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Maddy’s been training at Aikido’Ka for about 4 months now. Everyone at the dojo knows that she is absolutely wonderful.

Here’s her mom, Rachel, talking about what Aikido’Ka has done for Maddy.

Thanks, Rachel!

Everybdy at Aikido’Ka performs community service as part of their training and rank promotion. For his yellow belt promotion, chiropractor Gideon Haimovitz Jostrand needed to do a simple project benefitting our air.

Here’s Dr. Gideon’s report about his project:

“For my air community service project, I want to start a project that will help affect Nevada County’s air quality in a positive way. I thought that this project will start with one day of riding my bike to work back and forth. I feel that this small gesture will have a large impact in our community. I will post a notice in the office for all patients to see that day explaining what I am doing and why. I will talk about the benefits of alternative transportation with every patient that day and have discussions with them about how we can make a difference.”

‘If everyone who lives within 5 miles of their workplace left their car at home just one day a week and cycled to work, nearly 5 million tons of global warming pollution would be saved every year — like taking about a million cars off the road’ — from the Environmental Defense Fund website.'”

Dr. Gideon Haimovitz is a chiropractor in Grass Valley. He’s trained in several martial arts, including brazilian ju jutsu. Here’s what he says about training at Aikido’Ka:

“I am proud to be a member of this dojo and realize how wonderful it is to be surrounded by such a fantastic group of martial artists (aikidoists). For all those who say that aikido is a wimpy martial art . . . THAY ARE WRONG! Especially here at Aikido’Ka! I am amazed at how strong and empowering aikido is and that after training I am more energized for the next day. This is a martial art I could train every day and still want more.”

Thank you, Gideon for the kind words. You are terrific to train with!

Aikido’Ka will have a booth at Grass Valley’s Thursday Night Market, which starts tomorrow. The market is from 6 – 9 each Thursday for 14 weeks.

Please drop by and visit us!

Recently Aikido’Ka youth member Peighton performed her “healthy habits/self-discipline” requirement for rank promotion. Peighton, who is 8, is testing for her purple belt on Saturday, June 5. For her healthy habits project, Peighton gave up all types of junk food for one week.

I am told by several people, that lots of folks offered Peighton tons of sugary treats during her self-discipline project. In particular, Peighton attended a birthday party on the last day of her project! She kept her promise to herself and didn’t eat any of the sugary treats.

With Peighton’s permission, here’s her report:

Day 1: On the first day, I could have had a brownie, but I didn’t. I think it was easy.
Day 2: On the second day, I really liked eating healthy foods. I liked not having sugar.
Day 3: On the third day, I got an invitation to a birthday party. I thought about giving up, but I didn’t.
Day 5: On the fifth day, my asked me if I wanted Taco Bell, but I knew it wasn’t right. It was very easy.
Day 7: I went to the birthday party. My friends were eating sweets. I felt good that I didn’t have candy. I made me feel bigger.

I asked Peighton what she meant by feeling “bigger.” She explained to me that she didn’t think that she had the self-discipline to stick to her promise. When she learned that she could, she felt more mature and very proud of herself. In other words, she felt “bigger.”

Well done, Peighton! We are all very proud of you.