{"id":6801,"date":"2019-10-22T15:23:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T15:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aikikai-international-geneve.ch\/web\/index.php\/aikido\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:40:41","slug":"aikido","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aikikai-international-geneve.ch\/?page_id=6801&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"A\u00efkido"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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AIKIDO  Head Instructors:<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n
Georges Morisod 6th dan
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KENJUTSU Teacher:<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n
Jean-Michel Kaliszewski 3rd dan<\/span><\/p>\n
AIKIDO-INITIATION :\r\n<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Rob van Weelderen 3rd dan<\/span><\/p>\n
AIKIDO FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT :<\/strong><\/pre>\n
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\"\"The Aikido section of our club is directed by Gildo Mezzo, 7th dan Aikikai. Gildo began studying Aikido in 1967. After three years of practice in Geneva he left for Japan to pursue intensive practice at Hombu dojo in Tokyo (the seat of the Aikikai). He remained there for five years and received 1st dan.<\/p>\n
Back in Switzerland in 1975, he began teaching Aikido at SDK. At this time there were only a few students. The previous Aikido section at SDK was divided between those who wished to follow Mochizuki sensei\u2019s style, and those wanting to follow Aikikai style who were waiting for a teacher. Beginning with one class a week, the section grew larger and more active. It now counts some one hundred and twenty practitioners (children, adolescents and adults). There are now four weekly classes for adults and two for children and adolescents.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The aikido section of our club was developed by Gildo Mezzo, an Aikikai 7th dan. <\/span> Gildo began his aikido training in 1967. After three years of practice in Geneva, he went to Japan to undergo intensive training at the Tokyo Hombu Dojo (World Aikido Center). He stayed there for five years and earned his 1st dan.<\/p>\n
Upon his return to Switzerland in 1975, he began teaching aikido at the SDK (Swiss Kiteboarding Association). At that time, he had few students, as the former SDK aikido section had split between those who had decided to follow the Mochizuki style, Yoseikan Budo, and those who preferred the Ueshiba style and were simply waiting for an instructor. With one class per week, the section gradually grew and expanded. Today, it has around 120 members (adults and children), with about thirty students regularly training on the tatami. The number of classes has increased to four weekly classes for adults, led by Gildo Mezzo, and two weekly classes for children, taught by two or three advanced students.<\/p>\n
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The section is very active. It holds approximately eight training sessions per year and welcomes numerous masters of the discipline, including: in the past, Master Kitaura, Master Chiba, and the late Masters Yamaguchi, Fujimoto, Tamura, and Merit; and currently, Master Tissier, Master Gouttard, Master Orban, and Master Bachraty.<\/p>\n
Thanks to the constant efforts of Gildo Mezzo, the section currently boasts around thirty black belts who regularly participate in training and thus motivate the less experienced practitioners.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Aikido is based on natural laws such as the circle and the spiral. This discipline, like other Japanese martial arts, offers the opportunity to become aware of one\u2019s own body and to develop notions of balance, dynamism, vigilance, mutual respect, and mutual support.<\/p>\n
Standing or kneeling, the aikido practitioner uses throwing and immobilization techniques with one or more opponents, armed or unarmed. The study of weapons, particularly the sword and the staff (symbolizing a spear), contributes to the understanding of aikido and allows for more comprehensive progression. Falls (ukemi) are not, as in judo, the end of the fight, but are understood as a form of recovery when balance is lost. While preventing injury, ukemi allow one to regain an attacking or defensive position.<\/p>\n
A training session comprises three phases: physical and mental preparation, technical work and, finally, the return to calm.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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