October 2026
Deppe Sensei at Milwaukee Shobukan

October 9 @ 12:00 am - October 11 @ 12:00 am

Milwaukee Shobukan 9450 N 107th St, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Milwaukee Shobukan is pleased to welcome back Robert Deppe Sensei back to our dojo October 9-11, 2026. Details and registration will be posted on www.milwaukeeshobukan.com.
William Gleason Shihan at Aikido Northshore Kirkland WA

October 9 @ 6:30 pm - October 11 @ 12:00 pm

Aikido Northshore 11232 120th Ave NE, #105, Kirkland, United States

Aikido Northshore is honored to welcome Gleason Shihan for this 3 day event. All students welcome regardless of rank or affiliation.
Jon Posnick at Indiana University

October 10 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Bloomington Aikido 1025 East Seventh Street, Bloomington, IN, United States

Join us for a Samurai Saturday at Indiana University. Jon Posnick will be teaching two sessions on Saotome Sensei's two sword. 10-12 am and 3-5…

$35
Chuck Weber Shihan

October 16 - October 18

Shindai Dojo 1940 Brengle Ave, Orlando, FL, United States

Chuck Weber Sensei started Aikido in 1975 in Denver, Colorado. After Hiroshi Ikeda Sensei moved to Boulder Weber Sensei was introduced to Mitsugi Saotome Sensei.…

$125.00
Aikido of Missoula’s 19th Annual Intensive

October 16 @ 6:30 pm - October 18 @ 5:00 pm

Aikido of Missoula 208 E. Main, 2nd Floor, Missoula, MT, United States

Aikido of Missoula will hold its 19th annual AOM Intensive October 16-18. Please join us for a weekend of Aikido and community taught by Raso…
Fall Seminar at Shobu Aikido of Ohio with Bill Gleason Shihan

October 23 @ 6:00 pm - October 25 @ 1:00 pm

Shobu Aikido of Ohio 6537 Angola Road, Holland, OH, United States

Please join us in welcoming William Gleason Shihan as he visits Shobu Aikido of Ohio for our Fall 2026 seminar. William Gleason has studied Aikido…

$165
2026 Fall Seminar

October 30 - November 1

Aikido Shobukan Dojo 421 Butternut St NW, WASHINGTON, United States

Come join us for a fun filled Fall (Halloween) Seminar, October 30 – November 1, celebrating the Joy & Beauty of Aikido. We are pleased…

$120
November 2026
William Gleason Sensei at Portsmouth Aikido

November 6 @ 5:00 pm - November 8 @ 12:30 pm

Portsmouth Aikido 620 Peverly Hill Rd, Portsmouth, NH, United States

Portsmouth Aikido is delighted to welcome William Gleason Shihan for a weekend of intensive training. The seminar schedule is as follows: Friday 11/7 from 5-7pm…

$160
Melissa Bell Sensei at Inaka Dojo

November 6 @ 6:00 pm - November 8 @ 12:00 pm

Inaka Dojo 704 Dixie Highway, Beecher, United States

Please join us at our seminar featuring Melissa Bell Sensei (Rokudan). Details forthcoming- see www.inakadojo.org.
Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan

November 13 - November 15

Shindai Dojo 1940 Brengle Ave, Orlando, FL, United States

$150.00
Bill Gleason – Tres Hofmeister Sensei together in Maine

November 13 @ 6:00 pm - November 15 @ 1:00 pm

Bill Gleason Sensei and Tres Hofmeister Sensei in an ASU co-taught nanadan event. This will be their third time teaching together in Portland Maine.

$200
Tres Hofmeister Sensei (7th dan) seminar, Columbus Ohio

November 20 @ 6:30 pm - November 22 @ 12:00 pm

Aikido School of Central Ohio, Inc. 4554 Indianola Ave, Columbus, OH, United States

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Aiki Staff Workshop with Chetan Prakash Shihan & Luis Escamilla Sensei

November 29 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Redlands Aikikai 590 Nevada Street, Suites A, B & C, Redlands, CA, United States

These workshops seek to transmit the principles and practice of Saotome Shihan’s teachings with bokken and jo.

$35 – $60
December 2026
Don Ellingsworth Sensei at Cookeville December 4-6

December 4 @ 6:30 pm - December 6 @ 12:00 pm

2990 Hwy 70 E Cookeville, TN 38506 2990 Highway 70 E, Cookeville, TN, United States

Come train with us in the beautiful Upper Cumberland with Don Ellingsworth Sensei! Vigorous training in a beautiful, intimate setting.

$150
Seminar with Tim Magill Sensei (6th dan)

December 5 @ 6:30 pm - December 7 @ 12:00 pm

North Florida School of Aikido 1535-1 Capital Circle NW, Tallahassee , FL, United States

North Florida School of Aikido is hosting Tim Magill Sensei (6th dan) for a seminar in Tallahassee December 5-7, 2026, Magill Sensei has taught Aikido…

$110110
Tres Hofmeister at Aikido Hibiki

December 11 @ 6:00 pm - December 13 @ 5:00 pm

Aikido Hibiki 5106 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR, United States
February 2027
2027 Winter Seminar

February 19, 2027 - February 21, 2027

Aikido Shobukan Dojo 421 Butternut St NW, WASHINGTON, United States

Shobukan Dojo is pleased to announce our Winter Seminar with Mitsugi Saotome Sensei and Penny Bernath Sensei! The dates for the seminar are February 19-21, 2027. Saotome…

$250
April 2027
William Gleason Spring Seminar @ Portsmouth Aikido

April 2, 2027 @ 8:00 am - April 4, 2027 @ 12:30 pm

Portsmouth Aikido 620 Peverly Hill Rd, Portsmouth, NH, United States

Portsmouth Aikido is delighted to welcome William Gleason Shihan for a weekend of intensive training. The seminar schedule is as follows: Friday 4/2 from 5-7pm…

$160
Save the Date: Lee Crawford and George Ledyard at Aikido Northshore

April 16, 2027 - April 18, 2027

Aikido Northshore 11232 120th Ave NE, #105, Kirkland, United States

Aikido Northshore is proud to welcome Lee Crawford, 6th dan, and George Ledyard, 7th dan, to a joint seminar. Details and registration info to come.
May 2027
Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan — Nashville Aikikai

May 21, 2027 @ 6:00 pm - May 23, 2027 @ 1:00 pm

Please join us in welcoming Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan back to Nashville Aikikai for our annual spring seminar. More information will be available as we get…
Don Ellingsworth and Julie Tollen Senseis seminar, Columbus OH

May 21, 2027 @ 6:30 pm - May 23, 2027 @ 12:00 pm

Aikido School of Central Ohio welcomes Don and Julie Senseis for a weekend seminar! more details to follow
June 2027
Annual Weapons Seminar with Melissa Bell Sensei (6th dan)

June 11, 2027 @ 6:30 pm - June 13, 2027 @ 12:00 pm

North Florida School of Aikido 1535-1 Capital Circle Northwest, Tallahassee, FL, United States

The North Florida School of Aikido is proud to present a Weapons Seminar with Melissa Bell Sensei (6th dan). Bell Sensei is the head Aikido…

$125125
September 2027
Tres Hofmeister Shihan at Nashville Aikikai

September 10, 2027 @ 6:30 pm - September 12, 2027 @ 12:30 pm

Please join us as we welcome Tres Hofmeister Shihan back to Nashville Aikikai for our Fall seminar.

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A truly wonderful posthumous tribute to Wendy Whited, who did so much for our organization and for aikido. … See MoreSee Less

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Yes..Yes…Yes !!! 🙏🙇🙏

Omg she was one of the best instructors and one of my biggest supporters!!!

Amazing and well deserved. Wendy was an outstanding teacher. I had the pleasure of training and testing with and under her many times in my training. She was and still is a big influence in my life.

🏖️ Winter Intensive 2027 – Hotel Registration Deadline
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Rooms at the Sirata Beach Resort are expected to fill quickly, so we strongly encourage you to reserve your room as soon as possible.
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Aikido Schools of Ueshiba mourns the passing of Warren Little, October 16, 1929 – September 19, 2026. He died Saturday evening at his home in Missoula, Montana.

Warren was one of the first members of Aikido Shobukan Dojo, and he was instrumental in setting the organization up in those early D.C. days. He lived in a camper parked behind the dojo, and students who came in alone on Sunday mornings remember him watching from over the top of his newspaper, calling out "Train harder! Harder!" before going back to his coffee.

He had found the martial arts long before that, training in judo in Washington DC in 1952 alongside Donn Draeger. He gave decades of service to this country as a Special Agent of the FBI, and later to the State of Montana.

He was devoted to Saotome Sensei and to ASU from the beginning, and he showed it the way he showed everything, by turning up and doing the work. He once took Sensei and Patty on their honeymoon, into the backcountry of his beloved Montana, and he loved to tell how the newlyweds discovered he had packed exactly one tent, and that he fully intended to sleep in the middle of it.

What Warren gave aikido was support, and he gave it for the better part of fifty years. He worked for years to see that Montana had somewhere good to train, and he was behind Aikido of Missoula from its early days and a member of Mountain West Aikido in Livingston and Billings later on. The door of his own second floor studio carried an image of O Sensei etched in glass.

Those who knew him best remember the generosity most. Warren was always the first to pick up a shovel and start digging, and he never waited to be asked. He had a heart of gold, a real sense of humor, and opinions he was glad to share.

He was promoted to yondan in October 2016, four days after his eighty-seventh birthday.

In his last years he could no longer train. He came anyway, and he still put on his gi.

Sensei was deeply impacted by the news of his passing. With tears in his eyes, he exclaimed in Japanese:

"Warren! Warren was such a great help… oh but it’s a natural thing that time passes, and isn’t time passing?! We must take care of each other while we can! Warren and I shared so many fond memories..!"

Aikido of Missoula will hold a memorial class for Warren on Friday, September 25, 2026, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm.

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Warren Sensei taught me proper pins prepping for my shodan test in the early 90's! Fond memories of an aiki icon.

Warren Sensei taught me how to teach forward rolls to frightened beginners. He was a guiding light.

Warren Sensei demonstrated the importance of showing up for training! Every time he came to Bozeman Aikido he encouraged each and every one of us to train more diligently. And he was always passing out ASU patches. Warren gifted Bozeman Aikido with several art works from his collection. We fondly remember Warren Sensei as the grandfather of Aikido in Montana. RIP Warren, happy trails❣️

Wow, such a surprise to see Warren's face pop up! I met him almost 20 years ago while attending a Saotome seminar in Montana. I forget people easily, but never forgot him. Sometimes when I've thought of him lately I've thought that he was probably gone already, but I'm glad to hear that he made it almost to 97. RIP Sensei.

I knew Warren from seminars and when I was in Missoula we spent the afternoon at his home before the seminar started. A great man. 😞 What did he say at the end of a seminar . . .

Om mani päme hum, Om mani päme hum, Om mani päme hum…… may his journey be peaceful and may he have a very fortunate rebirth.

My condolence of whole pamily…Philippines 🇵🇭.

Rest in peace! Well done!

Sorry for your loss of such an important member of your community.

That’s a tragedy to hear. When I read this, I imagined him clapping loudly once, decisively, to close the seminar.

Sending love and light.

Truly an inspiration to me and all who knew him, he will be missed

He will be missed

I remember Warren so well from the early 80's Sad news.

My sincere condolences.

Sincerely Condolences…! 🙏

RIP Warren Sensei. I trained with my son Iliad at ASU in 1998-2000.

Thank YOU very much, Warren. Such a spirit of shugyo, and such a good Aiki friend.

My condolences to his family

May he rest in peace 🙏

Beyond the path, go to the stars!. God blessed you.

🙏☮️ a beautiful Sensei and soul

Thank you for this. Warren was a good friend who made those around him feel better. BTW, Warren's birthday is October 21. On to the next adventure, old friend!

Sorry for your loss.

Our Prayers & Deepest Sympathy to the family….

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October 2026

Deppe Sensei at Milwaukee Shobukan

William Gleason Shihan at Aikido Northshore Kirkland WA

Jon Posnick at Indiana University

Chuck Weber Shihan

Aikido of Missoula’s 19th Annual Intensive

Fall Seminar at Shobu Aikido of Ohio with Bill Gleason Shihan

2026 Fall Seminar

November 2026

William Gleason Sensei at Portsmouth Aikido

Melissa Bell Sensei at Inaka Dojo

Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan

Bill Gleason – Tres Hofmeister Sensei together in Maine

Tres Hofmeister Sensei (7th dan) seminar, Columbus Ohio

Aiki Staff Workshop with Chetan Prakash Shihan & Luis Escamilla Sensei

December 2026

Don Ellingsworth Sensei at Cookeville December 4-6

Seminar with Tim Magill Sensei (6th dan)

Tres Hofmeister at Aikido Hibiki

February 2027

2027 Winter Seminar

April 2027

William Gleason Spring Seminar @ Portsmouth Aikido

Save the Date: Lee Crawford and George Ledyard at Aikido Northshore

May 2027

Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan — Nashville Aikikai

Don Ellingsworth and Julie Tollen Senseis seminar, Columbus OH

June 2027

Annual Weapons Seminar with Melissa Bell Sensei (6th dan)

September 2027

Tres Hofmeister Shihan at Nashville Aikikai

Official ASU Board Communications

Board of Directors Update (December 2023)

Memoriam

General ASU News

Thoughts on my visit to Myakka City Shrine Dojo

Saotome Sensei: Three Types of Aiki

What Aikido Means To Me?

Upcoming Seminars and Events

Social Updates