Aikido

Yoshinkan Aikido is a style of aikido founded by Gozo Shioda (1915-1994) after World War II.  Yoshinkan Aikido’s training methods are a product of the period of intensive training that Shioda spent as a pre-World War II student of Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido. It is generally closer to the original aikijujutsu from which all aikido derives than so-called "soft styles" of aikido, and has sharper, more angular movements.  The emphasis placed on correct form and basic movements in addition to correct flow and timing is also distinctive of Yoshinkan Aikido.  

Aikido Yoshinkai Ottawa was founded in 1993 with the support of T. Kimeda sensei.  Our current instructors have received their black belt degrees from Kimeda sensei (9th dan), the Chief Instructor of Aikido Yoshinkai Canada, and have over 30 years of combined experience in Yoshinkan Aikido.