Two Cranes Institute

Mission

Two Cranes Institute uses the principles of aikido to help people of all ages cultivate resilience, compassion, and nonviolent responses to conflict—in the dojo, in relationships and across community life.

Description

Two Cranes Institute helps people meet conflict without losing themselves.

Rooted in aikido—the Art of Peace—we teach children, teens, and adults how to find their center, stay connected, and act with clarity under pressure. Through movement-based training, students build resilience, self-awareness, trust and nonviolent responses to conflict.

Your GiveBIG gift helps us expand this work beyond the studio walls—bringing programs to more schools, families, organizations, and community partners while helping secure a permanent home for the Art of Peace in the Puget Sound region.

Two Cranes Institute (TCI) offers programs for children, teens and adults that promote nonviolence and cultivate harmonious solutions to conflict. In addition to aikido practice, we deliver trainings to study and transform embodied trauma responses in relational contexts to address fear, alienation and powerlessness. We build more resilient communities by providing strategies for compassionate leadership.

"Aikido manages to be a mutual act that both preserves one's own identity, but also dispels the aggression of all parties involved peacefully, without repercussion."--Teen Student, Two Cranes Aikido

Two Cranes Institute is pursuing enduring community benefits by developing our building at 8512 20th Ave NE to present an additional 7,000+ square feet for a multi-use environment where communities can gather. We' hope to engage with partners who may share a similar interest in developing resources for the Maple Leaf/Lake City community area.

For more information on the Two Cranes Aikido program visit: www.twocranesaikido.com