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Kokikai Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art that teaches coordination of mind and body using self-defense techniques to develop one's strongest state. Classes include both men and women practicing on equal footing. Designed to defend against multiple attackers, it is an effective form of self-defense that offers many solutions to aggressive behavior by others.
As a member of our dojo, you will learn to derive maximum effect from minimal effort. Regardless of your strength or size, you will discover how to harness your attacker’s energy, redirect attacks, neutralize opponents, and safely avoid conflict with grace, agility and dynamic power.
Charles River Kokikai Aikido is an accredited member of the Aikido Kokikai Federation serving the Greater Boston area. Kokikai-Ryu is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan and has affiliates located in Japan, Australia, Germany, Israel, and throughout the U.S.
Kokikai-Ryu was founded by Sensei Shuji Maruyama, who has taught Aikido since 1957. Sensei Maruyama was one of the esteemed uchi deshi (resident students) of O Sensei, the founder of Aikido. Sensei Maruyama came to the U.S. to teach in 1966, teaching first in Ohio before settling in Philadelphia and opening aikido dojos there in 1968.
Although Sensei Maruyama returned to Japan in 1981, he returned to the U.S. several times a year up until the pandemic, so we were fortunate to get to study with him at both national Aikido camps and local seminars, including an annual seminar in Boston!
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