Roncesvalles, Toronto, Canada
Toronto Aikikai
- Aikido
- Iaido
An aikido dojo founded in 1974 and affiliated through the Shin Kaze Aikido Alliance with the Aikikai Foundation in Tokyo, with iaido taught since 2000. Classes run seven days a week, and practitioners from other dojos can join any scheduled class for a daily mat fee or a ten-visit package.
- The style
- Aikido and, since 2000, iaido, the art of drawing the sword. The dojo belongs to the Shin Kaze Aikido Alliance and through it to the Aikikai Foundation, the Hombu Dojo in Tokyo.
- Lineage
- It was founded in 1974 by Bruce Stiles, a senior student of Mitsunari Kanai Shihan. Its chief instructor trained mainly under Kanai and Yoshimitsu Yamada, both 8th dan and direct students of Morihei Ueshiba.
- The teacher
- Robert Zimmermann began aikido in 1967 and has led the dojo since 1983. He holds Nanadan, 7th dan, and the title of Shihan in aikido, and took up iaido in 1999.
torontoaikikai.com
Traveler Facts
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- Beginners welcome
- Do I have to spar?Not checked yet
- A bed at the camp?Not checked yet
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- Women train here
- A room for women only?Not checked yet
- No minimum stay
- Single classes
- Open all year
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Where it is
58 Ritchie Avenue, Toronto, ON M6R 2J9, Canada
43.6543, -79.4494
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