A Center For the Martial Arts

Our family loves this place.
My kids have been taking the children’s aikido class there since mid-​summer and it’s amazing. My little one started out as a very timid 4yr old — the teachers worked with her at her own pace and now she is confident and comfortable in class and couldn’t be prouder that she recently moved up to an orange belt. My older daughter has taken to the class and the routine with ease.
The sensei’s (sp??) are all fantastic with the kids. Really, it’s amazing. They start by teaching the kids how to roll and how to stretch — very comfortable tasks to break into something new. The class always ends with a fun game of some sort and then the kids get to take a second with Sensei in a circle after class and have a quick group chat about how school is coming along or about who had a hard spelling test that week.
It’s hard to describe what it is exactly that makes the place so welcoming and such a perfect environment for the kids. I just know that I couldn’t ask for better.

Excellent service! Fine attention to detail. They serve the community well. The best martial arts program around. No contracts! They give back to the community in many ways! Excellent!

I have practiced Aikido all over the continent. Bob Garza is the teacher I choose at home. He an excellent instructor. He has a martial approach to Aikido and adjusts the level of practice to the individual student from fun and gentle for young children (which there is also a GREAT program for kids) to serious and intense with senior black belt students. There are several high ranking instructors who also teach here. This is the definitive Aikido dojo anywhere on the south side of Chicagoland. Soseikan Dojo is credentialed as part of a regional organization of several dojo that is associated with Aikikai International (Hombu or «home dojo») in Tokyo where dan (black belt) ranking is issued. There are many other martial arts offered by other instructors including Mugai Shinden Mugairyu Iai Hyodo Iaido, Dan Zan Ryu Jujitsu, Kenpo, Tai Chi, Silat and Tae Kwon Do. Also, yoga classes are offer during the week.