Events for Jan. 1, 2026

Herve Rouxel, Shidoin, to Palm Beach Aikikai

Iaido and Aikido Seminar

Harvey Konigsberg, Shihan, to Alamo Area Aikikai

Reopening Anniversary Seminar/ Kagami Biraki

Bruce Bookman, Shihan, to Tenzan Aikido

Advanced Intensive

Crystal N. Aldrich, Shidoin, and Michael Sheahon, Shihan, to Greater Hartford Aikikai

Kagami Biraki- New Year Seminar

Peter Bernath, Shihan, to San Francisco Aikikai

Seminar

Mick W. Cipra, Fukushidoin, and Matthias Lynch, Shidoin, to Twin Cities Aikido Center

Kagami Biraki

Maria Cristina Dumlao, Shihan, and Blue Spruell, Shihan, to Boston Aikikai

Winter Blues Aikido Seminar

Vu Xuan Ha, Shihan, and Manolo San Miguel 6th dan Aikikai to Aikikai Valencia

Aikido Seminar

Blue Spruell, Shihan, and Jonathan A. Weiner, Shidoin, to Aikido of Charlotte

Winter Seminar

Graham Fraser, Shidoin, and Jason Martell, Fukushidoin, to Lunenburg Aikikai

Winter Seminar

Joshua Layton, Shidoin, to Montérégie Aikikai

Scholarship Benefit & Community Showcase

Crystal N. Aldrich, Shidoin, and Brian Levy Sensei to Aikido New London County

Friendship Seminar

Blue Spruell, Shihan, to Houston Aikikai

Seminar

Harvey Konigsberg, Shihan, to Albany Aikido

Irvin Faust Memorial Seminar

Hal Lehrman Jr., Shihan, and Paul Manogue, Shidoin, and Rodrigo Kong Sensei to Aikido of Raritan Valley/Ren Sei Kan

20th Anniversary Seminar

Peter Bernath, Shihan, to Tenzan Aikido

Seminar

Gentil Pennewaert, Shihan, to Aikido of Chester County

Spring Seminar

Claude Berthiaume, Shihan, to Aikikai de L'Universite Laval

Seminar

Vu Xuan Ha, Shihan, to Portland Aikido

Aikido Seminar

Claude Berthiaume, Shihan, to Aikido Cherbourg

Seminar

Penny Strake Bernath, Shihan, and Peter Bernath, Shihan, to Aikido Center of Atlanta

Spring Seminar and Peachtree Aikikai Grand Re-Opening

Micheline Tissier to Miami Aikikai

Seminar

Vu Xuan Ha, Shihan, and Mickael Martin sensei, Uchi deshi of Tamura Nobuyoshi shihan to Meiwakan Aikido Boston

Aikido Seminar

Andrew P. Demko, Shihan, to North Coast Aikikai

Regional Friendship Seminar & Demko Sensei Induction into Cleveland Martial Arts Hall of Fame

Claude Berthiaume, Shihan, to Aikido Luxembourg

Seminar

Penny Strake Bernath, Shihan, and Marianne Shibata Shihan - Berkeley Aikikai to San Francisco Aikikai

Spring Seminar

Claude Berthiaume, Shihan, to Aikido Bruxelles

Seminar

Laura Jacobs Pavlick, Shihan, to Cornell Aikido Club

Seminar

Laura Jacobs Pavlick, Shihan, to Aikido of Amherst

Seminar

Peter Bernath, Shihan, to Midwest Aikido Center

Seminar

Harvey Konigsberg, Shihan, to Albany Aikido

4th Annual Irvin Faust Memorial Seminar at Woodstock Aikido

James W. Constable, Shidoin, and Graham Fraser, Shidoin, and Anthea P. Pascaris, Shidoin, to Lunenburg Aikikai

Spring Seminar

John Chiarolanzio, Shidoin, and Harvey Konigsberg, Shihan, to Twin Cities Aikido Center

50th Anniversary Seminar

students of Paul Sylvain Sensei to Valley Aikido

30th Memorial Seminar for Paul Sylvain Sensei

Dolita Cathcart, Shidoin, and Eric Hardendorff, Fukushidoin, and Todd R Martin, Shidoin, and Karen Peterson, Fukushidoin, to Aikido of Northampton

50th Anniversary Seminar

Joshua Layton, Shidoin, to Aikido of Ramapo Valley

Seminar

Takanori Kuribayashi to Aikido de la Montagne

Seminar - CANCELED

Blue Spruell, Shihan, to Jatun Dojo

Aikido and Iaido Seminar

Karen De Paola, Shihan, and Hal Lehrman Jr., Shihan, and James Soviero, Shihan, to Aikido Schools of New Jersey

Derrell Thomas Sensei Memorial Seminar

Reuven Lirov, Shidoin, and Jonathan A. Weiner, Shidoin, to Pinellas County Aikikai

Seminar

James W. Constable, Shidoin, and Graham Fraser, Shidoin, and Eugene O'Connor, Shidoin, and Anthea P. Pascaris, Shidoin, to Bermuda Aikikai

Summer Seminar

Penny Strake Bernath, Shihan, and Peter Bernath, Shihan, to Sand Drift Aikido

Celebrating Aikido Seminar

Sharon R. Dominguez, Shihan, and Steven Pimsler, Shihan, to Woodstock Aikido

40th Anniversary Seminar

Venezuelan instructors: Emmanuel Herzog, Erwin Lares, Isabel De La Vega, Carlos Frick, Ricardo Manzo, Omar Morales to Florida Aikikai

Aikido in Solidarity with Venezuela

Vu Xuan Ha, Shihan, to Aikido de la Montagne

Seminar

Vu Xuan Ha, Shihan, and Emilio Cardia shihan and Eamonn Devlin shihan to Aikikai Corsico

Corsico Summer camp

Reuven Lirov, Shidoin, and Jonathan A. Weiner, Shidoin, to Aikido of Charlotte

Summer Seminar

Hayato Osawa Shihan, USAF Technical Committee, Shihan and Shidoin to USAF Summer Camp

USAF Summer Camp

Vu Xuan Ha, Shihan, to Escola Aiki Kaizen de Aikido

Aikido Seminar

Douglas Firestone, Shihan, to Montérégie Aikikai

Summer Seminar

Crystal N. Aldrich, Shidoin, and Paul Manogue, Shidoin, to Aikido New London County

3rd Anniversary Seminar

Rock Lazo, Shihan, and Daniel Palmer, Shihan, and Naomi Wentworth, Shihan, and Art Wise, Shihan, and Kiyoshi Yasutake, Shidoin, and Victor Ancer to Evanston Aikido Center

Evanston Aikido Center 20th Anniversary Seminar

Joshua Layton, Shidoin, to East Lake Aikido

Seminar

Florida Aikikai Instructors to Florida Aikikai

Claude Berthiaume Memorial Seminar

Maria Cristina Dumlao, Shihan, to Kenosha Aikikai

25th Anniversary Seminar

John Freund, Fukushidoin, and Jonathan A. Weiner, Shidoin, and Jim Hyde, 3rd Dan and James Plunkett, 2nd Dan to Aikido of Charlotte

Fall Seminar

Steven Pimsler, Shihan, to Aikido of Cincinnati

Seminar

Jun-ya Nakatsugawa, Shidoin, and Joan Ellis - New York Aikikai to Aikido-Gruppe Waiblingen

Seminar

William McLuskie, Shidoin, to North Coast Aikikai

Seminar

Peter Bernath, Shihan, to Aikido de la Montagne

Seminar

Yoko Okamoto Shihan to New York Aikikai

Seminar

Yoko Okamoto, Shihan, to Portland Aikikai

International Seminar

Robert Saad, Shihan, to Midwest Aikido Center

Seminar

Blue Spruell, Shihan, to Portland Aikido

40th Anniversary Aikido and Iaido Seminar

Peter Bernath, Shihan, to Twin Cities Aikido Center

50th Anniversary Seminar

TBA to Montérégie Aikikai

15th Anniversary Seminar

Vu Xuan Ha, Shihan, to Aikido of Amherst

Seminar

Robert LeVourc'h to Aikido de la Montagne

Seminar