Combative Aikido has its roots in traditional Aikido where the concept is to use your attacker's energy against him. The difference now is that more modern realistic training methods have been added to make the art easier to learn and practical for today's self-defense purposes.

   In the traditional sense, Aikido is more of an energy learning experience. For example, you will learn to use your opponents energy against him by developing a sense on how to manipulate it. If you were to travel to Japan and train Iwama Aikido or at the Hombudojo, you would find two very different training methods.

We at Martial Arts Unlimited are more into modernizing martial arts to make them practice and yet not abandon what the founder was trying to accomplish. In order to accomplish this, we incorporated more aliveness training and realism into our techniques.

Therefore, learning Aikido from Martial Arts Unlimited means learning a philosophy of combat. As a beginner student, you will learn joint locks, throws, and immobilizations in rough form but in a way that will make it practical. As you enter Phase II of your training (intermediate level/blue belt), we will then begin showing you a more graceful traditional method of Aikido.

By combing the two concepts, students will grasp the reason of why we place "combative" in the name. For more information, please contact a qualified instructor today.