An enhanced aikido dojo list
Bob Truel
new, improved list of places that you can practice at. Once again,
any corrections/additions should be mailed to me at
Bob Truel
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Arizona
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Aikido Kokikai Arizona State University
Address: Tempe, AZ
Contact: Roni Burrows or David Nachman, (602) 990-1917
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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California
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Ten Shin Bugei Gakuen
Address: 8505 Santa Monica Blvd., W. Hollywood, Ca. 90069
Phone: (213) 657-2266
Sched: M W F 7:00-8:30 am, Sa 11:00am-12:30 - Mixed Class
M T W F 6:30-7:30 pm - Introductory Class
M F 7:30-8:30 pm - Beginners/Intermediate Class
W 7:30-8:30 pm - Intermediate Class
Sensei: Haruo Matsuoka
Style: Hombu Dojo Style
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International Zen Dojo of California/Bay Area Ki Research Institute
Address: 2560 Wyandotte Street Room A, Mountain View, California
Phone: (415) 969-1731
Schedule: M 6:30pm T 7:00pm W 6:30pm Th 7:30pm F 7:30pm Sa 10:00am
Sensei: Hideki Shiohira, 6th dan.
Affiliat: Ki Society
Style: hybrid of Ki Society and Aikikai/Ueshiba
Contact: Dave Iannucci, d...@nas.nasa.gov, (415) 604-4325
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Aikido of Santa Monica
Address: 2407 Wilshire Blvd. #424, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Sensei: Robert Bryner Sensei
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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ASU of Santa Cruz
Contact: Jerry Paup, 113 School Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Canada
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Pacific Aikido Kensankai
Address: #25 1455 W 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6H 1C9, Canada
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Zanshin
Address: 5425 Bordeaux Suite 503D, Montreal PQ H2H 2P9, Canada
Attention: Jacques Forget & Donna Winslow
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Colorado
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Boulder Aikikai
Address: 4770 Old Pearl St., Units B & C,
Phone: (303) 444-7721
Sensei: Hiroshi Ikeda Sensei, 640 Dewey Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Colorado College Aikido Club
Contact: Jeff Noblett, 731 N. Hancock, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Pikes Peak Aikikai
Contact: Debra Noblett, 731 N Hancock, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Rocky Mountain Aikikai
Contact: Jack Ross, 23 Linwood Drive, Littleton, CO 80120
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Connecticut
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Aikido of Greater New Haven
Contact: Thomas Pechinski, 448 Meloy Road Apt B-5, West Haven, CT 06516
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Delaware
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Wilmington Aikikai
Contact: Karen Willardson, 1412 Oak Hill Drive, Wilmington, DE 19805
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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District of Columbia
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University of Maryland Aikido Club
Contact: David Bullock, 6616 14th Street, NW #3, Washington, D.C. 20012
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Washington, D.C. Aikikai
Address: 421 Butternut Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20012
Phone: (202) 829-4202
Shihan: Mitsugi Saotome
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba [headquarters]
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Florida
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Eastbrook Aikikai
Contact: David Jones, 1440 Rainbow Trail, Winter Springs, FL 32708
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Orlando/UCF Budokai
Contact: George Bolings, 406 David Street, Winter Springs, FL 32708
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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St. Petersburg Aikikai
Contact: John Messores, P.O. Bx 7343, St. Petersburg, FL 33734
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Sarasota Aikikai
Contact: Steve McPeck, 218 East Avenue, N, Sarasota, FL 34237
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Tallahassee Aikikai
Contact: Dan Evans, 2670 West Pensacola St., Apt. 21, Tallahassee, FL 32304
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Fort Pierce Aikido Club
Contact: Roland Peterson, 4903 Sunset, Fort Pierce, PL 34982
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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West Florida Aikikai
Contact: Frank Calhoun, 5490 Flax Road, Pensacola, FL 32504
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Georgia
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Aikido Center
Address: 630 Valley Brook Road, Decatur, GA
Phone: (404) 297 - 7804
Schedule: M T W Th 7-9pm, F 7-8:30pm, Sa 10-12
Su 3:30 - 5:30pm, Su 2:30 - 3:30pm (children's class)
Sensei: George Kennedy
Affiliat: USAF.
Weapons: Jo, Bokken, and Tanto.
Directions: Take I-285 to East Ponce De Leon exit. Turn _inside_ the
beltway (_toward_ the city). Go to the 2nd light, which is Valley Brook Rd.
Turn Right. Immediately on the left is a small shopping center. We are
in that building, but we are in the back; drive around behind it.
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Illinois
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Chicago Aikikai
Address: 1627 West Howard St., Chicago, IL 60626
Sensei: Kevin Choate
Phone: (312) 743-0618
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Lake County Aikikai
Contact: Charles Tseng, 501 Rockland, Lake Bluff, IL 60044
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Southern Illinois University Aikido Club
Contact: Guido Bernstein, Box 303 RR 1, Carbondale, IL 62901
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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University of Chicago Aikido Club
Mail: c/o Sports Club Director, 5640 University Ave., Chicago, IL 60615
Schedule: T W 5:15-6:30, Th 7-8:30, Sa 10:45-12:15
Contact: Tod A. Olsen, ol...@midway.uchicago.edu
Don Levine, (312) 708-7917
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Indiana
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IU Ueshiba Aikido Club
Schedule: T Th 9:30-11pm, Sa 12-2
Contact: Bob Truel, tr...@copper.ucs.indiana.edu, (812) 332-TOGA
Sensei: George Bevins, 215 East 12th Street, Bloomington, IN 47401
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Terre Haute Aikido Club
Contact: Phil Minton, RR 53 Box 151, Terre Haute, IN 47805
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Kentucky
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Louisville Aikikai
Address: 1004 Barret Ave., Louisville, KY 40204
Phone: (502) 451-9010
Schedule: M T W Th F 7am - 10am, 6:30pm; Sa 10:30am; Children T Th 5:00
Sensei: Dale Matthews
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Aikido of Louisville
Contact: Tony Graziano, 1900 Bashford Manor Lane #H89, Louisville, KY 40218
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Martinique
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Martinique/Judo Club Schoelcher
Contact: Ms. Gina Croisan, Route de Cluny, Fort-de-France 97200, Martinique
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Maryland
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Baltimore Aikikai
address: 1118 S. Charles St., Baltimore, MD
phone: (301) 727-2318
sensei: Chuck Weber
affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Waverly Aikido Club
Contact: Mike Philips, 2420 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD 21217
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Aikido Kokikai Silver Spring, Maryland
Contact: Chris DeSoto, (301) 417-0647
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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Massachussetts
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Aikido of Boston/Sei Shoku Aikikai
address: PO Box 613, 17 Station St., Brookline Village, MA 02147
phone: (617) 734-3208
sensei: Bill Gleason
affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Aikido Kokikai Boston, MA
Contact: Takashi Isobe at 617-253-7240 or t...@space.mit.edu
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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Aikido Kokikai Hinsdale, MA
Contact: Ron Ragusa (413) 655-2223
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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Bushido-Kai
Address: 21 Blandin ,Framingham, MA 01701
Phone: (508) 879-7622
Sensei: Tony Annesi
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New England Aikikai
Address: 2000 Massachusetss Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140
Phone: (617) 661-1959
Schedule: M T W Th F 5:30 pm, M T W F 6:45, T Th noon,
M W F 7 am, Sa 1pm, Su 10am
Shihan: Mitsunari Kanai, 7th dan, uchi deschi of O Sensei
Affiliat: USAF (Hombu style)
Contact: Isidro Castineyra <isi...@bbn.com> phone: (617) 873-6233
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Northeast Aikikai, Inc.
Address: 61A Parkhurst Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824
Phone: (508) 453-3485
Sensei: L. E. Perriello
Affiliat: United States Aikido Federation
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Michigan
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American Martial Arts
Address: 24 Burton, Grand Rapids MI
Schedule: M W F 8-9
Phone: (616) 452-4401
Sensei: Jerome Helton
Affiliat: YoshinKai Aikido
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Asian Martial Arts Center
Address: Fourth Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48184
Sensei: Karl Scott.
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Minnesota
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Twin Cities Aikido Center/U. Minn Aikido Club
address: 2390 University Ave., St. Paul, MN
phone: (612) 644-3360
affiliat: Midwest Aikido Federation
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Missouri
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Missouri Aikikai
Contact: Eric Henkels, 27 Midpark Lane, Saint Louis, MO 63124
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Montana
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Big Sky Aikikai
Address: 911 South 5th Avenue, Bozeman, MT 59715
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Missoula Aikikai
Address: 1804 F North Avenue W, Missoula, MT 59801
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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New Hampshire
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Aikido Kokikai Lebanon, NH
Address: Carter Community Center
Contact: Bob Peck at 603-643-8238
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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New Jersey
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Aikido Kokikai Trenton State University
Address: Trenton, NJ
Contact: Ken or Sheila Blackwell, (609) 466-9796
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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Aikido Kokikai Princeton University
Address: Princeton, NJ
Contact: John Trask (609) 737-2898
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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Aikido Kokikai Princeton YMCA
Address: Princeton, NJ
Contact: Dan McDougall, (609) 466-3908
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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Aikido Kokikai Rutgers University
Address: New Brunswick, NJ
Contact: Karen Elder at 609-466-2072
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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New York
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The New York Aikido Club (Bond Street Dojo)
Address: 49 Bond Street, New York, NY 10019
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Aikido Kokikai Columbia University
Address: Wrestling room, Dodge Physical Fitness Center
Columbia Main Campus, 116th and Broadway, NY, NY
Schedule: T Th 7:30 - 9:00 pm, Su 2-5 pm (every other week)
Sensei: Joe Gregg, gr...@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu, (212) 749-1975
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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Aikido Kokikai Rochester, NY
Address: Monroe Community College
Contact: Jim Lahue (716) 872-0754 or Judy Warner (716) 924-9366
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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North Carolina
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Aikido of Charlotte
Address: The Charlotte Country Day School,
Carmel & Fairview Roads
Charlotte, N. C. 28210
Phone: (704) 545-8584
Sensei: Dennis Main, NiDan, 9415 Peckham Rye Road, Charlotte, N. C. 28227
Style: Hombu Dojo
Affiliat: Aikido Association of America, Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Schedule: T Th 7-9:30pm, Sa 9-11:30am
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Ohio
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Aikido of Cincinnati
Address: 1401-1403 Central Parkway, 4th floor, NW Suite, Cincinnati, OH 45214
Affiliat: U. S. Aikido Federation
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Aikido of Columbus
Address: 3347 N. High St., Columbus, OH
Sensei: Paul Linden (2nd dan)
Phone: (614) 263-1111
Affiliat: U. S. Aikido Federation
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Aikido Tomiki Central Ohio
Address: 3029 Seaman Rd., Columbus, OH 43123
Sensei: Deborah Estes
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Cleveland Aikikai
Address: 2165 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Phone: (216) 371-7763
Schedule: Beginners: M W 7-8:30; Sa 9:30-10:30
Advanced: T Th 6:30-8; Sa 10:45-11:45
Weapons: Su 10-11:30
Sensei: Kevin Matlack or Bill King (w...@ab.com)
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Ohio Budokai
Address: 3840 Lacon Rd., #4, Hilliard, OH
Sensei: Frank Hreha (5th dan)
Contact: Charlie Huff, c...@rsch.oclc.org, 614/481-7630
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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OSU Aikido Club
Address: OSU campus
Sensei: Claude Geeroms (3rd dan)
Mail: 657b Olde Towne Avenue, Columbus, OH 43214
Phone: (614) 459-4151
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba, Ohio Budokai (see above)
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Oberlin College Aikikai
Contact: Wilder Box 2, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Oklahoma
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Ponca Aikikai
Contact: Doug Hanson, 1401 Bradbary Lane, Ponca City, OK 74601
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Pennsylvania
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Penn Ki Aikido club
Address: University of Pennsylvania, West Philadelphia, PA
Sensei: Al Abramson (Sandan)
Affiliat: Ki Society
Phone: (215) 573-8623
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Penn State Aikido Club
Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights, usually 7-9.
Contact: Gerry Santoro, (814) 237-4241, san...@snafu.psu.edu
848 W. Pine Grove Rd.
Pennsylvania Furnace, PA 16865
Sensei: Chuck Doerrler
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
Weapons: Bokken, Jo, occasional Tanto
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Aikido Kokikai Center City, Philadelphia, PA
Address: 716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Phone: (215) 922-8111
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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Aikido Kokikai Northeast Philadelphia, PA
Address: 6907 Rising Sun Ave.
Phone: (215) 742-9743
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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Aikido Kokikai Mt. Airy, PA
Address: Summit Presbyterian Church, Greene & Westview Strs., Phila., PA
Contact: Cecelia Ricciotti at 215-922-4544
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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Aikido Kokikai Reading, PA
Contact: Michael Wirth, (215) 631-1671
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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Tennessee
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Nashville Aikikai
Address: 121 Seaboard Lane, Franklin, TN
Phone: (615) 377-9005
Schedule: M W 7-9; T 11:30-1; F 6:30-8:30; Sa 10:30-12
Sensei: Kevin Sparkman
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Texas
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Southern Methodist University
Address: Dallas, Texas
Sensei: Brian Robbins
Phone: 214-823-1776
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Duluth Aikido Club
Sensei: Brad Geron
Address: Duluth YMCA and UMD Wrestling Gym
Style: Seidokan
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Sweden
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Lunds Aikidoklubb (Lund Aikido Club)
Address: Lund, Sweden, Northern Europe
Senseis: Stina Deurell and Jonas Palm
Style: Takemusu Aikido = Iwama style as taught by to Saito sensei
Weapons: Jo/Bokken, sometimes tanto
Schedule: W 6.30-9.30 pm, F 6.30-8 in Polhemskolan (Polhem high school)
Su 11.30-1 pm and 1.30-? Jo/Bokken in Bollhuset (Handball House)
Language: Everybody knows English and may have the instruction in English.
Contact: Alex Eklund
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Vermont
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Vermont Aikikai
Contact: Leslie Russek, 151 N Union Street, Burlington, VT 05401
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Washington
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Seattle School of Aikido
Address: 16505 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue, WA 98008
Sensei: George Ledyard
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Washington Aikikai
Address: 1510 S Washington, Seattle, WA 98144
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Aikido Kokikai Seattle, Washington
Contact: Jonathan Bannister, (206) 935-5011
Affiliat: Kokikai (Shihan Shuji Maruyama of Nagoyo, Japan)
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Wisconsin
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Aikido of Madison
Contact: Robin Cooper & John Stone, 2534 Kendal Avenue, Madison, WI 53705
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Wyoming
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Laramie Aikido Club
Contact: Tony Shuler, 1014 Steele Street, Laramie, WY 82070
Affiliat: Aikido Schools of Ueshiba (Shihan Mitsugi Saotome)
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Bob Truel "What's this? A one-way ticket to Hell?
812-332-TOGA Well, it'd be a shame to let it go to waste."
tr...@copper.ucs.indiana.edu
Eric Sotnak
Central New York Aikikai
2740 Erie Blvd. E.
Syracuse, NY 13224
(315) 449-2332
Style: USAF (Ueshiba/Aikikai)
Instructor: Yousuf Mehter
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Midwest Aikido Center
3249 N Ashland Av
Chicago, IL 60657
(312) 477-0123
Style: USAF (Ueshiba/Aikikai)
Instructor: Akira Tohei (8 dan)
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Milwaukee Aikido Club
2235 S Kinnickinnic Av
Milwaukee, WI 53207
(414) 744-9220
Style: USAF (Ueshiba/Aikikai)
Instructor: Mike Mamura (5 dan)
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Aikido of Rochester
a.k.a. University of Rochester Aikido Club
Mailing address:
c/o Eric Sotnak
79 May St.
Rochester NY 14620
(716) 442-4755
Style: Ueshiba/Aikikai
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