On Sunday, May 10th, 2026, the annual Shobu Festival Dedication Demonstration (Shobu Matsuri Hono Embukai) was held at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine Dojo in Kamakura. Organized by Aikido Kenkyukai ...

Guillaume Erard Sensei travelled to Montreal, Canada last month for his first seminar on Canadian soil. Hosted at McGill University in the heart of Montreal, the two-day event brought together practit...

Yokohama AikiDojo participated in the 13th Kanagawa Prefecture Aikido Federation Seminar led by Katsurada Eiji Sensei on Saturday, February 28, at the Kanagawa Prefectural Budokan. This seminar, organ...

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...

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...

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...