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Program Name: Four Corners Aikido Kokikai
Program Address: 1309 E 3rd Ave, #10, Durango CO
Contact Phone: (970) 259-1480
Website: http://www.kokikaidurango.com/info.php
Detail: Aikido Kokikai's founder, Sensei Shuji Maruyama began his study of Aikido in 1953 with the famed master Koichi Tohei, who at that time was the Chief Instructor under the founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba (O'Sensei). Upon graduation from Nippon University, Maruyama Sensei apprenticed under both Tohei and O'Sensei after receiving an introduction to the Founder. In 1966, Maruyama Sensei arrived in the United States at the invitation of the Ohio Judo and Karate Association to instruct Aikido to association members for two years. During this time Sensei encountered features of modern combat such as lightning-fast kicks and jab punches that were unknown to the traditional Aikido practiced in Japan. As a result of this experience, he began to ask himself how to adapt Aikido techniques to meet the challenges of modern fighting. The experience of overcoming the limitations of the traditional art of Aikido in the United States led Maruyama Sensei to a revolutionary realization that a correctly coordinated mind and body yields a natural, comfortable and empowering feeling which enables one to apply minimum effort to achieve maximum effect. In 1968, Sensei relocated to Philadelphia where he taught and expanded his adaptation of Aikido to modern combat for the next fifteen years. Because this principle was so extraordinary, Maruyama Sensei founded the Kokikai Aikido International Federation in 1986 to promote its practice. To date, he actively instructs Kokikai in Japan, Australia, and the United States.
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Four Corners Aikido Kokikai, Durango CO
Program Address: 1309 E 3rd Ave, #10, Durango CO
Contact Phone: (970) 259-1480
Website: http://www.kokikaidurango.com/info.php
Detail: Aikido Kokikai's founder, Sensei Shuji Maruyama began his study of Aikido in 1953 with the famed master Koichi Tohei, who at that time was the Chief Instructor under the founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba (O'Sensei). Upon graduation from Nippon University, Maruyama Sensei apprenticed under both Tohei and O'Sensei after receiving an introduction to the Founder. In 1966, Maruyama Sensei arrived in the United States at the invitation of the Ohio Judo and Karate Association to instruct Aikido to association members for two years. During this time Sensei encountered features of modern combat such as lightning-fast kicks and jab punches that were unknown to the traditional Aikido practiced in Japan. As a result of this experience, he began to ask himself how to adapt Aikido techniques to meet the challenges of modern fighting. The experience of overcoming the limitations of the traditional art of Aikido in the United States led Maruyama Sensei to a revolutionary realization that a correctly coordinated mind and body yields a natural, comfortable and empowering feeling which enables one to apply minimum effort to achieve maximum effect. In 1968, Sensei relocated to Philadelphia where he taught and expanded his adaptation of Aikido to modern combat for the next fifteen years. Because this principle was so extraordinary, Maruyama Sensei founded the Kokikai Aikido International Federation in 1986 to promote its practice. To date, he actively instructs Kokikai in Japan, Australia, and the United States.
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