THEOFANIS

The Alpha and Omega

The Ultimate Challenge

For the Whole Family
The Richmond Aikido Club was specially created for you, to serve the needs of your whole family, including the junior ones, and not the needs of local hooligans.

Take your Choice
Whether you simply want to keep fit, socialise and make new friends, or to learn to defend yourself against any type of aggression in the shortest possible time, or to study one of the most unique, subtle, sophisticated and elegant of all martial arts with the highest ethics – Aikido – there is no other place to go but to come to us.

Self-Confidence
In a matter of no time we will make you fitter and healthier, improve your looks and physique and arm you with one of the most devastating weapons known to man: SELF-CONFIDENCE.

Unsurpassable Skill
We will back your Self-Confidence with unsurpassable skill to defend yourself against any type of attack – be it armed, unarmed, single or multiple – in a mere period of six months – Guaranteed!

Free
Expensive keep-fit exercises with fancy names: callisthenics, aerobics, dancercise or some other jazzy name – with us they are thrown in absolutely free of charge! Not to mention our various forms of Deep Breathing exercises, Meditation and many other highly regarded secrets!

I'd like to…but I cannot…
If it is something you wish and long to learn, but consider yourself not the type, come to us and we will show you otherwise. You are just the right person we are looking for. We have demystified and made it all so simple and plain for you to understand. The only qualities we are looking for and need to have is to be of good character, have a sense of humour and the determination to learn. We will do the rest.

Down to Earth
If you think that we shall teach you how to smash wood and piles of bricks with you bare hands and head, or how to deliver deadly kicks as you somersault through the air, you are wrong. We would have been in the circus business by now. What you will learn is all down to earth. In other words: Common Sense!

No Secrets
For the serious student of Aikido who wishes to purse the art deeper, we will hold nothing back. In a period of only two years we will show you all there is to know! This normally takes decades before it is revealed to you!

The Art of Swordsmanship and Stick
Within these two years we will make you an expert Samurai Swordsman, including the beautiful art of Iai: instantaneous drawing of the sword. And of course an expert in the fighting art of the Stick.

Is that All?
Good God, no! By no means. Our most formidable and devastating weapon has been kept in reserve.

Philosophy
For those who wish to combine physical skill with mental knowledge, we will arm you with a philosophy that is also ‘Second to None’ – Stoicism. A human being thus armed will fear NOTHING AND NO ONE upon this earth or beyond.

Supreme Ideal
The supreme ideal in Stoicism is a combination of four qualities: Courage, Self-Control, Wisdom and Righteousness.

Ultimate Self-Defence: Our Motto
The ultimate Self-Defence was defined by Socrates in 500 B.C. ‘A just man had nothing to fear: neither in this world nor in the next’. It is also our motto. Self Defence against man is simply mere child's play with us. We will show you that in a few seconds flat!

Classes for Adults and Children
There are classes for children as well as adults. From the age of four upwards. Beginners Introductory Courses run throughout the year.

Personal and Individual Tuition
The numbers in each class are very small in order to provide the maximum of personal and individual tuition.

Further Enquiries
The Secretary
Richmond Aikido Club
The Barn Church Hall
Atwood Avenue
Kew
Richmond
Surrey TW9 4HF

Tel: 0181-878 3813

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