AIKIDO

Welcome to the Aikido Yoshokai Association of North America home page.

Aikido is a form of Japanese Budo, a way of study including both physical and mental training. The word Aikido can be loosely translated as "the Way (do) of harmony (ai) with nature or universal energy (ki)." Aikido is a way of studying harmony through physical movements. We study moving in harmony with others to eventually strive to create harmony with nature.

The Aikido Yoshokai Association of North America (AYANA) is a non profit educational corporation established by Takashi Kushida-sensei. AYANA is dedicated to teaching Yoshokai Aikido and educating the general public about Aikido in particular and Japanese Budo in general. Kushida-sensei teaches at the Genyokan Dojo which is the headquarters of AYANA

Video Clips of Kushida-sensei and his students