We are a non-profit school in Sugar Land, Texas (Southwest Houston) dedicated to exploring the principles of coordinating mind and body in daily life.
Come join us at the Safety America Martial Arts Center featuring an air-conditioned facility with over 2000 sq ft of tatami mat space.
We have classes every Monday and Thursday evening and on Saturday mornings.
Aikido is a non-violent, defense-oriented martial art in which the force of the attacker is redirected. The purpose of Aikido on a practical level is to remove the aggression from a situation and render the attack harmless without causing serious injury.
The word "ai-ki-do" in Japanese kanji allows many layers of meaning from the esoteric "Way of Spiritual Harmony" to the mundane "Method of Energy Coordination". Aikido is a discipline for unifying mind and body in daily life...
Ki is an old Japanese word which does not translate easily into English. It is used in many common Japanese idiomatic phrases where it conveys a meaning of spirit, energy, power, or air. There is an old connection between spirit and breath (air) related to the Chinese word Chi (or Qi) and to the Hindu word Prana. This older meaning of Ki as being a term for the life force (breath) and natural power within us and within all things is how we use the term here...
Let us have a universal spirit that loves and protects all creation and helps all things grow and develop." -- Koichi Tohei
06/06/2009
Congratulations to all of our students in the Aikido for Kids class on completing another successful year!
05/12/2009
Midland Ki Federation is pleased to announce their Ki-Aikido Summer Seminar 2009 with Koichi Kashiwaya Sensei and Pietro Maida Sensei.
