises for Aikido Students" by Stefan Stenudd Stefan has published a new book on aikibatto, the sword (and jo) exercise system he is teaching.
In addition to what's on the website, he has written some new chapters - about the spiritual aspects and practical fundamentals of the sword arts, about equipment, and about the pedagogical ideas and intentions of aikibatto.
I have studied with Stefan a long time and find his training and teaching skills exceptional and I am sure this book will be equally impressive.
The videos on his website, though, he has had to exclude :-)

New Classes Scheduled in Prague

All classes are now held in the Klamovka dojo

Dojo - TJ Sokol Košíre
Praha 5 - Klamovka
(See a map here)
 

To come from the Andel metro - tram numbers 7, 9, 4, 10 to stop - “Klamovka.”
Bus numbers 132, 149, 191 a 217 - Klamovka
Bus numbers 149, 191, 217 - Nad Klamovkou

Spring Class Schedule in Prague

Weekday	Dojo	Class Schedule	Level	Instructor
Monday:		No classes
Tuesday:	TJ Sokol Košíre	2000-2130 hrs.	Aikido	Simona Cerna
Wednesday:	TJ Sokol Košíre	2000-2130 hrs.	Aikido + weapons	Jiri Marek
Thursday:	TJ Sokol Košíre	2000-2130 hrs.	Aikido	Larry Kwolek
Friday:		No classes

Shishiya Sensei with some students of Aikido Renmei, Prague

Our largest seminar of the year: Ichiro Shishiya Sensei, Nishio Aikido and Aiki-Toho-Iaido, 6. Dan,  16.- 20. 11. 2005, Jičín, CZ (CZ info, ENG info ) BA was very successful with over 190 participants over the five days.