Patrick Schyrr
4th dan Shidōin
Aikikai-certified instructor
Adults
Since 1992 · Gland
A dojo on La Côte
Founded in 1992 by the late Bernard Caloz Shihan, the ACLC teaches aikido in Gland (Salle Montoly). A small, friendly association and a member of the Swiss Cultural Aikido Association.
Our story
34 years on the mat
Aïkido Club La Côte — the ACLC to its regulars — was founded in 1992 by Bernard Caloz Shihan, who guided it for nearly thirty years. His high standards shaped the spirit of the club: a clean aikido, free of frills, where you look for the right movement rather than for strength.
Today, classes are taught by three instructors holding Aikikai teaching titles, alongside the club’s senior practitioners. We train two evenings a week in Gland, adults and juniors, and beginners are welcome at every class.
The club is an association: its members meet every year at the general assembly, and everyone contributes, in their own way, to the life of the dojo.
- Founded
- 1992
- Founder
- Bernard Caloz Shihan, 7th dan
- Dojo
- Salle Montoly, Chemin de Montoly 3, 1196 Gland
- Affiliation
- ACSA · Aikikai
- Classes
- Adults and juniors (age 8+)
Affiliation
A member of the ACSA
The Swiss Cultural Aikido Association (ACSA — Association Culturelle Suisse d’Aïkido) brings together Swiss clubs affiliated with the Aikikai, the Tokyo foundation built around aikido’s founder, Morihei Ueshiba, and still led by his family today.
Through it, the ACLC belongs to the lineage of the Hombu Dōjō, the Aikikai’s headquarters dojo: our instructors’ dan grades and teaching titles are recognised there.
- 合気会 Aikikai Hombu Dōjō, Tokyo
- ACSA Switzerland
- ACLC Gland, since 1992
Instructors
Those who pass it on
Adult and junior classes are taught by instructors who hold Aikikai teaching titles.
Delphine Bläuer
4th dan Shidōin
Aikikai-certified instructor
Adults
Jason Humbert
3rd dan Fukushidōin
Aikikai-certified assistant instructor
AdultsJuniors
What do these titles mean?
- 師範 Shihan
- Master, model. The highest Aikikai teaching title, held by Bernard Caloz.
- 指導員 Shidōin
- Instructor. A teaching title awarded by the Aikikai to experienced practitioners.
- 副指導員 Fukushidōin
- Assistant instructor. The first of the Aikikai teaching titles.
Classes led in rotation
Week by week, adult classes are led in turn by our instructors and by the club’s senior practitioners. Each brings their own feel for the art — a good way to see the same technique through several eyes.
Who leads the next class? See the calendar →- Patrick
- Delphine
- Jason
- Jean-Joseph
- Yves
The founder
Bernard Caloz Shihan
1938–2021 · 7th dan
Rigorous and uncompromising, yet open and generous with his time, Bernard practised aikido for nearly sixty years and founded the ACLC in 1992. The club pays tribute to him.
His path, in memory →Club life
An association and its members
General assembly
The general assembly takes place every year on the first Tuesday of June.
Secretary
Membership, questions, seminar information:
Fees
Account name Aïkido Club La Côte
- Postal account (CCP)
- 17-765676-8
- IBAN
- CH67 0900 0000 1776 5676 8