Welcome to the virtual home of Aiki Extensions.
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ACTION
Extending aiki principles and methods to novel training sites beyond the dojo, problem situations, and areas of conflict.
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COLLABORATION
Enhancing communication within the world community of Aikido practitioners, and working with like-minded colleagues outside the dojo.
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EXPLORATION
Promoting the application of Aiki principles and practices in the world, and understanding and appreciating their impacts.
Using Aikido principles to build a better world.
Aiki Extensions (AE) is dedicated to extending Aikido to address the challenges and conflicts people encounter in everyday life, and to enhancing every human endeavor and field of activity through Aiki. To these ends we sponsor programs, connect an international network of practitioners, provide Support & Seed Grants for Aiki-based projects, and promote Aikido around the world.
Aiki Extensions applies aiki principles in a wide range of areas. While the principles are constant, the ways in which they are applied within a particular domain are varied and often innovative.
EXPLORE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
Extending Aiki into Your Work
Aikido’s emphasis on remaining calm in the face of conflict or danger, embracing the challenges of stepping outside one’s comfort zone in order to learn, and guiding partners to a mutually beneficial solution make it an ideal practice to be successful in work and leadership. Bringing Aikido practice or principles into how you earn your living is the focus here.
Extending Aiki into Your Life
In addition to the physical health benefits of regular aikido practice, aiki principles can help us find calm, balance, and focus in the midst of trauma and stress.
Aikido’s effective yet non-destructive techniques and its focus on centering and mindfulness make it an ideal tool for law enforcement officers and an effective adjunct to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Applying Aikido practice or principles to your self development journey is the focus here.
Connecting You with the Global Aikido Community
Aiki Extensions provides a place for people doing aiki extending work around the world to meet, share ideas and connect with resources to support their projects.
Harmony in Action
Aikido offers an effective form of self-defense aimed at protecting yourself without hurting another human being. Simultaneously it is a vehicle for personal growth, spiritual development, and improved interpersonal and societal relationships.
What are "Aiki principles"?
Ai means love, harmony, unity. Ki refers to the life energy that animates everyone and everything on earth and in the universe we all live in. Aiki is a practical philosophy of harmony along with cooperative, mutually beneficial action. Aikitraining encompasses self-awareness, connection with nature and with others, effective use of our bodies and movement, calmness under pressure, and respectful engagement. Aiki is a mindset, and a felt sense of unity, harmony, and peaceful power.
How to get Involved With Aiki Extensions
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Join Our Community
What if we all put our Aiki training into action? What kind of world could we build together?
Do you have a great Aiki idea?
We are here to connect you with others doing similar work, and people who can support you in making your ideas reality.
Join the Aiki Extensions Network to start a conversation, meet like-minded people, and see what our members are working on worldwide!
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Volunteer
Might you want to contribute some of your talents and time to help further the extension of Aikido into today’s world?
We are an all-volunteer organization.
You and your skills are welcome to help us reach more Aiki-minded individuals across a broad range of experiences, interests, languages, cultural backgrounds, countries, and communities.
Let us know if you’d like to get involved!
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Donate
Behind every success story, there are donors who make change possible. Your support and generosity make a difference!
We wish to help!
Aiki Extensions offers Support & Seed Grants to further projects that use Aikido and Aiki principles to effect positive change in their communities.
Your donation can directly support a specific initiative, or contribute to the overall efforts of Aiki Extensions locally, nationally, and worldwide.
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
staff@aikiextensions.org