Aikido is fun and stimulates your health. You gradually discover what ‘Ki’ is; you become aware of this flow of energy the longer you train. By keeping in touch and ‘staying in your centre’, you learn to neutralise an attack instead of injuring your attacker. Aikido is fascinating to experience. In our dojo we practice aikido under the guidance of Dick Willems Sensei and following the example of Shihan Erik Louw.

In bujitsu, the effectiveness of the techniques is paramount: it is about winning a fight. In this, the opponent can lose his life or suffer injury. In budo, which also includes aikido, overcoming the opponent is no longer central. In budo, the real opponent is yourself, you practice budo with the aim of making yourself a better person. Aikido is therefore primarily a path to personal development. Aikido can therefore not really be called a sport. There are also no competitions in aikido.