Vancouver Mind-Body Centre

Vancouver Mind-Body Centre is the first and only dedicated full time Aikido space in Vancouver. We are a registered non-profit society and one of our missions is to improve society through teaching the principles of Aikido.

We are excited to have the space and feel grateful of the opportunity. As this is a dedicated space we have many different class times to accommodate many of life's constraints. To complement Aikido body arts we also offer weapons classes as well as Iaido and flexibility classes.

O'Sensei, the founder of Aikido is credited for saying "A healthy strong body produces a healthy strong mind". We believe that wholeheartedly. We complement our Aikido training with fitness training using simple body-weight exercises. Each person works at his or her own pace to improve themselves and challenge themselves at every opportunity.

Practitioners from every style and affiliation are welcome to join our classes. We do not emphasise style as much as form, function and good body positioning. Our goal is to practice injury-free for many years and to that end we also focus on safe ukemi (please join our regular ukemi workshops).