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Since its inception, Yokohama AikiDojo has been committed to serving its close community in the Yamate and Honmoku area by spreading the positive teachings of Aikido.

In spite of the pandemic which greatly undermined the scale of any public event, the hosting by Tokyo of the 2020 Olympic Games saw the organization of a relatively large number of non-competitive events as part of its official program. One of those events was the “武道祭2020 – UNIVERSAL BUDO FESTIVAL in YOKOHAMA” and as its name suggests, it focused specifically on promoting and disseminating Japanese martial arts.

Yokohama AikiDojo head instructor Guillaume Erard was invited to teach a joint seminar held at the Tokyo Budokan.

Although our dojo has quite recently been established, it has been getting some welcome attention, which in turns has helped us recruit new members at a steady pace. This month, we are very proud to let you know that our head instructor, Guillaume Erard Sensei is featuring in a brand-new interview published by Hiden Monthly (月間秘伝), the most popular martial arts magazine in Japan.

We were recently asked by the International Aikido Federation (IAF) to join its team of experts to present Aikido during the 2019 World Martial Arts Masterships to be held in Chungju, Korea.