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Newport Beach Aikikai Fall Seminar 2020
Join your fellow students at the Spring Seminar on Saturday and Sunday, October 3-4th. Pennewaert Shihan will be instructing this special two-day seminar. Come join all the members as we practice, learn, and discover new aikido techniques. Pennewaert Shihan will be...
10th Anniversary Sugano Shihan Memorial with Gentil Pennewaert Shihan
In commemoration of Seichii Sugano Shihan's 10th anniversary passing, Gentil Pennewaert will join Heaven & Earth Aikido for aikido training in nature. Join us for mountain training and camping in commemoration of The 10th anniversary of Sugano Sensei's passing....
Conscious Breathing for the Mind, Body and Spirit
Connecting the mind and body Reduces Anxiety and Stress 🙏Our kids need this NOW more than ever. With the rising levels of stress and anxiety in today's society, conscious deep breathing exercises may be the answer. At Newport Beach Aikido, Sensei Gentil Pennewaert...
Samurai Summer Camp 2019
Join Newport Beach Aikido for the ultimate martial arts camp for kids. Our Samurai Summer Camp 2019 is full of excitement and training for kids. Our chief instructor, Gentil Pennewaert Shihan and his assistant instructor, Charn Pennewaert Fukoshidoin are dedicated to...
Suburi Training strengthens the core and develops the body
Suburi is a Japanese word for practice swings used in sports such as baseball, tennis, golf, and in martial arts. Outside Japan, the word is used exclusively for repetitive individual cutting exercises used in Japanese martial arts such as kendo, aikido, iaidō, and...
Fun Aikido Exercises to Develop Timing and Focus
As we move through the next few weeks and possibly months during the Covid-19 crisis, it's important to keep our mind, body, and spirit alive through aikido. It's more important than ever to develop focus as the world is going through unstable times. Developing focus...
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