The first round of activities at Cluj was coordinated by the Hungarian partner team, who led an engaging and insightful session on non-violent communication.

This essential topic set the tone for deeper discussions on strategies to effectively prevent and address bullying in schools, highlighting the importance of empathy, active listening and respectful dialogue in the classroom and not only.

Another activity within the SkillAiPlus antibullying seminar in Cluj brought a fresh and dynamic perspective, thanks to the Spanish partner team.

In an inspiring and interactive session, participants explored the connection between Aikido movements and antibullying strategies. Aikido, a martial art rooted in harmony and redirection rather than confrontation, served as a powerful metaphor for handling conflict with calm, balance and control.

The school teachers, staff and partners representatives were eager to learn how physical movement can mirror emotional resilience and peaceful conflict resolution in school settings.

This approach added a physical, experiential layer to our understanding of how to respond to bullying—not with aggression, but with centeredness and confidence.

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The focus of the gathering was to explore the use of Aikido, a non-violent Japanese martial art, as a powerful tool for fostering emotional regulation, self-confidence and peaceful conflict resolution—key elements in the fight against bullying.

This initiative is part of the broader SkillAiPlus project, a Europe-wide effort aimed at equipping young people and professionals with practical skills to prevent bullying and promote inclusion through innovative methods. The Granada event marks another significant step in Spain’s contribution to the project, combining physical movement with emotional intelligence in an engaging and meaningful way.

Stay tuned for more SkillAiPlus events and training opportunities across Europe!

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The event focused on raising awareness of the project’s core mission: empowering schools with the skills and tools to prevent bullying through innovative, educational practices.

Held in a collaborative and informative setting, the event brought together a wide group of teachers from various educational levels. The Spanish team presented the objectives and key components of SkillAiPlus, which aims to tackle bullying in school environments by developing social-emotional skills, providing educators with tools to detect and respond to bullying more effectively.

The event also featured interactive discussions and reflections, where educators discussed about experiences and challenges related to bullying. These conversations helped highlight the importance of equipping teachers with not only knowledge, but also actionable strategies to build safer and more inclusive school environments.

Participants expressed strong interest in the SkillAiPlus initiative, praising its relevance, innovative approach and the potential impact on student well-being.

This successful dissemination event marks a significant step in the project’s outreach efforts.

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This month (April 2025) has been very productive for the Greece team, as we successfully completed two sessions of our Training of Trainers. The first session took place in the beautiful city of Nafplion last Saturday, April 5th. We followed up this great start with the second session, which was held in Athens today, April 12th. Both events provided a fantastic opportunity for learning and skill-sharing.

We've had such a great time during these sessions and are incredibly happy to share crucial education skills as part of this effort. This training supports the wider goals of the project.

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This weekend of March (2025), we held the first #SkillAiPlus “Train the Trainer” workshop in the Netherlands, uniting Aikido instructors from various federations in a spirit of collaboration. 

With a highly engaged group of participants, we delved into how Aikido principles and techniques can promote positive behavior, self-awareness, communication, confidence and more in middle school students. 

The conversations around the modules were both insightful and inspiring, marking an important step in expanding Aikido’s influence on future generations! 

A big thank you to all! 

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Such an inspiring spring day at Tada Ima Dojo in Esztergom, Hungary! 

Twelve high-level Aikido instructors received new SkillAi training and are now ready to spread Non-Violent Communication through Aikido principles. 

These instructors are committed to providing schoolchildren with tools to deal with bullying and aggressive behavior in peaceful ways.

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The workshop organized by the Slovenian team of the SkillAiPlus project, this month (February 2025), was very interesting and enriching.

Some aspects were taught through games, in a joyful manner.

Also, very useful comments were gathered as a first feedback of the event. 

So excited to kick off the deployment of our method with newcomers to the SkillAi approach. Looking forward to seeing great results ahead!

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Exciting news! We've just completed our 3rd training session with professional mediators using the groundbreaking SkillAi method - developed by 7 amazing EU partner organizations through Erasmus+ co-funding.

Our participants are fired up and the feedback is incredible.

These skilled professionals are ready to make a real difference in schools, helping to reduce bullying and create safer learning environments for our children.

Together, we're building a network of change-makers who will multiply positive impact across educational settings. Stay tuned for more updates! 

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One of the General Assembly days included a section dedicated to regional federations and platforms, in order to present and promote the ongoing and future projects.

At the GA, all the SkillAiPlus partners representatives were in the audience (EAF, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Greece, Netherlands) and shared information about it with other representatives of the International Aikido Federation members.

Our European program has triggered interest for new such perspectives. 

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They attended the General Assembly meetings as observers or delegates respectively and created new connections networking among the atendees.

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We had an excellent kick-off of the SkillAiPlus project!

Very enthusiastic team! Good progress on the timeline of the activities of the project.

The drafts for several actions were drawn and soon we will reveal as they are going to be applied or implemented in the activities of the target groups.

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The meeting in the nice Hungarian town gathered the mediators of the Central European Mediation Institute and the instructors of the Mushinkai Aikido Association and the Venice Regional Sports Association to draw the first lines directing our goal within the framework of the "SkillAiPlus" program: to create a bullying-free environment in primary and secondary schools.

Gergő Pasqualetti, Head of the project coordinated by the European Aikido Association, explained to the audience that the first edition of this project was called "SkillAi" and it only targeted students, whereas now the intention is to expand it to a wider circle: to address and train teachers, social workers, school psychologists, school mediators. He also explained that in order to achieve this, we will use the basic principles and forms of movement of Aikido, which go beyond the martial art, with its spirit and knowledge.

The instructors and the mediators reviewed what kind of exercises have been developed in the original project and what can be keep from this for the present project, they discussed which would be the most suitable for the participants in the school mediation training to learn. There was also talk about what should still be worked on or changed in order to be effective.

As a base note, the goal of the European program SkillAiPlus is to create a bullying-free school environment. It is implemented within the framework of the European Aikido Association and funded by the European Commission. The meeting was organized in April 20, 2024.

The event was reflected in the local media by FEOL (Fejér county news portal).

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