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Current Projects > Training Across Borders
By its very nature, aikido builds bridges. Its point is to empower and bring inner peace to practitioners, not vanquish an enemy. Its method is to connect with an attacker, not to counterattack. Its larger goal, for Founder Morihei Ueshiba, is world harmony.
Among groups beset by chronic tensions, aikido practice has been shown to enhance communication. Aikido workshops led Greek and Turkish Cypriots to confirm its benefits as an unforgettable peacebuilding metaphor. Croatian, Muslim, and Serbian practitioners trained together nonstop through the Sarajevo meltdown, and aiki training for Bosnian leaders outside the country led to peace-building projects.
Inspired by these visions and experiences, Aiki Extensions kicked off its Training Across Borders initiative with a momentous seminar in Nicosia, Cyprus on April 14-17, 2005. Since then, TAB has taken on a life of its own, with seminars in four sites across the world.
TAB - Cyprus, April 2005
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Aiki Extensions held a seminar April 14–17, 2005 in Nicosia for aikidoists from several countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Cyprus, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Palestine, Israel, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt. Internationally acclaimed instructors offered training sessions and workshops on aiki methods in work with youth, conflict management, and leadership training. Enthusiastic TAB participants have organized an ongoing network of communications, including:
