Aikido Tendokai

Our newly minted 6th Kyuu.
Congratulations, Yan!

We’d like to thank all the participants for joining us at the 2026 CAF Summer Camp in Toronto.
The quality of a camp depends not just on having a great instructor like Osawa-sensei, but on having dedicated, enthusiastic participants of all levels on the tatami.
From that point of view, camp was a great success!
Some photos of the classes are available online:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tjnpgzmRTCERjxDW8
Have a great summer and hope to see you all in Squamish in October.
On behalf of the organizers:
- Aikido Hokuryukai
- Aikido Kensankai
- Aikido Tendokai
- JCCC Aikikai

I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the Canadian Aikido Federation for recognizing Yumi Nakamura-shihan's lifetime of commitment to Canadian Aikido with the Kawahara Shihan Award for Outstanding Contribution.

It was an honour for me to receive the award on her behalf from CAF President Steve Erickson at the CAF Summer Camp in Toronto.

Being able to accept it in person in front of so many of her friends and students at Summer Camp was deeply meaningful to me.

I know that Yumi would have been overwhelmed by this recognition and great display of affection.

Below, some students from Aikido Tendokai and Aikido Hokuryukai commemorated the occasion.

🥋Instructor Intros d’instructeurs.trices: ROB CARROLL SENSEI, 6. DAN, SHIDOIN🥋

Rob Carroll began aikido training in 1983 at Toronto Aikikai where he became connected to Jim Wright Sensei and through him to Yukio Kawahara Shihan, the technical director of the Canadian Aikido Federation at the time. For many years, Rob had the privilege of close contact with Kawahara Shihan and was frequently his uke at seminars in Canada, the United States, Mexico and elsewhere.

Rob is one of the founding members of Aikido Tendokai and succeeds Yumi Nakamura as Tendokai’s chief instructor.

Carroll-sensei is teaching a class at camp on Sunday July 5 @ 8:30AM.
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Rob Carroll a commencé à pratiquer l’aïkido en 1983 à Toronto Aikikai, où il a fait la connaissance de Jim Wright Sensei et, par son intermédiaire, de Yukio Kawahara Shihan, alors directeur technique de la Fédération canadienne d’aïkido. Pendant de nombreuses années, Rob a eu le privilège d’entretenir des liens étroits avec Kawahara Shihan et a souvent été son uke lors de stages au Canada, aux États-Unis, au Mexique et ailleurs.

Rob est l’un des membres fondateurs de l’Aïkido Tendokai et succède à Yumi Nakamura au poste d’instructeur en chef du Tendokai.

Carroll-sensei enseigne un cours au camp le dimanche 5 juillet à 8 h 30.

The Kawahara Sensei Memorial seminar is fast approaching!
Time to register and get a chance to celebrate Kawahara sensei's life and aikido with your fellow aikidoka!

Canadian Aikido Federation The Canadian Aikido Federation (CAF) acknowledges with deep respect the passing of Claude Berthiaume Shihan, 8th Dan. As a senior instructor of the United States Aikido Federation and the Chief Instructor of Aikido de la Montagne in Montreal, Berthiaume Sensei was a monumental figure whose influence...

Osawa sensei in Brazil.

Aikido Brasil 194 likes, 9 comments. "Hayato Osawa no Brasil | Seminário 2026"

Thank you Mako of Burloak Aikikai Aikido for these group pictures. And a big thank you to Ben Peacock sensei for bringing Seki sensei over for his first Canadian seminar.