Balance Challenge Circuit Training Course

The Balance Challenge! Circuit Training Course

Improve your balance, safely and enjoyably, by practicing the balance challenges in this indoor circuit training course. The exercises are varied and fun. Exercises are scalable so you can practice at the level of challenge appropriate for you. Regardless of your skill level, you can improve your balance and have fun doing it!

Saturday August 1, 2015, Noon- 1pm: 

Initial orientation session, $20. Personal training and orientation to the course presented by Suzane Van Amburgh

Saturdays, August 8, 15, 22, 29, 2015, noon to 1pm: 

DIY. Self-directed training for alumni of the orientation session. Suzane Van Amburgh on site and available to offer help and clarification as needed.

Cost?

Once you’ve completed the initial orientation session on August 1, you are eligible to return on subsequent Saturdays for self-directed training (DIY) at a reduced rate of $10.

Multnomah Aikikai members who attend the initial orientation session for $20, are eligible to return on future dates for self-directed training (DIY) at no charge.

Not a member? Become a Multnomah Aikikai Community Member for $20 per month.

Your Instructor and balance coach:

Suzane Van Amburgh developed the balance challenge circuit training course and continually improves the stations of the course. Suzane is a martial arts instructor (aikido and iaido), a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher and a balance trainer. She conducted balance testing and balance training protocols at a physician’s office. She is the founder of the balance lab. Suzane brings fun balance challenges, benchmarks to self-assess progress, and an array of resources to help you explore and improve your own sense of balance.

The exercises:

The training course includes a variety of challenges to improve coordination, proprioception, leg and core strength, how we use our eyes, eye/ hand coordination, somatosensory functioning, use of hip joints and spine.

Our balance is influenced and maintained by the eyes, inner ear, and brain working together. The brain receives signals from the somatosensory system and processes that information along with input from the structures of inner ear and the eyes. Proprioceptors in the ankles and ribs are key to one’s sense of balance and the ability to restore balance. Leg strength and joint functioning are essential factors in balance as well.

When you improve your balance you invest in an improved quality of life. What do you feel safe doing? Even a slight erosion of confidence in you balance over time, will subtly narrow the range of activities you choose to engage in. As confidence in your balance grows, you will broaden your options, move freely and enjoy a more active life.

Whether you are rehabilitating from an injury, training for top performance, or anywhere in between, you will find the right level of challenge for you. If are interested in graceful aging, neuroplasticity, fall prevention or improved decision-making, you will find the Balance Challenge Training Circuit Course fascinating and engaging.

Questions?

Contact Suzane Van Amburgh by email: spacetomoveinfo(at)gmail.com

Find your Space To Move at Multnomah Aikikai

6415 SW Macadam Ave, Portland OR 97239

Drop in FREE for Orientation to Practice through October

Orientation to Practice - FREE in October

Practice is a mind set and an activity where you repeat an operation or movement, assessing and attending to how you do it. You introduce new variables, try something, make mistakes, form questions, change strategy and try again.

This can happen at a very mental/analytical level or it can happen with a more diffuse mindset. We can explore, play, fall, get up, try again. Sometimes we engage in practice with knitted brow and self judgement, but learning often slows down under such circumstances. Practice can be approached with an open curious mindset, a sense of humor and compassion for self.

A dojo is a place where we “practice the way.” At Multnomah Aikikai our primary practice is the martial art of Aikido. In this class, utilizing basic movements of Aikido, you will orient to the joy of practice. Whether you continue with Aikido practice or take up another practice, you will have cultivated the inner tools to direct your own learning with compassion, a sense of humor and the joy of movement.

Tuesdays 5:30 – 6:00pm, Saturdays 10-10:30am. 

FREE through Oct. 28, 2014. 

After the half hour class, we invite you to stay and observe the Aikido Fundamentals class following.

Aikido Multnomah Aikikai, 6415 SW MACADAM AVE, PORTLAND, OREGON 97239

Venture a taste! Bringing on a first course of Aikido practice this month!

Aikido First Course starts Saturday October 11

Serving up your First Course 

in the art and practice of Aikido. 

12 sessions, Sat. mornings and Tue. evenings  

Oct 11- Nov. 22.  Fee $90
  
This series is a progressive beginners' course. Plan to begin on Saturday Oct 11. Arrive 9:45 for registration. Class starts at 10 am with Orientation to Practice and segues to aikido fundamentals class 10:30-11:30am.

Class times:
Tuesday 5:30-6pm: Orientation to Practice
Tuesday 6:15pm-7:15pm: Aikido Fundamentals
Saturday 10-10:3am: Orientation to Practice
Saturday 10:30-11:30am: Aikido Fundamentals
 
 Note: Sat. Oct. 25 join us for an optional field trip to Eugene for a seminar with Phil Vargas Sensei. Click for details. There is no fee to observe seminar classes.

Tue/Sat schedule doesn't work for you?
Become a Regular Member and practice Mon, Wed or Fri at 6:15pm. As a member you can flex your schedule and come to any unrestricted class on the weekly schedule. Click to view schedule.

Drop in for Orientation to Practice It's FREE in October

Join us for The Lines of Engagement Noon, Oct 11, $10.

Fall Aikido Schedule begins September 17

This Fall our adult aikido class schedule shifts focus. You'll see the same basic time slots through the week but the focus of those classes shifts.

Our beginners series, Aikido First Course, begins October 11 and runs Tuesdays and Saturdays through November 22.

Get a taste at the Aikido Appetizer on Saturday October 4th at 10am.

Visitors are welcome to step onto the mat and join us for the half-hour Orientation to Practice, Tuesdays at 5:30pm or Saturdays at 10am (through October 28). After, we invite you to stay and observe the fundamentals class.

The public is also welcome to join us for the Lines of Engagement on second Saturdays at noon, Oct 11, Nov. 8 and Dec. 13. The fee is $10.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday 6:15pm classes are core classes for members of all levels and focus on our monthly teaching theme.  Become a regular member and train in any of these classes.

Two classes on the schedule are restricted to members ranked 5th kyu and above: Tuesdays 7:30pm and Thursdays 6:15pm.

Advanced class is held once a month on the first Tuesday in the 7:30pm time slot.

Start Aikido practice in October!

Multnomah Aikikai 

Aikido training for all abilities and ages.

Start dates for Aikido 101; Principles of Balance :

Tue. Oct. 1 at 5:30pm

Wed. Oct. 2 at 6:15pm

Sat. Oct. 5 at 10:00am

Tue. Oct. 8 at 5:30pm

Wed. Oct. 9 at 6:15pm

Choose your start date and section:

Aikido 101; Principles of Balance,  Section 1: Wed/ Sat

Fundamentals: Wednesdays 6:15pm - 7:15pm;

Orientation: Saturdays 10am-10:30am; Applications: Saturdays 10:30am- 11:30am
Primary instructors for section 1: Senseis Van Amburgh and Scollard.

Aikido 101; Principles of Balance,  Section 2: Tue/ Wed

Orientation: Tuesdays 5:30pm- 6:00pm; Applications: Tuesdays 6:15pm-7:15pm;

Fundamentals: Wednesdays 6:15pm - 7:15pm
Primary instructors for section 2: Senseis Fleshler and Van Amburgh

View the schedule as it lays out on the dojo's October Calendar

 

Program description:

This course for adults will introduce the fundamentals of the Japanese martial art of Aikido, “The Way of Harmony.”  In a hands-on approach, teachers will provide instruction in the principles of balance, efficiency of movement, falling safely, and practical self-protection techniques.  In a low-stress, supportive atmosphere infused with the joy of practice, students will develop focus and “practice with attention” as a strategy for self-directed learning. Students will learn at their own pace, working with teachers and partners and progressing from static to more dynamic encounters.  No prerequisites.

The program schedule includes Orientation, Fundamentals and Applications. The 30 minute Orientation session precedes the 60 minute Applications class for both section 1 and section 2 participants. All students (section 1 and 2) participate in the Wednesday Fundamentals class.

Fee: $192

Flexible start dates: Tue Oct 1, Wed Oct 2, Sat Oct 5, Tue Oct 8, Wed Oct 9.

Program ends Wed Dec 18 (regardless of start date).

Questions? Contact us or visit the dojo. You are welcome to observe a class any time during regular class hours. Click here for class schedule.

Need a flexible training schedule? Just Start! You may join as a regular member any time.

Contact us: dojo@multnomahaikikai.com
Aikido Multnomah Aikikai  |  503-246-8120
6415 SW Macadam Ave, Portland OR 97239

Regular adult aikido class schedule

Note our Children's classes are held Wednesdays and Fridays 5 pm-6 pm.

Regular schedule of adult aikido classes:

Tuesdays
5:30 - 6:00pm, Center Yourself/Orientation to Practice (open to the public) click for more info.
6:15pm, body arts
7:30pm, weapons

Wednesdays
6:15pm,  body arts/ fundamentals
7:30pm, Iaido (click for more info)

Thursdays
6:15pm - 7:45pm, body arts and weapons
Note: On the first Thursday of the month the 6:15pm class ends at 7:15. Yudansha class begins 7:30pm.

Fridays
6:15pm - 7:15pm, body arts

Saturdays (starting Oct. 5)
10:00am - 10:30am, Orientation
10:30am - 11:15am, body arts

For special events, periodic weapons intensives and other dated events please check upcoming dates from the main navigation.

Aikido Multnomah Aikikai is located at 6415 SW Macadam Ave Portland OR

If you are closer to Forest Grove OR, visit the Forest Grove Aikido dojo for training on Mondays and Wednesdays: http://www.fgaikido.com/home/schedule