Flexibility and fitness are sometimes overlooked aspects of a standard one-hour aikido class. There’s only so much that can be covered in an hour, so we tend to give preference to technique practice.

Join us for a special workshop focused on enhancing flexibility and fitness. Stretch yourself—literally and figuratively—and go beyond what’s achievable in a one-hour class.

Students of all ranks are welcome and encouraged to attend! Sign up below.

I'm so excited to be giving my first solo classical guitar recital! I'll be performing a 25-minute program featuring music by Jorge Morel, Villa-Lobos, and more. Thank you @dalmaestromusic for making it possible. Details below.

Please join us back at the dojo for a fun evening of classical guitar duos! We are featuring Dúo Copla (José Maldonado & Ernesto Ramos) and Dúo Kaplan Mansilla (Matt Kaplan & Pierre Ferreyra-Mansilla) for an evening of Puerto Rican music, Cuban music, and much more!

Here are the details:
👉3/9/2024
👉Doors open at 6:30 pm
👉Music at 7:00 pm
👉 Aikido of South Brooklyn 205 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

BYOB and BYOSnacks! See you there 🎸

Join us on Saturday 12/16 at 6:00 PM in the dojo for a classical guitar concert presentation by Chilean guitarist Matías Inzunza! The concert will explore the story of Asterión by Jorge Luis Borges. Matías has selected evocative pieces that represent that characters and themes of the story. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin, Joaquín Clerch, and more! We hope you can join us for an intimate classical guitar concert exploring storytelling through music. You can find Matías’s beautiful programs in English and Spanish by clicking here.  

Here are the details:

• 12/16/2023

• Doors open at 6:00 pm

• Music at 6:30 pm music

Reception to follow!

Click here to reserve a spot.

On Saturday, July 29, with The Brooklyn Classical Guitar Society, we’ll be hosting a concert with guitarist Nicoletta Todesco. Nicoletta will be performing an original program called The Cockroach Diaries. She describes the program as duets for guitar and voice that, “journey into the mind of a classical guitarist dealing with loneliness, creativity, and ambitions in New York City at the height of the pandemic.” The performance features classical and electric guitar, poetry, and singing. Click here for more info and to reserve your spot.

Join us for our spring concert fundraiser with TIMBILA. TIMBILA blazes ecstatic African rock with an East Village edge. The trance of African spirit possession merges with the trance of free-spirited head-bangers. Surreal buzzing timbila, hypnotic dream melodies of mbira, stinging guitar. In-person and online tickets are available. 

Special Halloween class! Costumes encouraged. Fear mandatory.

Welcome! The Brooklyn Guitar Salon Meetup is an open mic for classical guitarists who want to improve their performance skills. Each Meetup offers classical guitarists, as well as Flamenco and acoustic players, the opportunity to perform, socialize, learn, and talk about all things guitar. The BGS Meetup is a chance to build confidence performing for an in-person, supportive audience, expand and improve your repertoire, and test new pieces on stage. Beginner to advanced performers and their friends and family are all welcome.

Proper body alignment and flexibility are important components of powerful aikido technique. Misalignment triggers our fight and flight responses, making "complete relaxation"--one of Koichi Tohei Sensei's 4 basic principles of aikido--substantially harder to achieve. This special 3-hour intensive will focus on body alignment, relaxation, and aikido technique. The workshop will also address building constructive relationships with training partners and cultivating curiosity.

Josh Paul Sensei will lead the intensive. Paul Sensei is the head instructor of AOSB and a member of the Aikido World Alliance Technical Committee. He is ranked godan Aikikai and is also a 200-hour certified yoga instructor. 

Please bring a comfortable T-shirt in addition to your uniform. 

Welcome! The Brooklyn Guitar Salon Meetup is an open mic for classical guitarists who want to improve their performance skills. Each Meetup offers classical guitarists, as well as Flamenco and acoustic players, the opportunity to perform, socialize, learn, and talk about all things guitar. The BGS Meetup is a chance to build confidence performing for an in-person, supportive audience, expand and improve your repertoire, and test new pieces on stage. Beginner to advanced performers and their friends and family are all welcome.