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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...
Breathing Exercises with Sensei
Breathing is so essential in mind and body practice. The practice of deep breathing has so many positive benefits and is important to practice daily to help the mind develop focus and clarity. In Aikido, our students at Newport Beach Aikikai have the opportunity to...
Pennewaert Shihan of Newport Beach Aikido offers online weapons training on Youtube
Sensei Gentil Pennewaert Shihan introduces aikido training videos, focused on the Jo and Bokken weapons for his students and followers to practice conveniently from their personal space. During the Covid-19 epidemic, Pennewaert Shihan feels it is more important than...
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