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NEWS
Odilon Regnard Promoted to 5th Dan
The traditional Aikido Kagamibiraki ceremony held at the Aikido Hombu Dojo on January 11, 2026, marked an exceptional start to the year for the global Aikido community. Among the 1,064 practitioners p...
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2025 Aikido Kanagawa Training and Exchange Practice: An Enthusiastic Practice to End the Year
The 2025 Aikido Kanagawa Training and Exchange Practice was held on Saturday, December 27th. The final practice session of the year, it brought together aikido enthusiasts from the Kanto area for a li...
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An International Aikido Expert in La Réunion
La Réunion is currently hosting an international Aikido expert, Guillaume Erard. Welcomed by the Saint-Pierre Aikido School, he has clearly fallen under the spell of the landscapes in the south of the...
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Celebrating Doshu's Order of the Rising Sun Award
Yesterday, I had the honor of attending the celebration for Ueshiba Moriteru Doshu receiving the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette at the Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo. Over 1,100 practition...
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ARTICLES
Pedagogy and practice expectations at Yokohama AikiDojo
At Yokohama AikiDojo, Aikido practice is framed around katageiko — a formalized and cooperative method for engaging with the Aikido curriculum. Historically rooted in the transmission of traditional m...
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The Meaning of Grades in Aikido: A Comprehensive Exploration
In Japanese martial arts, ranking systems serve as markers of a practitioner's progress, skill, and understanding. As one of the modern martial arts founded in the early 20th century, aikido incorpora...
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