Shobu Aikido Vermont

07/22/2026

ASU Winter Intensive will be held at the Sirata Resort from January 6 to January 10, 2027. 🗓
Registration for ASU Winter Intensive is now open for individuals and groups. ASU is pleased to announce the intensive will be led by Mitsugi Saotome Shihan and will feature Kimberly Richardson Sensei and Gary Small Sensei as guest instructors! 🥋🎊
As always, bringing your dojo friends helps you save – register four members and the fifth person is free.
Individual : winterintensive.com/wi2###x/individual-registration-jan/
Group : winterintensive.com/wi2###x/registration-group/
We are looking forward to seeing you on the sugar-white sands of the Sirata resort. 🏖
Room bookings will fill up quickly, so we recommend making your arrangements in advance!
Our group has secured a block of rooms at a discounted rate – please mention "AIKIDO SCHOOLS OF UESHIBA 2027 ROOM BLOCK” when speaking with Sirata staff or register online using the link below. For those who may prefer upgraded accommodations, please contact Jakeya Roberts at 727.363.5230.

winterintensive.com/wi2###x/sirata-beach-resort-2027/

05/21/2026

Shobu Aikido Vermont seminar series with Gleason Shihan 2026.
June-August-October dates

03/11/2026

The 2026 seminars are set. Hope you can join us!

William Gleason - April 24-26
Leo Tamaki - May 30-31
Don Ellingsworth & Jet Tollen - Aug. 22-23
Hal Lehrman - Sept. 19-20
William Gleason - Nov. 6-8

https://www.portsmouthaikido.org/events

11/02/2025

Excellent seminar sessions with Gleason Sensei focused on first principles and rules of practice. Thanks to all who joined us and we’ll post dates for June, August and October 2026 in the coming weeks.

09/26/2025

JUST 2 WEEKS AWAY!

Benefit Seminar for Mary Heiny Sensei - October 10-12, 2025

Mary Heiny Sensei has been coming to Brattleboro for over 25 years and gracing us with her vast knowledge and wonderful skill. This year, health issues are preventing her from traveling so far. However, we are still planning to gather and keep the energy going. The proceeds of this seminar will be sent to Mary to help her with her current challenges. Three outstanding teachers have agreed to co-teach the weekend - and they are all dear friends of Mary:

Aimée Bel 5th Dan, Zenshinkan Dojo, Worcester, MA
Cyd Curtis 4th Dan, Aikido of Northern Virginia, Arlington, VA
Ola Karasik 5th Dan, Shindai Dojo, Orlando, FL

This promises to be an amazing seminar!

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Schedule

Fri. October 10 6pm - 8pm
Sat. October 11 10:00am – Noon
Sat. October 11 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Sun. October 12 10:00am – Noon

Saturday evening gathering at 6:00pm for potluck and socializing.

Cost

Full Weekend is $140 or $40/Class

Advanced payment is encouraged to reserve a space.

Some scholarship discounts may be available upon request.

The Dojo will be open for people to stay overnight - please bring bedding. There are shower and laundry facilities.

Contact [email protected].

THE FIVE WAYS AIKIDO NURTURES HUMAN LIFE

While training with Hikitsuchi Sensei in Shingu in 1973 he told me that Osensei used to talk about how Aikido nurtured or developed human life. He then said 5 words, KI-IKU, CHI-IKU, TAI-IKU, TOKU-IKU, JOSHIKI. He said these were the five areas Aikido practice developed. O'Sensei thought that Aikido nurtured each person in the areas of understanding KI, increasing our knowledge and wisdom through study and experience, strengthening and purifying our bodies, increasing our understanding of ethical behavior and social sensibilities. The practice of Aikido would help us in all these areas if we practiced sincerely, with the intent to help others.

I was moved by this teaching and have thought about it and studied it through my own practice of study and teaching. You can see this in action in your own dojo if you watch the development of beginners as they advance in their training. With helpful guidance all of us could develop in profound ways, as I believe, O'Sensei wished.

Mary Heiny Sensei

08/28/2025

07/27/2025

When Tropical Storm Irene damaged our dojo space so badly that we couldn’t use it for a little over a year, the loss of a training facility made a deep impact on our practice. We understand the necessity to get things online as soon as possible and still cover expensesin the meantime.
We feel deeply for the harm that the Zenshinkan dojo has suffered.

Help Us Rebuild Zenshinkan Dojo Support the recovery and renewal of our Aikido and Zen dojo in Worcester, MA.What HappenedIn the early hours of Monday, July 14, an intruder broke into Zenshinkan Dojo—our Aikido and Zen training space in Worcester,...