On March 3rd 2017 The Nuuanu Aikido Club hosted Igarashi Sensei of Aikido Igarashi Dojo and his students of the Meiji Aikido Club.
It was a wonderful experience for Aikido practitioners here to get a chance to receive instruction from Igarashi Sensei and to practice with his students. The night consisted of two hours of training, the first hour with our own Chief Instructor Scoville Sensei and the second by Igarashi Sensei. In attendance were students from Nuuanu Aikido Club, Hawaii Betsuin Aikido Club, University of Hawaii Aikido Club, Kailua Aikido Club, Aikido of Honolulu, and Aikido Ohana.
The members of the Nuuanu Aikido Club would like to extend their gratitude to Igarashi Sensei and the Meji University Aikido Club for making this long journey to deepen the friendship between the dojos and share their appreciation of the art form internationally.
May 19th 2011 five years ago today Koichi Tohei passed away. Tohei Sensei had a very profound influence on Aikido in Hawaii, teaching us to look beyond techniques and into ourselves. Here at the Nuuanu Aikido Club his influence is still felt today within our warm up exercises which where handed down to us from Tohei Sensei himself. In his teaching he said not to criticize others but learn from them, better ourselves and in turn help to further Aikido. Tohei Sensei contributions to our club and Aikido are beyond measure.
"Do not criticize any other martial arts or speak ill of others, as it will surely come back to you. The mountain does not laugh at the river because it is lowly, nor does the river speak ill of the mountain because it can not move" Koichi Tohei
