4-5 years of age, children begin to develop a sudden motion sensors.  This age is also an important period for intellectual development as well.  We can say  that the ruling in the life of these children in kindergarten and primary school education. The difficult child, shy kid, and the development of the different personalities of that age can be, and depends largely on the early childhood environment.  In recent years, large cities have disappeared in places where children abandon played more and more of the dojos and clubs, cover.
The dojo kids act completely different. Not be visible, but the continuing practice of children going through various changes. Currently, between 5 an 13 years of age, children train together. They comprehension bodily strength, movement skill are all different. After training they all say:

„I’m tire, that I can barely breathe, but it was very good!

Management goals: to educate children, among whom more attention to the smaller ones, who are clever helps who are less skilful. Work out in a friendly way, without injury, pleasantly, but disciplined.

Of the Aikido
The old techniques are unarmed „ju” or „jujutsu” was called. These are the Meiji-era , judo and tsukit and karate become pivotal in making it. In the jujutsuk many techniques exist. In the Taisho era (1912-’26) at the beginning of Morihei Ueshiba Sensei the remaining techniques, the modern age is shaped method is suitable for practice, it has been in aikido.  Aikido is a practice set itself the goal, where there is no competition.

The ancient Japanese Budo is also characterized by dynamic and static pages to be accompanied by action. A good example is the practice of pre-and post seiza as well. At this point differs from the western sports, where the movement of the voltage traces. In Aikido there is no competition, so the children nor insist on victory or defeat, and so they can exercise safely.

A group of kids training

The child group training- the development –linked children-  kids are not only practiced aikido techniques, plus the basic bodily strength, movement skills can be developed. Hopscotch, even-leg jumping etc., are also involved in additional tournaments. The techniques( the different groups in general) easy to remember, with little trouble, to be a large movement, hazard-free techniques. Consequently, the clumsy movements of the children not impossible, without uncertainty they can exercise comfortably in aikido. In addition, three times a year (March, June, November) the advancement exam when the exam successfully the appropriate grade-kyu  color belt will be.  This will allow it to be the purpose of training. Once a year in training camp, the group’s life experience can be acquired.

Every years we organized common programs with our brother dojos (Seishokan Dojo and Seijunkan Dojo) these I would emphasize summer camp for children and  Santa Claus gala in December.
You can find more video about the gala and the children trainings in the Children training videos page. The videos were made in early 2006, in Shurenkan Dojo.

Child exams
In the MKDE dojo the diverse education and of course different, sometimes very different pedagogical approaches that place. The dojo instructor will prepare the test materials, determined by a number of years still sit exams and exams time characteristics of the location of the year.

In the Shurenkan dojo, in one year have three times is possible the exam:

1)March
2)the end of June (in the Summer Camp)
3)November

The exam takes places in the local dojo and open to public inspection. The decision to head to the dojo and two other aikido instructor decided.

Successful candidates of any progress in the common Japanese martial art sin the indicate a change in colour of the belt (the belt colour changes the test material can be found).
Shurenkan Aikido Dojo child exam can be found in the downloads section.