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With many of the instructors traveling to Fall Camp in Houston, on Saturday November 2, 2019 the 10:30am kids class and the 2:00pm adult class are canceled. The 11:30am kids class and the 12:45am adult class will take place as normal. Please consider attending one of those.

Additional registrations for Shochugeiko 2019 are no longer being accepted. We are at capacity for the seminar. Thank you, for all of your support.

For those that registered, we at Kiku Matsu are looking forward to a great weekend of training and instruction with all of you that take the time and expense to come to our dojo.

If you did not get your registration in before the cutoff this year, we hope to see you next year (register early) or at an upcoming AWA event.

Shochugeiko (Summer Intensive Training) will be coming to Kiku Matsu Wednesday July 17 through Sunday July 21, 2019. Instruction will be by Charlie McGinnis, 7th Dan, Aikikai Shihan, from Aikido of Cincinnati and AWA Chief Instructor Andrew Sato, 7th Dan, Aikikai Shihan. For the event schedule and registration details, please click here.

Regular adult and children’s classes will be cancelled during this time. We hope you will join us for one or more sessions.

Join us in Houston TX for our annual AWA Yudanshakai and Spring Camp, May 2-5, 2019 with instruction by AWA Chief Instructor Andrew Sato, Shihan, 7th Dan Aikikai Shihan and AWA Technical Committee members.  For the event schedule and registration details, click here.

Aikido is not an easy martial art.  However, it is accessible to anyone who has a desire to train.  During your practice you will go through high and low points, at times you will feel overjoyed and fulfilled.  At other times you will feel exhausted.  Whichever the case, as you walk along Aikido’s “path” you will have countless eye-opening encounters, learn about your own self, and refine your ability to judge and make decisions.

Through the practice of of Aikido, it is possible to experience the process of personal growth in harmony with others and your surroundings.

– Okamoto, Yoko

Join us in Chicago for our annual AWA Kangeiko (Winter Training) with instruction by AWA Chief Instructor Andrew Sato, Shihan, 7th Dan Aikikai. The event will be held January 24-27, 2019 at Kiku Matsu Dojo. For the event schedule and registration details, click here.

Join us in Houston TX for our annual AWA Fall Camp, October 5-7, 2018. We are honored to welcome back Eiji Katsurada, 6th Dan Aikikai, Hombu Shihan. For the event schedule and registration details, click here.

Shochugeiko (Summer Intensive Training) will be coming to Kiku Matsu Wednesday July 18 through Sunday July 22, 2018. Regular adult and children’s classes will be cancelled during this time. We hope you will join us for one or more sessions. For more information on the event, click here.

Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment.

Morihei Ueshiba