Tacoma Aikikai is dedicated to sharing aikido to empower youth and adults in the South Puget Sound. By offering non-violent conflict resolution through rigorous physical training, aikido can promote peace and equity throughout our community. While embracing a traditional aikido training environment, rooted in the lineage and discipline of Japanese martial traditions, we are committed to cultivatin
g students actively engaged in creating a diverse, inclusive, and mutually supportive society. In addition to classes at the dojo, we welcome opportunities to bring the benefits of aikido to schools and community groups through aikido or auxiliary self-defense, empowerment, and movement classes. Tacoma Aikikai welcomes practitioners of all nationalities, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, faiths, ages, and abilities. Chief instructor, Ea Murphy Sensei, has studied aikido for almost two decades in both the Pacific Northwest and Japan. Tacoma Aikikai is affiliated with the International Aikido Headquarters, Hombu Dojo, through our parent organization Birankai North America, founded by the late T.K. Chiba Shihan.
