Aikido of Hawaii International

11/13/2022

06/29/2022

Without growth and change, there is often stagnation.

New editorial by Jason Perna Sensei of Old City Aikido:

https://aikidojournal.com/2022/06/24/a-future-to-honor-o-sensei-by-jason-perna/

06/24/2022

Very interesting article on the progression of Aikido from O’Sensei to Tohei to present: https://aikidojournal.com/2016/01/13/an-overview-of-koichi-toheis-early-aikido-career-by-stanley-pranin/

12/28/2021

A message from Kaulukukui Sensei, Aikido of Hawaii International.

To All,

I offer my heartfelt greetings to you. I hope that you all have a festive but healthy Holiday Season. I trust that you are able to safely reunite with your families.

This past year has been undeniably difficult for us all. But there are those who have suffered much more than any of us have. Thus, we should be grateful for all that we have, and for the lives that we live.

The ongoing pandemic has impacted our ability to practice Aikido in the way that we would like to do so. But the spirit of Aikido endures in our hearts. As long as we hold the art dear to us, it will continue to thrive.

I thank all of you for your continued commitment and for your dauntless loyalty to your students, your dojo, your families, and to our Aikido organizations.

Best wishes for a safe, healthy, and prosperous 2022.

Aloha,
Thomas K. Kaulukukui, Jr.
Chief Instructor, Chair and President
Aikido of Hawaii International
Kailua Aikido Club

05/13/2021

A few Aikido techniques in there.

05/07/2021

Footwork.

04/26/2021

Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido passed away on this day in 1969. We would like to express our profound gratitude and respect to O-Sensei for creating the wonderful art of aikido and being the catalyst for the creation of our global Aikido community. Morihei Ueshiba (12/14/1883 - 4/26/1969).

01/11/2021

Congratulations to our AHI Instructors who have promoted this year.

Promoted to Rokudan (6th Dan)
Tom Walsh, Chief Instructor, Aikido of Volusia, FL
Dr. Scott Sobel, Chief Instructor, Baltimore Aikido Academy, MD
Jeff A. Christenham, Chief Instructor, Sarpy Aikido, NE

Promoted to Godan (5th Dan)
Randy Porter, Chief Instructor, Aikido Omaha, NE
Robert Putes, Instructor, Kailua Aikido Club, HI

12/26/2020

KAILUA AIKIDO CLUB / AIKIDO OF HAWAII INTERNATIONAL
Sensei Thomas Kaulukukui’s 2020 Holiday Message
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My Christmas and New Year’s greetings to all instructors and students.

As this difficult year 2020 winds to a close, I offer a few thoughts for you to ponder.
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the lives of people throughout the world. But we are not the first or only generation of humans who have had to face the enormous pressures and difficulties of widespread illness, or world wars, or deadly natural disasters. In the past,
our ancestors have endured such hardships. They survived, and persevered, and overcame.
Each generation that has overcome these hardships has strengthened its immunities to these difficulties. In the DNA of each of us is the DNA of these ancestors. So for generations we have been bred to also survive, persevere and overcome life’s greatest challenges. And we will. Believe it.

The pandemic has forced us into isolation and has severely limited our opportunities to interact on a personal level with our family, friends, and other. Because of political, economic, racial, and other conflicts and strife in our communities, the isolation caused by the pandemic has forced us apart when it is critical for us to join together. In this environment, aikido offers
a unique means of co-operation and collaboration. Aikido’s core values are harmony and love.
O Sensei changed the fighting techniques of martial arts into movements that embrace the values of unity, harmony and generosity. This is exactly what the world needs today. We all need this, so I look forward to the time in the near future when we can again gather in our dojo
and practice together. Until then, I give you my best wishes for a safe and relaxed holiday season.

Aloha,
Sensei Thomas K. Kaulukukui, Jr.
Chief Instructor
Kailua Aikido Dojo

12/14/2020

14th of December is a date that we keep in our heart as a special one. On the 14th of December 1883, the Founder of Aikido, O-Sensei Morihei Ueshiba was born. Nishinotani Town, Nishimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture (present day Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture) was the place of his birth.
We are all greateful for the treasure O-Sensei created and passed over to the next generations. The virtues that we grow during trainings also flourish in our daily lives, beyond the tatami, especially now, in the time of the pandemic.