Aikido Club at UCR

Aikido Club at UCR This is the official page for the Aikido Club at UCR (Riverside Aikikai.) One of O-Sensei's students was Kazuo Chiba (千葉和雄 also T.K. Chiba.)

Our mission is to provide UCR students and the surrounding community with traditional aikido training focused on strong foundations with an emphasis on ukemi. Morihei Ueshiba (O-Sensei) developed and taught the martial art known as Aikido which was evolved from Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu. Chiba was a Japanese Judoka in 1954 and following that began Aikido in about 1965. He served for seven years as uc

hideshi (live in student) at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo before being dispatched abroad to help develop Aikido internationally. Chiba Sensei was the founder of Birankai International Aikido group. Kevin Bash traces his aikido lineage to O-sensei as a student of Pablo Vasquez, a student of Chiba Sensei. He is a Shidoin, promoted to 5th Dan by Chiba Sensei and is the Chief instructor of Riverside Aikikai. Kevin Bash has taught Aikido at UCR since 1997. Juan Pablo Simonovis was promoted to 3rd Dan by Kevin Bash and has been practicing aikido in 1998 in Venezuela since the age of 14 and has been training for over 25 years. He was with Homero Navas Sensei until his relocation to California, USA and has been with Birankai since 2012. Juan was occasionally invited to teach classes at Riverside Aikikai until his relocation to New York in 2017. He returned to Riverside Aikikai as a permanent instructor as of 2021. Other instructors at Aikido at UCR are Steve Rockett who has trained for over 40 years in Aikido and has been an instructor at UC Riverside since 2004, and Yulie Gurrola who has trained for over 10 years and has been an instructor since 2022.

09/03/2024
06/19/2023
🍕That’s a wrap on Winter Quarter! Thank you to everyone who joined us for pizza and hope to see you all back on the mat...
03/17/2023

🍕That’s a wrap on Winter Quarter! Thank you to everyone who joined us for pizza and hope to see you all back on the mat next quarter! 🥋

💐Two of our newest students for getting the hang of kotegaeshi 🥋Aikido classes from 5pm-8pm Tues and Thurs. #合気道 ...
02/10/2023

💐Two of our newest students for getting the hang of kotegaeshi 🥋

Aikido classes from 5pm-8pm Tues and Thurs.

#合気道

10 Likes, 0 Comments - Riverside Aikikai (Aikido Club at UCR) () on Instagram: "💐Two of our newest students for getting the hang of kotegaeshi 🥋 Aikido classes from 5pm-8pm Tues and Thurs. #合気道 ...

02/10/2023

12 Likes, 3 Comments - Riverside Aikikai (Aikido Club at UCR) () on Instagram: "We all started somewhere and it’s always nice to go back to basics. These are just some of the rolls we warm up with for the Advance Aikido Class (7pm-8pm.) Aikido classes from 5pm-8pm Tues and...

02/07/2023

Save the date!

Birankai North America Summer Camp 2023 is on!

June 14-18th at CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo California!

Aikido Daiwa

New IG Account, go ahead and give us a follow
02/03/2023

New IG Account, go ahead and give us a follow

A little delayed, but a big congrats to our three students who met the requirements, passed a test and got new belt colo...
01/29/2023

A little delayed, but a big congrats to our three students who met the requirements, passed a test and got new belt colors. 😉

01/10/2023

Hello and Welcome (back) to all students! Winter Quarter is on and so is Aikido at UCR.
Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Jan 10th - Mar 16th in room MPR D in the Recreation Center.
Registration can be completed online or in person at the front desk of the Rec Center.
Classes can be registered for separately or all together by purchasing Aikido Unlimited, $52 (or $74 for non-UCR students) which grants access to all classes listed below for the entire quarter.
• Weapons class 5pm - 6pm (weapons provided.)
• Aikido class 6pm - 7pm
• Advanced Aikido 7pm - 8pm (all levels welcomed.)

We are mixing it up the quarter by having the instructors switch up the classes from what they were teaching last quarter. Juan Pablo, Steve Rockett and Yulie are looking forward to seeing you on the mat.

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UCR Student Recreation Center 900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA
92521

Opening Hours

Tuesday 5pm - 8pm
Thursday 5pm - 8pm

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