Aikido Shoshinkai

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This homepage belongs to Aikido Shoshinkai, which was established in May 2010 and is officially recognised by Aikikai Foundation.

At Aikido Shoshinkai, we enjoy practicing every day with active Aikido practitioners, those who stopped doing Aikido once and starting out again, and newbies who are interested in Aikido.

Aikido Shoshinkai head, Kunio Yoshimoto, always say that Aikido is a place of exchange, and he hopes that you will enjoy it, make many friends and spread the friendship through Aikido.

In recent years, two sister dojos opened in Malaysia: The first one is Aikido Shoshinkai Penang in 2016 followed by a second one in Perak called Aikido Shoshinkai Ipoh in 2018. Unity Aikido Penang and Aikido Shoshinkai KL also joined Aikido Shoshinkai. As head of Aikido Shoshinkai, Kunio Yoshimoto has visited Penang, Malaysia annually since 2010. Although irregular, he has also visited many other countries to teach Aikido throughout the years: once to Dubai, UAE, five times to Taiwan, four times to Singapore, six times to Hawaii, seven times to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and once to Johor, Malaysia. Until today, he continues to work on further exploration of Aikido with many Aikido friends.

Whatever your level in Aikido, we look forward to your participation at our dojo, and of course, beginners are always welcome to join us too.

Association name: Aikido Shoshinkai (Aikikai Official Dojo)

Representative:   Kunio Yoshimoto

Training place: 

• 1. Aikido Shoshinkai Dojo in Otsu City (2nd floor, Hirai Building Nionohama 3-4-8, Otsu City) 

  2. Maibara Dojo: Maibara City, Maibara Junior High School Gymnasium

Sister dojos:

1. Aikido Shoshinkai Penang Dojo: (https://www.aikido-shoshinkai.com/)

2. Unity Aikido Penang Dojo: (https://sites.google.com/site/unityaikidopg/)

3. Aikido Shoshinkai Ipoh Dojo: (https://www.facebook.com/shoshinkanaikidoipoh.dojo.5)

4. Aikido Shoshinkai KL Dojo

Training time:

Otsu Dojo:  

   Saturday from 6:30 to 8:30 PM

   Thursday from 7:00 to 8:30 PM

   Sunday from 10:00 to 12:00 PM

Maibara Dojo:  Friday from 7:00 to 8:30 PM

Leaders:

Kunio Yoshimoto: 7th dan in Aikido, and 5th dan in Iaido from All Japan Iaido Federation

Koji Hasegawa: 6th dan in Aikido, and 5th dan in Iaido from All Japan Iaido Federation

Takashi Yamamoto: 5th dan in Aikido

Satoshi Tanaka: 5th dan in Aikido

Others (3 people): 4th dan in Aikido

Membership fee: 

Admission fee: 3,000 yen (Including the fee for annual sports insurance payment in the first year)

Monthly fee: 

• • Adults: 2,000 yen / month

  • High school student: 1,000 yen / month

  • Junior high school students and younger: 900 yen / month

Others:

For visitors who wish to practice at Shoshinkai, you can stay in Urban Hotel (Kusatsu, in front of Minami-Kusatsu Station) at a special price. If you would like to stay, please contact Shoshinkai. 

Contact: yoshimotokunio@ybb.ne.jp

Please feel free to contact us even if you are a beginner.