Yoshinkan Aikido Mugenjuku

UechiRyu Dojo

Submitted on 04/27/2019 by George Valentine |

Yes, I would recommend this experience

9 / 10
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100%

Facilities

80%

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Environment

90%

Fun

80%

The training at the school is excellent. Everyone is really passionate about Aikido. I hit it just right and did the first month of the year long course. There have been some injuries (one requiring surgery). I think the mats in the dojo are terrible, but they told me they knew and were getting new ones soon.

The accommodations are very simple. It’s just a small mat on the floor, and a pillow. It’s a shared house with the year long students. The location of the house and Dojo is excellent. It’s all walking distance to each other and also to all the sights as well as a covered street with lots of bars and restaurants.

I had the choice to train as much as I liked with both the year long students and the local Japanese and that was a nice option. For the local classes I felt the dojo was much to small, but again they said they agreed and told me they were actively looking for a new location.

If your not bothered by living in a house with 7 or 8 other guys then it’s no problem. There are long term rentals near the dojo but they are quite expensive.

The best thing is the training. I’ve learned a lot and the sensi really take the time to work with you on perfecting your techniques. All in all I definitely am enjoying it and when they move to a bigger place with better mats then there would be no complaints at all.

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Aikido Mugenjuku provides not only regular Aikido class for adults and children, it also provides more intensive training for overseas and local students. Students can join all year round except in mid-August when there is a one week break, and from Christmas into the New Year when there is a two week break.

The Sensei's at this school are very experienced practitioners and teachers of Aikido who have multiple blackbelts. All the instructors are multi-lingual and speak English, and Japanese. The Aikido taught at the Dojo is Yoshinkan Aikido the official martial Art of the Tokyo riot police. This art is part of compulsory training for Tokyo policewomen, making it a particularly efficient system for self-defence.

The Location of the school in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan. Kyoto is a beautiful city, rich in cultural heritage, making it the perfect compliment to your training to create a truly memorable visit.

Accommodation at the Dojo is offered at the Mugenjuku apartment for overseas students. The apartment is clean and spacious and located ten minutes walk from the dojo in the heart of Kyoto.

Getting around Kyoto is extremely convenient. Most people use bicycles to get around the city as it is very logically laid out and all streets run north / south or east /west. For rainy or snowy days, the bus and subway systems are quite extensive and efficient. Mugenjuku instructors will help students find out how to get to each dojo and will help with finding the correct buses / trains, however; it is the student’s responsibility to arrive to each class on time.

All the Sensei's at Aikido Mugenjuku are experienced bi-lingual teachers of the art. Holding 4th, 5th and 8th Degree Black belts in Yoshinkan Aikido.

Jacques Payetis the founder and head instructor of Aikido Mugenjuku. Holds the rank of Hachi dan (8th degree black belt) and was the longest serving foreign uchi-deshi (live-in student) of Shioda Gozo Sensei. Payet Sensei has been practicing Aikido for over 35 years and taught in multiple countries before founding Kyoto Aikido Mugenjuku in 2008. In addition to teaching the Adult General classes and the Kenshusei course, Payet Sensei continues to travel extensively teaching Aikido in many different countries.

Jacques Payet designed and organised the original international Senshusei Course (専修生コース senshūsei kōsu), in which foreign students can enroll in the special training course given to the Kidotai (警視庁機動隊 Keishichō Kidōtai, Tokyo Metropolitan Riot Police). Prior to 1991, the special riot police training was available to Japanese and to uchi-deshi but not to regular foreign students training at the Yoshinkan dojo. Payet observed that most foreign students could achieve technical proficiency up through the 1st or 2nd dan ranks, but did not have an opportunity to advance after that. Sensei Payet conceived of the Course and the IYAF (International Yoshinkan Aikido Federation) as a way of building up qualified foreign instructors who could promote the Yoshinkan style of aikido outside Japan. With the approval of Gozo Shioda, Payet developed a plan for a foreign instructor training course to run concurrently with the special police course. The plan was approved, and Payet organised 12 students for the first course, which was held in 1991-1992

Chris Crampton holds the rank of Yondan (5th degree black belt) and is one of the full-time instructors at Aikido Mugenjuku. He teaches Adult General classes, Children's classes in English and Japanese, and the Kenshusei course. After graduating from university and working in the corporate world for eight years, Chris decided to move to Japan to study Aikido full-time.

Andy Carter originally from England, Andy is a graduate of the Yoshinkan Hombu Senshusei Course and holds the rank of Yondan (4th degree black belt) and is one of the full-time instructors at Aikido Mugenjuku. He teaches Adult General classes, Children's classes in English and Japanese, and the Kenshusei course.

Mugenjuku Kenshusei course is highly intensive and begins in April and runs for 11 months

Aims of the course:

To give an understanding of the basic principles of Aikido and budo
To provide an environment where committed students can do “real” training
To cultivate individual personal desire to train
To cultivate an enjoyment of Aikido and Aikido training
To teach all the basic techniques of Yoshinkan Aikido
To recreate physical and mental limits

Overseas Stay Programme

Regular Training - Join as many regular training classes as you wish per day. Come and go to the dojo as you please. As classes are taught in Japanese, translation will be provided.

Private Lessons - Train one-to-one with an instructor. The contents of the class can be decided by your grade or you can make specific requests. Our experienced instructors will work with you to provide an interesting and worthwhile training session. Each lesson is ninety minutes.

Private Lesson with Payet Shihan - Receive one-to-one instruction from Payet Shihan(8th Dan). Internationally renowned Payet Shihan is one of Yoshinkan Aikido’s top instructors with over thirty years of Aikido teaching experience. Each lesson is sixty minutes.

Uchi-deshi Experience - Our uchi-deshi or “live-in student”experience allows you to spend each day fully immersed in Aikido train-ing. The program involves waking early, cleaning, remembering (some) Japanese phrases, and training hard in both regular classes and instructor training classes.

The following shows the normal training schedule at the Aikido Mugenjuku

Yoshinkan Aikido Mugenjuku

Application/Booking/Administration Fee - 15% Deposit

If you wish to attend either the Overseas Stay Programme or Mugenjuku Kenshusei Course there is a non-refundable 15% Deposit required in advance of your arrival. This can be paid directly to StudyMartialArts.Org via PayPal or Bank Transfer. Once participant students arrive at the Dojo they will be required to pay the remainder of their fees.

Overseas Stay Programme

>Training is 2,400 yen/day and Training with accommodation is 4,800 yen/day

>Per week Training with accommodation is 31,200 yen

>Training is 36,000 yen/Per month, and Training with accommodation is 72,000 yen

Mugenjuku Kenshusei Course

One month tuition for the program is 36,000 Japanese yen. Students may also pay their tuition all at one time. Fees that are paid monthly but must be paid before the beginning of the next month. Students who fail to do this will be expelled from the course. If any financial difficulties arise, the student must inform Mugenjuku immediately.

If you apply early enough to the course, you may be able to get a spot in the Mugenjuku Apartment. On this year’s course, there are 5 students living in the apartment. The cost is approximately 300 USD per month.

The Following are the Regular Programme Prices at the Dojo.