Yamada Sensei Seminar
August 8th, 9th & 10th, 2008 — Click here for info

Portland Aikikai
was founded in 1992 after the chief instructors, Yoko Okamoto and Christopher Mulligan, finished a period of intensive training at Honbu Dojo; Aikikai World Headquarters in Tokyo.

The Aikikai Style is the classical form derived from the teachings of the founder, Morihei Ueshiba.

The founding vision of Portland Aikikai was to create a training environment and a way of teaching similar to the way they learned in Japan.

In the United States cultures are much more diverse. Through the community of Portland Aikikai and through the Art of Aikido, students from a variety of cultures, races, and ages learn their role in the community as well as their role in greater society.

Portland Aikikai is not a training hall; it is a Dojo, where students learn "do" or the "way" through everyday practice.