MARU SF DOJO

11/22/2025

I'd like to share another article and this time is from Financial Express. It seems my quote is getting around.

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg turn to jiu-jitsu, sparking debate on whether martial arts is the ultimate billionaire longevity hack.

11/19/2025

Sharing an interview with Business Insider.

Jiu jitsu is hot with business and tech elites. Instructors say it can hone your brain and body for better performance.

11/11/2025

Here's Part 2 of the 2025 Shirakawa/Feliciano Seminar at Pasadena Aikikai.

【Part 2】2025 Aikido Autumn Seminar with Ryuji Shirakawa & Ray FelicianoPlace: Pasadena Aikikai, California, USADate: Sept 6-7, 2025Special Guest: RYUJI SHIRA...

11/03/2025

Join us at the 2026 San Diego Aikido Bridge Seminar. Honored to be one of the guest instructors!

Join us with main instructors Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan, Lisa Tomoleoni Shihan, Cat Strada Sensei, Tom Liu Sensei, Ray Feliciano Sensei, and Maru Melcon Sensei for 3 days of excellent training for our 22nd Annual San Diego Aikido Bridge Seminar. Jiai Aikido is the founding headquarters for the Internatio...

10/19/2025

What a way to start a weekday, rolling on a Sunday morning, feeling that pressure yet you maintain your cool. Learn to manage pressure on and off the mat through BJJ training.

09/15/2025

Congratulations to Sam Khano, a long-time student of martial arts and 👊. Another milestone after blue belt. Sam exhibited mental toughness and pushed through. It’s about digging deep.

09/15/2025

Learning the finer points of deep half guard with Bernardo Faria.

09/09/2025

It was a milestone! A wildly successful seminar both in content and in participation. So many different aikido organization descended to Pasadena Aikikai. Shirakawa sensei’s dynamic and flowing aikido sparked inspiration in everyone’s eyes. As for my presentation, it was the start of modern aikido evolution (Aikido and BJJ) to which I have been working on the past few years. &BJJ

09/04/2025

Kaizen, continuous improvement. It’s not just skill but also mental improvement. The training in BJJ is a wonderful process for self-improvement and in my experience a form of therapy. The dojo members consist of a broad range of ages to where one not only learn techniques but more importantly mutual respect of one another regardless who they are off the mat.

09/04/2025

Ryuji Shirakawa and Ray Feliciano (RF) Seminar is just around the corner. It’s Shirakawa sensei’s first time in the U.S. It is a unique kind of seminar with Shirakawa sensei’s dynamic aikido movement together with RF’s aikido evolution or adaptation fused with BJJ principles and concepts. It’s an exciting time to learn aikido. #

08/21/2025

seminar earlier this year and it’s an eye opener. Thank you !

08/21/2025

A dojo, it could be a place for mental therapy and where one could meet friends-possibly lifelong friends. It’s a place where you develop skills and reinvent oneself.