Our instructors
Sándor Karászi 6th dan (Aikikai) Dojocho
Sándor is an experienced, professional Aikido instructor, one of the defining characters of Hungarian Aikido life. He started practicing Aikido at the age of 22 and soon became committed to practicing and teaching Aikido. Since then, he has opened several dojos in Budapest, Gyöngyös, Szolnok, Jászberény and Dunaharaszti. He holds several training camps every year both in Hungary and abroad.
Since 2010, he has been studying the movement systems of kenjustu and the most ancient bare-handed Japanese martial arts, which he continuously incorporates into his Aikido. As a result, he has developed a clean style that can be used to teach anyone to move easily and efficiently, even those who may not feel the talent for martial arts. Many highly qualified black belt students came out of his hands, many of them opened their own dojo.
For three years, he has been teaching the "Peaceful Warrior" module to primary and secondary school children, as part of the "Peaceful Schools" program, which aims to reduce school aggression.
He was the president of the Hungarian Aikikai Aikido Culture Association for thirteen years, and then managed the work of the Association's Technical Committee. In 2018, he received the "In Aikido and for Aikido" award.
You can find out more about Sándor Karászi here, and you can see his latest presentation on June 19, 2019 here.
Gergő Pasqualetti 6th dan (Aikikai)
Gergő started Aikido when he was eight years old. He opened his first Aikido dojo as a university student, within the framework of the university sports club. He is currently teaching in Brussels, in the dojo of the European Commission. He regularly attends international training camps in Europe and Japan to ensure his own development.
He believes that the basic principles of Aikido can be used effectively in many areas of life (human and business relations, leadership skills and self-development, stress management, peaceful conflict resolution, etc.). In his training, he focuses on how to transfer what he learned in the dojo to everyday life, so that Aikido is not "just" an enjoyable exercise, but can become a practical toolkit and an authentic spiritual path (Do) for the practitioners. He is a lawyer and diplomat by profession. Secretary General of the European Aikido Federation (EAF).
You can watch Gergő Pasqualetti's June 19, 2019 presentation here. Gergő Wilko Wriesman also spoke to the Dutch shihan at this event, and the video of this can be seen here.