Sign up Here for Adults’ and Youth Aikido Programs
Adult Beginners’ Fees
Beginners’ Dojo Fees are required for all students who are new to Aikido.
Beginners’ Fees includes 3 months of mat fees, one 30min private mentoring session with Sensei and an Aikido Gi (uniform) for a total of $540*.
Please note you must first observe a class and come to one class for free before beginning to train.
Adults’ Dojo Fees
Fees cover unlimited attendance to all Adult Aikido and Zazen Classes (9 classes are offered per week).
Monthly mat fees are $180 with discounted rates for partners or family members.
You are responsible for purchasing your own Gi. We have some available for $50 or you can purchase a white cotton Aikido or Judo Gi online.
Youth Fees
Fees cover unlimited attendance to all Youth Classes and by-invitation to family friendly classes on Sundays.
Monthly mat fees are $110 per child (drop in rate is $30 per class). We offer discounted rates for siblings. You are responsible for purchasing your own Gi. We have some available for $35 or you can purchase a white cotton Aikido or Judo Gi online.
Youth Spring Dojo
Dates for Youth Spring Dojo include:
February 6, 13, 20, 27
March 6, 13
April 3, 10, 17, 24
May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
June 5
The fee for all 16 classes is $400. You must purchase your own Gi either at the dojo for $35 or elsewhere.
Please note…
Adult Classes can be attended as drop in for a $25 daily mat fee (includes all back to back classes).
Youth classes are $30 drop in.
Drop in fees must be paid in cash or Venmo @Liminal_Arts at the time of attendance.
All beginners are required to observe a class, then take a free class and then sign up for the Beginner Dojo package (see above).
Please be sure to familiarize yourself with dojo etiquette (below) before attending class. By signing up you agree to the terms & conditions.
*If dojo fees are a financial hardship, please reach out for partial work-trade scholarship opportunities.
About the Instructor & Current Dojo Offerings
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“The secret of Aikido is to harmonize with the movement of the Universe and bring ourselves into accord with the Universe itself.” - Ueshiba O-Sensei
Aikido is a wisdom path - a path that teaches us that communion with Divine Nature is our ultimate purpose.
Aikido is a martial path - a path that works with and through the archetypal energy of conflict.
Through the practice of Aikido principals, we can come to the experiential gnosis that we are all of one Nature. Thus Aikido is a path towards the reconciliation of all things.
With mindful and rigorous training and devotion to this art, one should expect to engage with three aspects of development - physical, psychological and spiritual.
Practice includes strength training and conditioning, study and application of Aikido waza (techniques), as well as internal arts and meditation. The dojo atmosphere is one of discipline and devotion and provides a place to build community, train hard and move towards self transformation.
Class Times:
Tuesdays & Thursdays:
Aikido 5-5:50 pm
Aikido 6-6:50 pmWednesday & Fridays:
Aikido 7-8 am
Zazen 8-8:30 amSundays:
Aikido 8-9:30 am
Zazen 9:30-10 am
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“The secret of Aikido is to harmonize with the movement of the Universe and bring ourselves into accord with the Universe itself.” - Ueshiba O-Sensei
Aikido is a wisdom path - a path that teaches us that communion with Divine Nature is our ultimate purpose.
With mindful and rigorous training and devotion to this art, one should expect to engage with three aspects of development - physical, psychological and spiritual.
Practice includes strength training and conditioning, study and application of Aikido waza (techniques), as well as internal arts and meditation. The dojo atmosphere is one of discipline and devotion and provides a place to build community, train hard and move towards self transformation.
Class Times:
Thursdays:
3:30-5pm
Note: Youth ages 14 and up are welcome to join Adult Aikido class
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Silent seated meditation. Simplicity and presence.
Class Times:
Wednesday & Fridays:
Zazen 8-8:30 amSundays:
Zazen 9:30-10 am
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Ryan Miller Wolf has over 27 years of experience in Martial Arts, Movement therapies and healing arts. He is a committed seeker of states of freedom of body, mind and spirit.
Born to an Indonesian immigrant mother and a European-American and traveling most of his young life with his Christian missionary father, Ryan considers himself a “third culture kid” - he is at home nowhere and everywhere, a naturally Liminal being. Ryan has always instinctually felt the connection of all things, never wanting to reject, rather wanting to integrate and bring things together.
Initially, Ryan studied Piano performance at Seattle Pacific University, then completed his studies in Sustainable Design at Evergreen State College. He began training at the Kannagara Aikido Dojo in Washington state in 1997 and in 2004 began an apprentice residency with Koichi Barrish at Tsubaki Grand Shrine, home of Kannagara Dojo. For two years he undertook intensive studies in both Aikido and Shinto, a Japanese indigenous shamanic spirituality. During this time, Ryan performed Misogi daily, (ritualized cold water purification rites), and studied Shinto prayers, practices, ceremonies and formal ritual architecture. It was through these experiences that Ryan came to understand the deeper purpose of his Aikido practice and the way it centered around community. Bridging the gap between the individual and the community has become the central pillar of Ryan’s work and the essence of his engagement with Liminal Arts.
Systema came into Ryan’s practice unexpectedly in 2006. Coming directly from a very strict, hierarchical training environment, Systema provided a more casual platform to study freedom of movement as well as offering unique teaching methodologies within the context of martial arts training. He was unusually blessed with the opportunity to study with Kaizen Taki and Brian King and began teaching Systema in 2010 with permission of chief instructor, Vladamir Vassiliev.
In addition to martial arts, Ryan has also worked with shamanic practices for over 9 years and offers healing sessions. He offers shamanic healing sessions, Reiki, and the Rossiter System of assisted stretching for myofascial release. Ryan is also an avid beekeeper and offers private healing sessions using, Apitherapy/bee sting therapy and other such and creates "medicines from the hive".
For 10 years, Ryan and Nico ran Golden Well Sanctuary in Vermont on the crossroads of Spirit, Nature, Community and Self. For ten years they farmed the land, held community events, hosted and taught seminars and retreats, fed thousands, and brought two children into the world. Then on the tail of a Pandemic, took a leap into the Unknown and moved to Brooklyn with a distilled vision of his work in hand and came to co-found School of Liminal Arts. After Brooklyn, they spent a year in Europe and now are happy to call O’ga P’Ogeh (Santa Fe, NM) home.
Today Ryan’s work is devoted to the Materia of Relationships. Included in this life work is the desire to find the likeness in all things. Not in order to render all things the same, but rather recognize the beautiful warp and weft of the world and to repair and reconnect these threads within our own histories and future stories.
Bow upon entering and leaving the practice area of the dojo.
Bow when stepping on or off the mat in the direction of the Kamiza and the picture of the founder O’ Sensei.
Respect your training tools: Your practice uniform, (gi) should be cleaned and mended. Do not forgo washing your gi after more than two practices; weapons should be in good condition and in their proper place when not in use.
Class is open and closed with a ceremony; it is important to participate in this ceremony, but if you are unavoidably late, you should be seated beside the mat until Sensei signals for you to join the class. Bow as you get on the mat. It is important that you do not disrupt the class in doing so.
The proper way to sit on the mat is in seiza. If you have a knee injury, you may sit cross-legged, but never sit with legs outstretched or lean against walls or posts. You must be alert at all times.
Do not leave the mat during practice without first asking for the instructor’s permission.
You should sit quietly and attentively in seiza when the instructor demonstrates a technique during class. After the demonstration, bow to Sensei and then to a partner and begin practice.
When the end of a technique is signaled, stop immediately, bow to your partner, and line up with the other students.
Never stand around idly on the mat; you should be practicing or waiting your turn.
When receiving personal instruction during class, sit in seiza and watch. Bow to the instructor when she/he has finished.
When the instructor is instructing another student, you may stop your practice and watch. Sit formally and bow to her/him when he is finished.
If you know the technique being studied and you are working with someone who does not, you may lead the person through it, but do not assume the role of the instructor. You are here for practice; do not force your ideas on others. At the same time, respect those more experienced.
It is everyone’s responsibility to keep the dojo clean; the practice area should be kept clean and the mat swept and wiped after each class.
There should be no eating, drinking, smoking, or gum chewing on the mat at any time.
No jewelry should be worn during practice.
If you are unsure of what to do in a particular situation ask a senior student or simply follow her/his lead. Although at first there will be many forms of etiquette to remember, they will become natural as you continue to train. Please do not be resentful if you are corrected on a point of etiquette.
Always train within the ability of your partner. Do not practice so as to injure your partner. You are both responsible for each other.
Please be aware at all times of those around you as you take ukemi (falling), or are throwing your partner. Train to develop awareness in all directions.
Visitors are welcome to sit and observe a class at any time, but the following rules of etiquette should be followed:
Sit quietly and respectfully.
No eating, drinking, smoking or cellphone use while class is in progress.
Do not talk or walk around while the instructor is demonstrating.
