Gergo Paqualetti 5th dan Aikikai
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Gergő had his first introduction to Aikido at his age of eight. He started his first dojo as a university student. He regularly attends international coaching seminars in Europe and Japan to further develop his skills. His Aikido has been inspired big time by Endo Seishiro shihan, a direct student of the Founder: Morihei Ueshiba. Gergő received his 5th Dan degree from Endo sensei in Japan, in 2018.
In cross-training other martial arts, he competed as member of the Hungarian national team in amateur boxing and he practiced Muay Thai for ten years, including winning a tournament in Thailand in the professional class. Gergő is practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for the last five years to further develop his skills.
Based on his more than 35 years of Aikido practice and over 15 years of teaching experience, he is fully convinced that through Aikido it is possible to change people’s behavior at a very deep, unconscious level. He is using Aikido as a tool to induce positive change in life, including in the fields of inter-personal relations, leadership skills, self-development, stress-management and peaceful conflict resolution. In Gergő’s interpretation, Aikido is much more than “just” an enjoyable physical activity. It is becoming a practical toolkit for everyday life. After all, Aikido should be practiced as a spiritual path (“Do”). By profession, Gergő is lawyer and diplomat. He was elected in 2019 to be the Secretary General of the European Aikido Federation.
Alberto Villari 5th dan Aikikai
Aikido passionate with more than 26 years of Aikido training and teaching, Alberto believes in the educational values of Aikido as a mean of developing a flexible and strong body, together with a fast, adaptive and resilient mind.
He focuses on constant practice, continuous learning and personal development. He studies the psychology of a good body-mind balance (bio-energetic) and trust in the benefits of the Aikido foundations (including mindful breathing) for development of the energy and harmony of the person.
Zoltan Szilvai 2nd dan Aikikai
Zoltan ‘s training emphases on dynamic, punctual and harmonised movements. He believes that Aikido techniques should be based on using the opponent’s energy. He favorises weapon exercises with “Jo”, “Bokken” and “Tanto”. His aim is to strive to reach the highest level of knowledge in Aikido with harmonisation of body and mind and he is eager to share this knowledge with his students.
Zoltan’s studies of the Japanese language, research of Eastern Culture and philosophy led him to travel extensively in Japan where he further deepened his knowledge about martial arts.
Zoltan is also trained in other martial arts and offers classes in Close-Range-Combat, self-defence, MMA, BJJ and Kick Box for competitions.