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Current Projects > Training Across Borders
Aikido
practice has proven its ability to foster communication between groups
beset by chronic tensions. Aiki Extensions sponsored training opportunities
for Greek and Turkish Cypriots in 2005. Croatian, Muslim, and Serbian practitioners
trained together throughout the Sarajevo meltdown in the same venue, where
Arabs from three countries and dozens of Israeli Jews trained as well.
Aikido training for Bosnian leaders outside the country led to peace-building
projects every year since 2004.
TAB - Cyprus, April 2005
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Septilingual Glossary
Aiki Extensions held a seminar in April, 2005 in Nicosia for aikidoists from several countries in the Eastern Mediterranean - Cyprus, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Palestine, Israel, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt. Internationally acclaimed instructors offered training sessions and workshops on aiki methods in work with youth, conflict management, and leadership training. Enthusiastic TAB participants have organized an ongoing network of communications, including:
