Chushinkan Dojo
Meditation
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Chushinkan Dojo
Phone: 714.401.8876 Email: info@chushinkan.com
To join our practice, you may sign up through the City of Buena Park and Cypress
After 35 years, we will be closing the dojo. Our last class will be on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
Thanks to all of you for your support and friendship!
Aikido
June 2 - July 19, 2025
Monday: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Wednesday: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Saturday: 10:00 - 11:00 AM (meditation optional 9:30 - 10:00 AM)
Fee is $70 for 7 weeks
Aikido is a nonaggressive self-defense art, based on flowing with attacks and dissipating aggression. Training is cooperative and includes the use of staff and sword.
Zazen (sitting meditation) is optional for students from 9:30 - 10:00 AM on Saturdays only.
Japanese Swordsmanship - Iaido
June 4 - July 19, 2025
Wednesday: 7:30 - 8:30 PM
Saturday: 8:30 - 9:30 AM (meditation optional 9:30 - 10:00 AM)
Fee is $60 for 7 weeks
This is an introductory course to both contemporary and traditional Japanese sword forms. Iaido is no contact training in solo forms. Students use an iaito (unsharpened sword - must be approved by instructor) or bokken (wooden sword). Swords are provided for beginners. Zazen (sitting meditation) is optional for students from 9:30 - 10:00 AM on Saturdays only.
Aikido
Affiliated with the Aikido Association of America (AAA) Western Region
Buena Park, California
Established 1990. Chushinkan Dojo is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
Iaido - Japanese Swordsmanship