Aikido Training Schedule & Mat Fees

Here are our training times and days as of June 2010.

Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun
Everyone Together Session 6:45pm – 8:30pm 6:45pm – 8:30pm 3:30pm – 5:00pm*
Intermediate/Advanced Session* 8:30pm – 9:15pm 8:30pm – 9:15pm 5:00pm – 6:00pm*

Everyone Together Sessions

Monday 6:45pm – 8:30pm

Friday 6:45pm – 8:30pm

Sunday 3:30pm – 5:00pm*

Everyone trains together so senior students can help junior students get ahead. At 8:30 pm the class becomes semi-structured and senior students can work with each other to prepare for tests and/or practice techniques and wooden weapons skills.

Intermediate/Advanced Training Sessions

Monday 8:30pm – 9:15pm

Friday 8:30pm – 9:15pm

Sunday 5:00pm – 6:00pm*

Beginner students are encouraged to watch the second portion of the class. Please note that attending the intermediate/advanced portion of the class is contingent on a recommendation from Sensei only.

Registration Price – Mondays, Fridays and Sundays

$229 (incl. GST) for 16 weeks (Fall/Winter)

$138 (incl. GST) for 8 weeks (Spring/Summer)

Drop-In Price

$10 (incl. GST) for one class (Mondays and Fridays only*)

*Students must be registered in Monday/Friday classes to attend Sunday classes. This is for insurance reasons. Only registered students may attend the intermediate/advanced training sections.

Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun
Everyone Together Session 6:45pm – 8:30pm 6:45pm – 8:30pm 3:30pm – 5:00pm*
Intermediate/Advanced Session* 8:30pm – 9:15pm 8:30pm – 9:15pm 5:00pm – 6:00pm*

Questions?

info [at] masakokoro [dot] com

Schedule Update: Monday, August 2nd Holiday – No Class

Monday, August 2nd is a holiday so SAIT will be closed. Our friends at Calgary Aikikai have graciously extended an offer to our regular students to train there on that date. It will be an open practice similar to Sundays at Masa Kokoro. Rei-in is at 7 pm, but please come early to help set up and clean mats.

Schedule Update: Class Location Change

We will be conducting a pre-test on June 11th, so class will be held at the Calgary Aikikai location instead of the SAIT location at 6:45 pm.

Schedule Update: Victoria Day Holiday

Masa Kokoro will be closed on Monday, May 24th for the Victoria Day holiday. It will be open on Friday, May 21st and Sunday, May 23rd.

Schedule Update: Upcoming Holidays

SAIT and Masa Kokoro will be closed on April 2nd and 5th. We will be open on Sunday, April 4th at the regular time. Here is the upcoming holiday schedule:

April 2nd – CLOSED (Good Friday)
April 4th – OPEN
April 5th – CLOSED (Easter Monday)

Schedule Update: No Classes Feb. 12th, 14th and 15th

Igarashi Shihan, 7th Dan from Japan, is coming for a three-day seminar starting Friday, Jan 12th until Jan 14. All the senior students and Ben Sensei will be attending this yearly event. As such, there will be no classes scheduled. Please feel free to register for the seminar and join us there! All information is available from Calgary Aikikai.

Monday, Feb. 15th is a holiday so there will be no classes on this date either.

  • Masa Kokoro Philosophy


    Learn the way of harmony in everyday living through the Japanese Martial Art of Aikido. Stretch your mind power to acquire a calm spirit and enhanced metal focus, to be at one with the universe. It places emphasis on motion and the dynamics of movement. Use of the wooden staff (jo), the wooden sword (bokken), and the wooden knife (tanto) are included along with various hand techniques for blending with the opponent’s attack method.

  • Inaba Sensei


    Yasuhisa (Yas) Inaba Sensei was born November 26, 1952 in Osaka, Japan. He married Keiko Inaba and immigrated to Calgary in 1980. Yas began his career in Canada as a petroleum engineer, as well as to begin his own dojo as a teaching master of Aikido. He later began his own business, practising and teaching acupuncture and shiatsu. Yas obtained his sixth degree black belt in Aikido and title of Shihan. Yas took great pride in teaching his children the art of Aikido and was very proud of their accomplishments. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, teacher, healer and friend. He will be dearly missed by all his family, patients, friends and students.(November 26, 1952 – January 26, 2009)

  • Aikido, the Art


    Aikido is performed by blending with the motion of the attacker and redirecting the force of the attack rather than opposing it head-on. This requires very little physical energy, as the aikidōka (aikido practitioner) “leads” the attacker’s momentum using entering and turning movements. The techniques are completed with various throws or joint locks. Aikido can be categorized under the general umbrella of grappling arts.

  • Aikido World Headquarters


    AIKIKAI FOUNDATION Aikido World Headquarters
    17-18 Wakamatsu Cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-0056 Japan
    Phone: (+81) 3-3203-9236, Fax: (+81) 3-3204-8145
    Site: http://www.aikikai.or.jp/

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