Applied Aikido Professionals Directory
This is the directory of the Applied Aikido Association: professionals who bring Aikido into organisations, through training, coaching or consulting.
Two conditions to appear in the directory:
- Be a member of the Applied Aikido Association. Become a member
- Show your professional practice. In your card, describe how you apply Aikido in your work: with whom, in what context, and in what form. Add a link to your website or your LinkedIn profile. This lets us confirm that you work as a professional before your card is published.
If you are a member, log in and use the “Add my card” button to add your own card. It will appear here once it has been reviewed.
North America
Paul Linden (United States)
Paul Linden developed Being In Movement, a body-awareness training built on Aikido principles
Paul Linden is chief instructor at Aikido of Columbus, a sixth-degree black belt, and a Feldenkrais instructor with a PhD in physical education. He has served on the board of Aiki Extensions, a sister organisation of ours.
He developed Being In Movement, a body-awareness training built on Aikido principles. His starting point: under threat the body contracts, and a contracted body cannot think or act well. So he teaches people to notice that contraction and to find a state he describes as calm alertness and compassionate power.