Aikikai

The Aikikai is the original school of Aikido. It is centered on the Aikikai Foundation in Japan, and its figurehead is the Doshu (the family heir of the founder of Aikido). It is represented globally through the International Aikido Federation.

Key facts

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Martial art group.name: Aikikai Foundation (公益財団法人合気会 Kōeki Zaidan Hōjin Aikikai)
Martial art group.aka: Aikikai; Aikikai Honbu
Martial art group.date founded: c.1948
Martial art group.country: Japan
Martial art group.founder: Morihei Ueshiba
Martial art group.head: Moriteru Ueshiba Dōshu
Martial art group.arts: Aikido
Martial art group.ancestor schools: Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu • Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū • Yagyū Shingan-ryū
Martial art group.A few well known members: Steven Seagal, Kisaburo Osawa, Seiseki Abe, Yoshimitsu Yamada, Mitsunari Kanai, Nobuyoshi Tamura, Isamu Takeshita, Christian Tissier, Seiichi Sugano

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Aikikai Foundation
''Dōshu''
''Hombu Dōjō''
Aikikai school of Aikido
International Aikido Federation
Aikikai style of aikido
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== Aikikai Foundation == The is the original aikido organization. It has been an incorporated entity in Japan since 1940 under the name , then re-registered under the name "Aikikai" after the ban on Aikido practice was lifted by the GHQ in 1948. It is headed by the doshu, the living successor of the founder of aikido.