Established in 2005, Kiku Matsu Dojo serves as the headquarters of the Aikido World Alliance (AWA), offering high-quality training in the Japanese martial art of Aikido. Our dojo also hosts the Chicago Buddhist Meditation Group.
Announcements:
A big thank you to everyone that contributed to the food drive. We ended up with many boxes of food to be donated to the Ravenswood Food Pantry.
During the holidays the dojo will be closed for classes on Tuesday December 24, 2024, Wednesday December 25, 2024 and again on Tuesday December 31, 2024 and Wednesday January 1, 2025.
On Monday December 30, 2024 at 3:00pm we have have our end of year dojo cleaning followed by Saigo Geiko (last training) at 6:00pm.
January 9-12, 2025 Kiku Matsu dojo will be hosting our Kangeiko (winter training) seminar. Regular classes are canceled during the seminar (Thursday through Sunday). If interested in attending please signup.
We have classes 7 days a week and on-going students may attend as many classes as they like. Those who would like to get a taste of Aikido are invited to take our 4-week introductory course.
From our blog:
- Dojo Food Drive
- Dojo Fall-a-Thon
- Dojo Open House
- Kids Movie Night – October 21, 2023
- AWA Member Alex Maldonado at World Combat Games
From our Facebook page:
Good to meet old friends again. Last time we met was in Sofua, Bulgaria! So nice to see everyone again.
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Koyanagi sensei! Loyal student of Y Kobayashi shihan and short term deshi of F Toyoda. Great old friend
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Join us this month for Bokken and Jo in the park! Starting tomorrow 09/03! See flyer below for more information.
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Thank you to our members and their families for coming to our picnic yesterday!
The food was great and company was greater!
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