Aikido School of Central Ohio     

Aikido is a Japanese martial art which grew out of "hard-style" combative arts into an effective and flowing self-defense art.

In Aikido, instead of learning how to injure the attacker, you learn to avoid the force of the attack, then lead it into a wrist pin or into a throw.

The Aikido way can also mean simply getting out of the way of an attack without escalating the fight and without "punishing" the attacker - A noble goal and a different view for those who often see martial arts portrayed as arts of destruction.

There is no competition in Aikido. Instead, there is cooperation in the early phase of learning, a spirit of helping your partner get stronger by giving progressively stronger attacks.