Shuryukan Yoshinkai Aikido (SYA)
Training begins in Basics, and it returns to Basics...
Who are we?
Thank you for taking time to visit us, we appreciate your interest in Aikido. Shuryukan is essentially a traditional Aikido School founded in early 2000, with a mission of providing an authentic portrayal of Yoshinkan Aikido to the community. Trained & assisted by Internationally Certified Yoshinkan Instructors, SYA is the "first and the only school" that offers Yoshinkan Aikido to the community of Al-Khobar, and Saudi Arabia.
Kanji
The "SHU" in Shuryukan stands for austerity in training, it also means strong and is part of the Shuyokan name. "RYU" means dragon, and "KAN" means the place of training. Loosely translated it means House of the Strong Dragon.
Training
Our journey is to master and understand the basics. We start and end each technique with a strong kamae. Students are initially trained in kata based format, an innovation by the Yoshinkan Headquarters, and then gradually move on to more flowing techniques. In the end it goes without saying that our training begins and returns to basics.
The quality of training is very important to us. In this view, we sought direct and indirect instructions from all over the world. In line with Gozo Shioda's hope to spread Yoshinkan - we had to be sure that the teachings we are passing on adheres to standards, enabling our students to blend wherever they go. Yoshinkan Aikido training is tough, at the end of the day the training should be able to fine tune a student into becoming a better citizen to his community. Having peaceful citizens within a community should lead to a peaceful country, and hopefully the world.
