The teaching

Understanding
through the body.

Hiroshi Ikeda’s teaching emphasizes learning Aikido through physical experience: maintaining one’s own center while exploring a partner’s balance.

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Hiroshi Ikeda demonstrating Aikido
Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan · Teaching through practice
01 / Center

Begin with yourself.

“Chushin” is central to Sensei’s approach: maintaining your own center as you work with another person.

02 / Experience

Learn through practice.

Use the demonstrations as a starting point for exploration on the mat, alongside your own training.

03 / Connection

Study together.

Seminars and video collections offer different ways to encounter the teaching and return to its details.

A lifetime of Aikido

A teacher.
A continuing student.

Founder of Boulder Aikikai in Colorado, Hiroshi Ikeda holds the rank of 8th Dan through the Aikikai World Headquarters. He teaches internationally as a guest instructor.

His work has brought teachers and students from different Aikido backgrounds together to share their practice.

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Study through video.

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Meet on the mat.

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