"I feel very lucky to be a part of this warm & welcoming place and I appreciate the way spirituality and physical fitness interplay." O.B. "A great experience due to a wonderful and open instructor" J.A. "As a dancer and dance teacher, I am fascinated by the movement - its sequence through the body and between bodies, what is projection? How do you 'meet' another person's movement? I love being a student - experiencing new movement. I love observing, seeing, recognizing something but not having the ability to articulate what I'm seeing. I know there is a whole new world of information here that I look forward to discovering. I have also been looking for a spiritual practice for myself. Through my experiences at Aikido Up Here I am drawn to what is possible here. I just know my first challenge is to carve time out of my life to meditate. This is a starting place." D.M. "The experience is well crafted from the first singing bowl to the last." S.N. "[I appreciate] the physical and energetic beauty of the space, Fumi's immense generosity, and his sophisticated ability to create a container for the experience to be the teacher both for the child and with the adults." D.D. "A wonderful & meditative atmosphere. We appreciate Fumi's patience and acceptance of the children and his gentle approach. My daughter & I love the spiritual focus of the class." K.W. "The boys had a great time! We really appreciated the instructor's patience and gentleness." L.B. "This is the only class I found that emphasized cooperation, not fighting." D.M. "As I have mentioned a few times, the spiritual part of Aikido came as a surprise to me, but it let me know I was meant to be there and to learn the very important lessons I have just begun to learn from you and through your class and the practice itself. Your style of teaching is so wonderful and really sent important messages loud and clear to me. I often found myself feeling very emotional and moved hearing you speak about this practice that you obviously feel so passionate about. There is such a link between physical and spiritual, and with every word you spoke in class it is clear that you know this but you offer the knowledge in a very humble way so everyone may receive the information at the level where they can understand it. You are a great teacher and it is a good thing for the rest of us that you found this way and can now guide us. With deepest gratitude." L.P.