Are or do you know an Expat in Eindhoven? Then this page is for you. After all, Ando is a dojo with a diversity of nationalities. From Hungarian to Polish, German, French or Italian, all nationalities are welcome here. As an expat, you naturally try to integrate into Dutch culture as well and easily as possible. With a sport / martial art like Aikido, this is even easier.
Because Aikido has no competition, you are a lot more at ease right away more relaxed on the mat. You are mostly focused on the movements being demonstrated. Something sensei Edo and Anne know all too well. They were on the mat as children with grandmaster Christian Tissier, who spoke mostly French. Well that was a language they did not yet get at school. So she learned mainly by watching and listening carefully. Through students sitting next to them and occasionally translating for them, they began to understand more and more how it all worked. In the dojo at Ando, this is no different. Even in our children's group, the children like to help each other, another great way to practice English for them.
In addition Aikido a social community, especially at Ando. So they like to catch up on all kinds of things before or after training. An easy way for an expat to get a feel for how things are done here. It's not surprising, as Ando dojo is right next to ASML and NXP. Not to mention Eindhoven Airport. Which we also like to use, because we love training abroad.
We also like to invite foreign senseis or grandmasters out for Aikido lessons in our dojo. They are experts in Aikido. In addition, it happens more often that these trainer(s) also bring their own group of people from Europe/World to our dojo. How cool is that! In short, if you are or know an expat working here in the Netherlands, come along for a trial lesson in Aikido.
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