It is with great sadness that I inform you that our teacher and founder of Birankai has passed away on June 5th 2015.
During his 50 years of training and teaching he affected countless generation of students.
I feel very privileged to have been exposed to his teachings and his spirit. Aikido was first (as to the best of my knowledge) introduced to Kenya on October 16th 2009. I had the privilege to be the first ever and (by the time) only Aikido teacher in Kenya. As a branch of Birankai Poland we follow Birankai Aikido system as taught by T.K. Chiba sensei.
We had many seminars with my friend and teacher Piotr Masztalerz shidoin from Poland. He was kind enough to grace us with his frequent visits to Kenya.
As I returned back to Poland, in July 2012, now it is up to my students to carry the torch.
You can see a demo I did at Japanese embassy in February 2012. And yes, shihonage sucks when you have long hair... Video made by one of the students. Thanks!
And some photos of those glorious days.
Our generic poster:
![]() Demonstration at Japanese Embassy, May 2011
Shiho-nage ura-waza. Uke: Daniel Areba
Same place, same time
Nikkyo ura-waza, uke: Dedy Sutanto
Uke: Daniel Areba. ![]() Demonstration at Japanese Embassy, February 2012. Tanto-dori kote-gaeshi. Uke: Daniel Areba Same place, same time, same uke. Kokyu-nage
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