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Utah Valley Aikido Dojo
Japanese martial art in Orem, Utah

Utah Valley Aikido is located in Orem, Utah and offers training in Aikido, grappling, and self-defense.

Aikido is the Japanese martial art known both for it's flowing movement and martial effectiveness. Its techniques are taught to law enforcement as the basis of their arrest and control techniques.

Founded by Tug Gettling Sensei in 1996, Utah Valley Aikido is affiliated with the California Aikido Association, and the Aikikai Foundation--Aikido world headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.

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Video featuring Utah Valley Aikido dojo members.
Filmed at locations in Provo and Orem, Utah.

 

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Announcements and Upcoming Events

Threat Response Workshop with Tug Gettling Sensei - dates to be announced.

 

 

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Utah Valley Aikido affiliation California Aikido Association

 

 

Area Information

Provo UT
Provo is the largest city in Utah County, with a population of 88,519. Provo is the home of Brigham Young University (BYU), the 2nd largest private university in the USA. BYU has undergraduate classes in the martial arts, including western fencing, wrestling, tae kwon do, kenpo karate, and jujutsu. Many of the current martial art teachers in the Provo-Orem area began their martial art studies in a class or club at BYU.

Orem UT
Orem has a population 74,402, and is the current home of Utah Valley Aikido. Utah Valley University (UVU), located in Orem, hosts Utah's only NCAA wrestling team. UVU also offers martial art classes and clubs.

Utah Valley
Utah Valley is located within Utah County, in the north-central part of the state, south of Salt Lake City. It is dominated geographically by the Wasatch Mountains of the Uinta National Forest to the east, and Utah Lake to the west.

Besides its two largest cities, Provo and Orem, Utah Valley also includes the communities of Alpine, American Fork, Cedar Hills, Elk Ridge, Genola, Goshen, Highland, Lehi, Lindon, Mapleton, Payson, Pleasant Grove, Salem, Santaquin, Spanish Fork, and Springville.

(Sources: Wikipedia;  1994 population: Statistical Abstract of Utah, 1996)

 

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