The USF Aikido Club has been active as a formal student organization at the University of South Florida Tampa Campus since 1975, and we are one of the oldest of USF's activity organizations. We provide instruction in Aikido, a traditional Japanese martial art that encourages conflict resolution and non-competitiveness.
The USF Aikido Club is currently inactive. If you are a USF student interested in reactivating the club and serving as an officer, please contact info @ tampaaikido.com. Aikido is a non-competitive martial way that emphasizes being unattackable rather than destroying others.
The USF Aikido Club is currently inactive. If you are a USF student interested in reactivating the club and serving as an officer, please contact info @ tampaaikido.com. Aikido is a non-competitive martial way that emphasizes being unattackable rather than destroying others.
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Our group has been active as a formal student organization at the University of South Florida Tampa Campus since 1975, and we are one of the oldest of USF's activity organizations. We provide instruction in Aikido, a traditional Japanese martial art that encourages conflict resolution and non-competitiveness.
Aikido is a non-competitive martial way that emphasizes being unattackable rather than destroying others.
While we practice our art based on serious combat principles like multiple attackers and defense against weapons, we emphasize cultivating a mindset, body, and reactions that are useful in real life: our jobs, our relationships, with our families and friends, and not just against a physical attacker or for gaining points in a sport tournament.
While we practice our art based on serious combat principles like multiple attackers and defense against weapons, we emphasize cultivating a mindset, body, and reactions that are useful in real life: our jobs, our relationships, with our families and friends, and not just against a physical attacker or for gaining points in a sport tournament.
There are many legendary warrior archetypes, and the man who was Morihei Ueshiba lived them all. We was born a sickly child, and overcame his illness through strict martial training. He mastered many martial schools quickly. He became the unconventional swordsman that no master could defeat. He became a warrior ascetic, a spiritual hermit, who meditated on mountains and under waterfalls to achieve enlightenment.
The essence of Budo is not the art of fighting, or narrow technique, but an art of personal refinement and of protecting the quality of life. Aikido is first and always Budo. Without the heart of a warrior and the deep desire to protect society, to protect all life, Aikido becomes an empty dance. Budo (the Warrior Way) is its spirit.
If all you seek is a workout, any gym will do. If you need to demonstrate how deadly you are or get validation from competitions and trophies, there are many martial sports available. However, if you are looking for something more, that cultivates and relies upon what is inside you as a complete, healthy person, then Aikido might be your calling.
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