Practice as well as teaching is integrated in his daily life and this integration is without a doubt the secret of his success. We must keep this innocence and ability to wonder. According to Claude Aikido can be looked at as an art in evolution. As a result, beginners master it more quickly. Since he started practicing Aikido, he has been on the mat six days a week, every week.
Partners are important in the practice of Aikido and in time close friendships develop.
In the beginning, there is always competition but we get to know each other. We gauge each other, we play, we want to find out who we are. I'm thinking, for example, of the first time I met Peter Bernath. Then one day, we find each other sitting on the mat side by side, watching our students do their black belt exams. To Claude, social relations surrounding the practice are important.