News Archive

Happy birthday to Hombu Dojo-cho!

Message of Doshu on Regaining Daily Life

Here is the message from Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba sent today, regarding the regain of daily life after the Emergency Declaration of Japan, including Tokyo, was lifted.

Happy Anniversary, IWGA!

The International World Games Association (IWGA) is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The organization was founded on 21st of May 1980. 

Messages from Lockdown

Representatives of IAF members expressed and shared their support to Aikidoka not able to practice during the pandemic times.

Stay Safe IAF Campaign

The coronavirus pandemic led to the closure of most of the dojos for an indefinite period of time. But Aikidoka continued to practice by themselves. We invited people all over the world to share moments of Aikido at home.

Message from Doshu regarding Covid-19

Here is the message regarding COVID-19 that Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba sent to the Aikido community today.

Postponement of the International Aikido Summit

The International Aikido Federation (IAF) has been in close contact with the Aikikai World Headquarters monitoring the Covid-19 situation in Japan and the rest of the world in order to decide whether to host the International Aikido Summit as scheduled or not in Sep/Oct 2020.

New Zealand Anniversary

Aikido Shinryukan cerebrated the 50th Anniversary in Auckland, New Zealand, during the 6th-8th of March 2020.

Safety advice

In the light of the global spreading of the Corona virus, national safety restrictions regarding the practice of Aikido should be obeyed. We all hope that the global situation will change soon!

European events affected

Several Europe Aikido events have been cancelled or postponed because of the covid-19 risk situation.