The RASEN (Spiral) Aiki Club opened in January 2010 in the small town of Nandrin in Belgium. Etymologically AiKiDo is the study (the path: Do) of the harmony (Ai) with the universal energy (Ki), as originally developed by Ueshiba Morihei Sensei (1883-1969) and was officially inaugurated as a member of ABF on March 11, 2010 in the presence of Moslin-hanshi and several Belgian sensei. Today several different schools (Ryu) of Aikido exist.
The Aikido style taught in RASEN Aiki club is based upon the teaching of Jean-Pierre Dewandre Sensei (1942-2005) (see also MUSUBI Aiki Club) who was a student of Tamura Nobuyoshi Sensei for some years. This Aikido style is based upon three great principles: dodging the attack in such a way to create the surprise, unbalancing the attacker by controlling his body centre of gravity (Hara) and performing a technique adapted to the attack and to the attacker’s reaction (Takemusu Aikido), in order to avoid development of fixed attack and reaction schemes. In addition a great emphasis is placed into weaponry with Japanese wooden sabre (Bokuto), wooden stick (Jo) and wooden knife (Tanto). Aiki techniques and weaponry have been directly influenced by several Sensei from different schools: Moslin Christopher (UK), Vanhomwegen Michel (Belgium), Jacquet Jean-Pierre (Belgium), Kobayashi Hiroaki (Japan), and Koide Tadashi (Japan).