Aikido of Livermore Shinrei Dojo

A short video of Saotome Sensei’s visit to SF Bay Area Aikido Dojos

Saotome Shihan Northern California 2026 Mitsugi Saotome Shihan visits Northern California and teaches classes at Aikido of Tamalpais in Corte Madera, Aikido West in Redwood City and Aikido of Liver...

We were so very honored to host Mitsugi Saotome Shihan for his last class during his visit to the Bay Area. Many thanks to Don Ellingsworth Sensei and Julie Tollen Sensei for their help in bringing Sensei out to CA.

Our weekend seminar with Yamashima Sensei was excellent.

Evening class at Aikido West was great with a very good turnout.

We visited Aikido of Tamalpais for evening class where we had very spirited training from Yamashima Sensei.

We had such a wonderful time with Takeshi Yamashima Sensei for his visit to the San Francisco Bay Area.
We spent a day in the historic city of Niles and visited Mission San Jose. We finished the day with a great Italian dinner where Sensei made a friend with a very young child who could not keep from smiling at him.

We are happy to announce that Mitsugi Saotome Shihan will visit the SF Bay Area April 30 - May 2. Save the dates.

Takeshi Yamashima Sensei returns to the SF Bay Area. Please join us March 5th thru 8th.