WELCOME TO MOUNTAIN COAST AIKIKAI!
Established in 1991, Mountain Coast Aikikai is a non-commercial martial art school located in Vancouver, BC.
Our mission is to promote the fitness of the whole person, body, mind & spirit, through a direct experience of training in Japanese budo (武道 – martial ways) and related disciplines. Specifically: Traditional Aikido, Japanese swordsmanship, and mind-body integration practices.
Our approach blends the traditional training methods of Japanese budo with insights and experience from the world of sports science & fitness research, HIIT (high intensity interval training), skills-based fitness, movement & posture work, mindfulness and meditation training, to build the connection between body, mind & spirit.