Your Community Aikido Dojo - This Summer & Year Round!
Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art that emphasizes peaceful conflict resolution, partner practice, and safe falling techniques. At Seattle Aikikai, we take a fun, game-oriented approach to teaching youth that blends formal elements of the practice with dynamic, kid-friendly appeal.
By practicing Aikido, children acquire important life skills, as well as physical fitness and coordination. Through hands-on experience, they learn the value of self-awareness, self-control, and cooperation. Aikido naturally supports social-emotional learning through partner practice and a one-room-schoolhouse environment, where more experienced students help guide newer students. Children also get to be part of the larger, intergenerational dojo community, and can join training with adult practitioners as they mature.
Our goal is to support and build the next generation of creative movers, collaborative thinkers, and compassionate leaders. Weād love to have you join us.
Join a Summer Camp, or check out our Year-Round programming!
SUMMER CAMPS 2025Ā
This year we are offering THREE options for Youth Summer Camps. There will be two half-day camps June 30 ā July 3, and a full day camp August 4-8. Tweens can make the July camp a full-day. Open to new and experienced students.
All camps include aikido practice, such as rolling, falling, hand-to-hand partner practice, age-appropraite wooden weapons work, and lots of group games. Weāll also do a variety of craft activities, such as:
āÆ Ā Folding Origami Animals
āÆ Writing our names in Japanese
āÆ Ā Making miniature zen gardens
Ā Ā Learning to play Go (an ancient boardgame originating in China)
āÆ Group problem solving, such as untangling a āhuman knotā
āÆ Ā Suikawari - watermelon splitting with traditional practice weapons!
To read more detail about each camp, click the links below!
Aiki-Moves Summer Camp 2025
Aikido fundamentals for any level! 9-11 year-olds can make it a full day with our tween/teen afternoon intensive.
Date: June 30 ā July 3, 2025
Time: 9:00 ā 12:00
Ages: 7-11* year-olds
*Age range is flexible, please reach out if your child is outside the listed range
Weapons Intensive for Tweens & Teens 2025
Study traditional Aikido weapons, the sword and short staff, emphasizing precision and focus in a non-competitive environment.Ā
Date: June 30 ā July 3, 2025
Time: 13:00 ā 16:00
Ages: 9+
Aiki-Avatar Summer Camp 2025
This Avatar-themed camp incorporates qualities of earth, water, fire and air into aikido practice and craft activities!
Date: August 4 ā8, 2025
Time: 9:30 ā 15:30
Ages: 7-11* year-olds
*Age range is flexible, please reach out if your child is outside the listed range
SAVE 10% - Register by May 31st! Use code: SC2025.
