{"id":1328,"date":"2016-12-01T10:22:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T18:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aikidosanluisobispo.com\/?page_id=1328"},"modified":"2022-10-17T16:45:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T23:45:51","slug":"adult-aikido-classes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aikidosanluisobispo.com\/?page_id=1328","title":{"rendered":"About Adult Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>&#8220;Aikido For Everyone&#8221; Classes\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><strong>Principles, strategies, and hands-on techniques from the Japanese martial art of Aikido.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Classes open with breath-oriented stretches and solo movements, followed by partner practices of Aikido\u2019s defensive techniques. Partner training is non-competitive.<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Beginners and\u00a0Blackbelts alike are\u00a0guided to move in ways that strengthen core muscles, improve balance and groundedness, and coordinate mind\/body\/spirit to a powerful centered whole.\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #333399;\">You can enter this class at any time.\u00a0Training is customized for each person&#8217;s practice level\u00a0&#8211; Beginner through Blackbelt.<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #4298f5;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Aikido For Everyone<\/em> classes are conducted by Mary Tesoro Sensei, 5th degree blackbelt. She has taught Aikido and self defense locally, nationally and internationally for more than 35 years. If you have questions or concerns you may contact her at sensei@aikidoslo.com or (805) 544-8866.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #4298f5;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Never done Aikido?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #03658f;\"><b><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is the place to start! \u00a0We invite you to come learn Aikido in a\u00a0safe,\u00a0supportive environment.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #03658f;\" href=\"https:\/\/aikidosanluisobispo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MG_3601-Version-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-698 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/aikidosanluisobispo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MG_3601-Version-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_3601 - Version 2\" width=\"156\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Learn Aikido techniques and foundational skills in a step-by-step, helpful, non-judgmental training environment.<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Practice getting out of the way of strikes or grabs.<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Learn to move gracefully, increase balance, alignment, and groundedness<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Start applying basic locks, pins, and throws to neutralize aggression.<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Become more flexible\u00a0and\u00a0powerful as you learn to\u00a0blend, flow, and use balance\u00a0and\u00a0gravity in new,\u00a0exciting ways.<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Clothing \/ Uniforms:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Beginners may wear loose, comfortable clothes (long pants, sleeved top) for their first months of training. You are also welcome to purchase and wear a uniform right away if you prefer.\u00a0 The Aikido uniform is white, and is called a <em>dogi<\/em>, or, more commonly a <em>gi<\/em>.\u00a0 Call or email Sensei (teacher) at anytime to discuss uniforms.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Aikido is done in bare feet on mats. If having bare feet is an issue for you, speak with the Sensei (teacher) about wearing soft tabi.<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #4298f5;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Have Previous Aikido Experience?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><\/b><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Train more complexly, deeply, and intensely. \u00a0<\/strong><strong>Practice more complex movements and techniques,\u00a0improve foundational skills, l<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-957 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/aikidosanluisobispo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cropped-474422_10150661125329165_1392186277_o1-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"cropped-474422_10150661125329165_1392186277_o1.jpg\" width=\"321\" height=\"128\" \/>earn to apply techniques in new situations and further develop the ability to<\/strong>:<\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Move offline and blend with increasingly complex strikes or grabs;<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Take ukemi more\u00a0spontaneously and naturally<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Increase your knowledge\u00a0of locks, pins, throws, and releases;<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Move\u00a0with greater flexibility, coordination, timing, balance, flow, and use gravity and third point;<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Use more speed, precision, power, and modulation.<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">With experience, Aikido practitioners are able to\u00a0become more skillful at modulating the application of a technique by learning to\u00a0<em>feel<\/em>\u00a0what they are doing and how their partner is responding (somatic awareness) from moment to moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">As well-seasoned practitioners\u00a0know,\u00a0A<em>ikido is a process, not a goal.\u00a0<\/em>Since the\u00a0aim of Aikido\u00a0is\u00a0to neutralize aggression with the least force and harm possible, part of the challenge of developing highly skillful Aikido is to\u00a0avoid getting hooked by\u00a0the common egoic goal of winning\u00a0(being strongest or fastest, being better than others, being invulnerable, etc). Avoiding this hook results in a\u00a0much more sophisticated and powerful skill level.\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Rank\u00a0Promotions\u00a0and Affiliation:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Official Aikido rank is awarded to Aikido students by Tesoro Sensei, Dojo Cho\/Chief Instructor of Aikido of San Luis Obispo,\u00a0through the California Aikido Association Division Two (headed by Michael Friedl Shihan, successor to Frank Doran Shihan), a worldwide organization directly affiliated with Aikikai Hombu Dojo \/ Aikido World Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Chief Instructor:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Mary Tesoro, Godan (5th Degree Black Belt) has trained continuously in Aikido since 1982. She and Tom Elliott Sensei founded Aikido of San Luis Obispo in 1987. Together and separately, they have instructed thousands of\u00a0Aikido students, many who have gone on to become teachers.\u00a0Tesoro&#8217;s\u00a0primary teacher is Frank Doran Shihan.\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Aikido For Everyone&#8221; Classes\u00a0 Principles, strategies, and hands-on techniques from the Japanese martial art of Aikido.\u00a0 Classes open with breath-oriented stretches and solo movements, followed by partner practices of Aikido\u2019s defensive techniques. Partner training is non-competitive. 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