At Kaizen Dojo we teach Aikido just as Mr. Tomiki envisioned, a series of kata as well as the practice of randori (although, unlike common Tomiki-ryu schools, the  our approach pursues a non-competitive form of randori). As with judo, randori serves as a method of applying principles learned by repetition of kata.

The art of Aikido was created by Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969).  Ueshiba taught that an attacker's energy could be dealt with more efficiently by yielding to it, even adding to it, rather than by trying to meet that force head-on with equal or greater force (the primary characteristic of most other martial arts).  With this in mind, anyone, no matter what their size or age, stands a more favorable chance against a larger, younger, stronger opponent.