Knoxville Aikido Center

06/21/2026

Thank you to the Midwest Aikido Federation for a great Summer Camp with Seki Shihan!

06/30/2025

Members of Knoxville Aikido Center at the MAF Summer camp.

01/26/2025

Members of Knoxville Aikido Center at Aikido of Cincinnati 50th anniversary seminar with Yoko Okamoto Shihan

01/10/2025

Due to the weather conditions, class tonight is cancelled, 1/10/25

01/04/2025

本日、1月4日は植芝吉祥丸二代道主のご命日です。

吉祥丸二代道主は、開祖の意志を受け、戦後昭和20年代の前半から本部道場の規則的な日常稽古を再開。

合気道を広く一般に公開し、国内外への普及・振興のため生涯を懸けて尽力されました。

ここに感謝の意を表します。

On January 4th 1999, Second Doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba passed away.

Kisshomaru Second Doshu, under the guidance of the Founder, restarted the regular Aikido practice at Hombu Dojo after the end of World War II.

Kisshomaru Doshu opened Aikido to the public, as well as worked tirelessly to spread Aikido domestically and internationally.

We want to express our gratitude for his efforts.

11/02/2024

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“…the old way the masters taught was to demonstrate the techniques rather than to explain them. It was the duty of the student to ‘learn’ from the master. Hiroshi Kato Sensei has told us in the past, “I was not taught by the Founder (of Aikido), I learned from him”. Kato Sensei always understood that it was his job to study carefully what the Founder was doing and to imitate it and incorporate his own understanding of what he saw into his aikido. Speaking in general terms, in our western mindset, we believe that good students come from good teachers.
The eastern mindset is that good students come from dedication and the careful observation of the teacher. The worthy student shows himself to be so by virtue of his dedication to learning the art. The responsibility is on the learner. That being the case then, in the old culture of budo, it was the dedication, intensity, focus and hunger that allowed some of the learners to become the best students…”

Excerpt fr “The Traditional Learning Method of Aikido” posted by JGarcia, 2011
Shudokan School of Aikido

09/24/2024

Thank you to GEAC for a GREAT seminar with Seki Shihan!

08/31/2024

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08/30/2024

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Preparations have begun! We can't wait to see everyone in a couple of months. Rooms are going to book fast so get yours now! https://floridaaikikai.com/newest/2024/08/29/florida-winter-camp/

08/20/2024

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Happy Birthday, Tohei Sensei!

The legacy of our founding instructor, Akira Tohei Shihan (1929-1999), lives on through all the lives he touched, including his students, their students, THEIR students and onward.

Thank you, Sensei.