First Round for the IWGA Athlete of the Year

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 16 January 2019

The IWGA Athlete of the Year event went through the first round and Renato Filippin Shihan, who I nominated, came to number 11 among the other entries, so our participation this year will not go any further. We would like to congratulate those other athletes from other sports, who have moved to the following stage and I personally would like to thank all those Aikidokas and friends who voted for Renato Filippin Shihan who received a significant volume of support from many people!

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The Kagami-Biraki 2019 ceremony at Hombu Dojo

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 16 January 2019

The main hall at Hombu Dojo was entirely full on the occasion of the Kagami-Biraki ceremony of 2019. There were people who came from far away countries to attend this event. 742 Aikidoka were promoted to a new Yudansha Aikido Aikikai rank. Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba conducted the ceremony and also held an Embukai. 

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The Disability Working Group in Action

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 07 January 2019

For the first time, two wheelchair using Aikido teachers taught together in Aikido clinics in Europe. Lydia Zijdel, the Chairperson of the Disability Working Group of the IAF, from Netherland, and Molly Hale, member of the same working group, from USA, organized a tour where they taught together in Netherland. This event was organized in cooperation with Aikikai Netherland, under the aegis of IAF.

“Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow.”
Morihei Ueshiba

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Renato Filippin Shihan Nominated Athlete of the Year 2018

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 28 December 2018

International World Games Association will launch the session for designation of the Athlete of the Year 2018 on the 1st of January 2019. The nominated person to represent Aikido is Renato Filippin Shihan 7 Dan.

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Female Instructors Seminar in Netherland

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 11 November 2018

The Annual Aikido Seminar in Netherland, that is conducted by female instructors, run its course full well. Women and also men gathered to practice together on tatami.

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Aikido at Nanairo Ekiden in Uruguay

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 08 October 2018

Uruguay gathered a lot of active people yesterday, in Canelones, for the Nanairo Ekiden event. "It was a pleasant surprise to see that even though there were a lot of loud expressing spectators, during the Aikido demonstration everybody turned quiet and paid attention to what was happening on the tatami." said Lilamani de Soysa, from the University of Tsukuba, present at the event.

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The International Aikido Female Instructors Seminar in Slovenia

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 14 September 2018

Slovenia hosted a very punctilious and fruitful international aikido seminar. It was conducted by three women who love aikido very much and show this through their dedication on the tatami and beyond: Nadia Korichi, 4th Dan, Satomi Ishikawa, 4th Dan, and Staša Pisek, 3rd Dan. The seminar was in Ljubljana, during the 11th – 13th of May. Boštjan Kenda was one of the participants at this seminar and was very kind to share the impressions upon the International Aikido Female Instructors Seminar.

Satomi Ishikawa Sensei, Staša Pisek Sensei and Nadia Korichi Sensei

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24-Hour International Aikido Marathon

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 30 August 2018

Kosice will be the heart city of the 24-hour International Aikido Marathon this year. 14 instructors from 7 countries will conduct the trainings of this event, during the 6th-7th of October 2018.

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Female Instructor Seminar in Buenos Aires

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 09 July 2018

11 female instructors from 7 countries conducted the trainings of the annual Female Instructor Seminar in Buenos Aires. This was the 3rd edition of the event that is meant not only to promote female instructors, but also to unite different Aikikai federations in whole Argentina.

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50 Years Of Aikido celebrated at Gothenburg International Shochugeiko 2018

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 02 July 2018

The Swedish anniversary Aikido event - Gothenburg International Shochugeiko & 50 years of Aikido - has just started today. It is a time of joy celebrated in two intensive weeks of Takemusu Aikido, during July 2–7 and July 9–13. Gothenburg Aikido Club organizes every summer a session of trainings at the warmest time of the year, but now there is an extra celebration due to the fact that Ulf Evenås Shihan, who has been the supervisor of Gothenburg Aikido Club, marks his 50th year in Aikido.

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Aikido and Gender Day 2018: Building Blocks for Gender Equity

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 20 June 2018

How to make practical progress to achieve gender balance and equity in Aikido? At the Second Aikido and Gender Day 2018, the participant aikidoka dealt with this question from different angles. In various ways, from Aikido training to workshops and interactive dialogues, they identified a rich collection of items which may serve as 'building blocks' for an agenda for further work.

Katarina Gullberg, Chairperson, Swedish Aikikai

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International Women’s Day: Celebrating diversity and inclusiveness in Aikido #AikidoWomen

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Written by Vaness Radd

Category: Aikido - Opinions

Published: 07 March 2018

In celebration of International Women’s Day, IAF has compiled a summary article based on best practices and viewpoints gathered from its members and Aikido practitioners all around the world on how dojos can continue to encourage women to take up Aikido in the spirit of inclusivity (this also extends to the disabled and the practice of Aikido in other cultures).

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Gender Balance Activities

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 01 March 2018

We will soon be celebrating the 8th of March, the International Women's Day. Since its foundation in 2016 in Takasaki, the IAF Gender Balance Working Group has been actively supporting the gender balance in the world of Aikido. Although Aikido is for everyone, the gender balance is still one side up, especially in the field of leadership - there are far less high-ranking female instructors and board members than the male equivalent.

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The Kagami-Biraki 2018 ceremony at Hombu Dojo

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 14 January 2018

The traditional Kagami-Biraki ceremony was held at Hombu Dojo, the Aikido World Headquarters, in Tokyo/Japan, on the 14th of January 2018. 941 people were awarded Dan promotions. Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba offered an embukai on this occasion.

Doshu's Demonstration

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Aikido Youth International Seminar in Netherlands

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 18 November 2017

The first IAF’s Youth International Seminar took place in Netherlands at mid November. Over 270 children attended the seminar that was conducted by Eiji Katsurada Hombu Dojo Shihan. The young aikidoka came from Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Russia, Germany, Switzerland and Netherlands.

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Combat Games 2019 to be held in Taipei

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 09 November 2017

After a hiatus of 4 years after the World Combat Games in St. Petersburg, Russia (2013), the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) has renewed its effort to revive many of the multi-sport events such as Mind Games, Beach Games, Urban Games, Artistic Games and Combat Games. The first one to be announced on November 8th 2017 was the Combat Games to be held in Chinese Taipei in the fall of 2019.

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Anniversary Seminar with Dojo-cho, in Romania

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Written by Irina Gaspar

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 24 September 2017

Romania hosted an international seminar a few days ago to celebrate 20 years of activity of the Romanian Aikikai Aikido Foundation. The main instructor of this event was Mitsuteru Ueshiba, Hombu Dojo-cho.

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The IAF unveils its new logo!

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Written by Directing Committee

Category: IAF latest News

Published: 22 September 2017

The logo represents IAF’s increasing global presence and its role and the traditional value of Aikido as a Japanese Budo. The new logo has taken into account the digital age requirements of logo usage and for the first time involved a professional graphic designer to package it in a way that is ready and easy to use by the member nations. The logo incorporates Aikikai’s requirements which highlights even stronger ties between Aikikai and IAF.

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Special Lecture by Tada Shihan

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Written by Guillaume Erard

Category: IAF News

Published: 30 August 2017

During the 12th Internal Aikido Federation Congress, attendees got the opportunity to attend a series of events and conferences. On of those was a special lecture given by Hiroshi Tada Shihan, 9th Dan at the Takasaki City Hall. Please enjoy this recording of a lecture by one of the last direct students of O Sensei.

All Japan Aikido Demonstrations 2017

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Written by Guillaume Erard

Category: IAF News

Published: 30 May 2017

The 55th edition of the All Japan Aikido Demonstrations took place at the Nippon Budokan last Saturday. Please enjoy this playlist featuring videos of the most exciting Aikido event of the year! We will keep adding more videos as we edit them.