Portland Aikido

Ready to try something new? Our kids’ aikido classes are welcoming, active, and fun for beginners. Come learn, move, and grow with us! Saturday mornings 9:00 AM

Shihan Blue Spruell of Peachtree Aikido Atlanta will be joining us October 17th and 18th to celebrate our 40th anniversary at Portland Aikido. We hope you can join us for this very special event!

Happy (nearly) end of summer! Portland Aikido Kids Classes will be starting again Saturdays at 9:00 AM on Saturday September 12. Looking forward to it! If you have any questions you can message us here or through our website:

https://portlandaikido.org/kids

Saturday 6/6/26 (Rachael Chaudhri and Jonathan Doughty) and Saturday 6/13/26 (Aaron Brady and David Bruenjes) we had 1st kyu tests at the dojo. Congratulations to Rachael, Aaron, Jonathan and David for all their hard work over the past year to prepare for their tests and thank you to everyone who helped them with instruction, ukemi and encouragement. It takes a dojo.

Saturday 5/9/26 sixteen of us from the adult, kids and Iaido classes at Portland Aikido arrived at the dojo at 9am. After
enjoying a Holy Donut and a cup of Coffee By Design java we cleaned the dojo from top to bottom. By 11:30am we were
all done, amazingly‼️ Thanks to everyone who came and helped out. Many hands make light the work. Below is a group
photo taken by Mauricio Handler.

Saturday 5/2/26 in Boston six of us from our dojo attended an Iaido seminar sponsored by Boston Aikikai in honor of
Claude Berthiaume Shihan. Here is group photo as well as the kamiza with photo of Claude Berthiaume Shihan.

Thank you Boston Aikikai for being wonderful hosts for the event.

Saturday 4/4/26 we had a great Aikido seminar taught by Vu Ha Sensei from Boston Aikikai. Ha sensei taught two Aikido classes and then a weapons class of bokken vs bokken kumitachi. Afterwards we had a party at the dojo with friends and family. We all enjoyed lobster rolls, turkey, chicken and falafel wraps, potato salad, coleslaw, baked beans, Wrap City potato chips, pastrami smoked salmon, lemon and garlic chicken wings, two chocolate cakes and then finally a cognac toast to Claude Berthiaume Sensei’s memory. Claude Sensei lives on in our hearts and in our training. Thank you to everyone who came and helped with the seminar and special thanks to Vu Ha Sensei for teaching

Portland Aikido mourns the death of Claude Berthiaume 8th dan shihan chief instructor of Aikido de la Montagne, Montreal, Quebec,member of USAF Technical Committee and Technical Director of Kiyiokaze Iaido Federation. Claude sensei came to our dojo annually for over 20 years to teach an Aikido and Iaido seminar and to administer Aikido dan tests and Iaido tests. We are grateful to Claude sensei for his teaching, his guidance, his support and his friendship through the years. His spirit lives on in our daily training.

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