Asheville Aikikai

02/16/2026

Congratulations to Michael Silverman on his promotion to 5th Dan!!

01/02/2026

Great day of training to start off the new year!!
Happy New Year!

05/21/2025

What an amazing experience. So glad Sensei got to train at Hombu and enjoy some well deserved leisure time. Thank you Asheville Aikikai for making this happen!

05/03/2022

Asheville Aikikai is now offering classes at our new location @ 370 N Louisiana Ave. Unit H4
Schedule for this wk 5/2:
Tuesday 6:30-7:30
Wednesday 6:30-7:30
Thursday 6:30-7:30
Friday no class
Saturday 10:00am-11:00am

11/21/2021

An interesting article about Akira Tohei Sensei, under whom Aikido of Austin’s chief instructor, Josef Birdsong trained.

https://maytt.home.blog/2021/11/17/interview-with-longtime-aikidoka-kiyoshi-yasutake-his-time-with-midwest-pioneer-akira-tohei/

01/12/2021

Many of you may already know, but it's official. Congratulations Sensei Palmer!!!

11/08/2020

https://youtu.be/Inrc7S6DCek

The mat.

How to build a mat in 38 seconds.

11/07/2020

Moving along nicely!

11/07/2020

All ready to install the mat area tomorrow

09/09/2020

Soon we will have a home... we can enjoy from outside the windows😭 There is still hope😊.

08/07/2020

More progress