2026 KC Bridge Seminar
Join us for the 2026 Kansas City Bridge Seminar!
This seminar will take place at our new dojo in Olathe, Kansas. The seminar will feature Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan from the Boulder Aikikai, Boulder Colorado USA and Ryoichi Kinoshita Shihan from the Suisenkan Dojo in Osaka, Japan. Ikeda Shihan is world famous and travels extensively conducting Aikido seminars within the USA and Europe as well as other parts of the world. Kinoshita Shihan served on the instructional staff at Amenotakemusu Juku Aikido Dojo under Seiseki Abe Sensei for three decades and is the chief instructor at the Suisenkan Dojo in Osaka. The seminar will also feature Larry Graham Shihan (USAF) and Ken Baker Hanshi (Yoseikan). A detailed schedule is below. There will be a dinner celebration at Aikijuku Dojo at 7:00pm on Saturday July 18th.
Aikijuku Dojo
This seminar will be held at our new dojo in Olathe, Kansas. Come enjoy all of the amenities our new dojo has to offer. Filled with natural light and plenty of space to move, our new location is a peaceful and tranquil area for you to train. Come join us!
Instructors
Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan is founder and chief instructor of Boulder Aikikai. He began his study of aikido in 1968 at the Aikido club of Kokugakuin University in Tokyo, of which Saotome Sensei was the chief instructor. Upon graduation, he trained regularly at Honbu Dojo and at Saotome Sensei’s Remeijuki Dojo. In 1978 he followed Saotome Sensei to the U.S. and in 1980 established Boulder Aikikai. He is a frequent guest instructor at Aikido seminars in the U.S. and abroad.
Ryoichi Kinoshita Shihan began Aikido training under Abe Seiseki Shihan in 1974. At age 24, he became a live-in student of Abe Shihan. From 1996 to present day, he has been director and head instructor of Suisenkan Aikido Dojo in Suita, Japan. He instructs full-time in Osaka, Kyoto, and Nara. As a longtime student of Abe Sensei, calligraphy teacher of Osensei, Kinoshita Sensei studied calligraphy as well as Aikido with Abe Sensei.