Rivertide Martial Arts & Yoga

Tonight's class is cancelled due to snow. Don't forget the relaunch of yoga at Rivertide tomorrow night at 6:30 (weather permitting), included with your membership, all sign up COVID protocols are the same as aikido class. Stay Safe!

Rivertide is OPEN! Our updates include lots of COVID safety procedures and Aikido inspired classes every Tuesday and Thursday. It's been great to be back on the mat and seize the opportunity for more intensive weapons training. (pic is pre-COVID)

We are looking to share our Aikido space with like minded folx.

Our new schedule: Tuesdays & Thursdays at 6:30pm, weapons plus, inside the dojo, all COVID protocols strictly observed. Call for details: 518-943-4000.

Black Lives Matter, and we at Rivertide know that it is our responsibility to do better, to join the work being done to make sure that our society changes drastically in order to reflect and honor this basic truth. We know that silence is not an option anymore. We are realizing more fully now that it never was. We stand with those who have been killed, marginalized and repressed by a system of white supremacy. George Floyd. Eric Garner. Breonna Taylor. Sandra Bland. Dominique... "Rem'mie" Fells. Riah Milton. Ahmaud Arbery. Tony McDade. Elijah McClain. Trayvon Martin. Atatiana Jefferson. These are just a few names - this list is heartbreakingly long. We stand with those fighting for justice and we honor those that dedicated their lives to that fight. Sylvia Rivera. Marsha P. Johnson. Storme DeLarverie. Bayard Rustin. Rosa Parks. Marcus Garvey. Sojourner Truth. Thurgood Marshall. Harriet Tubman. Ernestine Eckstein. Tyron Garner. These are just a few names - this list is inspiringly long. While we started our dojo with the specific intent of being diverse and inclusive, we understand now that ’build it and they will come’ is not sufficient. We dedicate ourselves to taking a more proactive approach to creating more diversity at Rivertide Center, and to figuring out how we can utilize the resources and privilege that we have to stand in solidarity with Black Lives and to help dismantle white supremacy. Always forward! Patrick Gaucher and Zoe Kravitsky (Arielle Herman) Rivertide Center photo by Alon Koppel

My deepest sympathies to everyone at Albany Aikido. Irvin Faust Shihan's passing is a great loss to the Aikido community at large. His caring spirit and friendly demeanor greatly helped to shape the positive vibes of this "thing" we share - for decades. Sensei always had kindly and insightful advice for us when we opened our dojo. I will always remember him with respect and love