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Denver Aikido Summit 2025 – October 10-11, 2025

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Save the date of Saturday October 11th, 2025, plus bonus training at Denver Aikikai on Friday the 10th, for the annual Aikido Summit, hosted by Denver Aikikai in conjunction with the Denver Buddhist Temple and DBT Tomiki Aikido. Plan for a full and fun day with senior instructors from multiple aikido lineages, plus a fun potluck party Saturday evening. Details and registration are now live here!

Pricing and Registration:

This year we once again welcome back many of our founding teachers, who represent many styles of aikido from Colorado, plus an exciting guest teacher from Florida.

Tentitive order of appearance:

Abel Villacorta – Boulder Ki Aikido/One Dojo
Kei Izawa – Aikikai Tanshinjuku/One Dojo
Seiji Tanaka – Hyland Hill Tomiki Aikido*
Ron Abo – Denver Buddhist Temple Aikido*
— Lunch —
Julie Tolen – Tampa Aikido
Edgar Johansson – Denver Aikikai
Toby Threadgill – Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin Ryu
Hiroshi Ikeda – Boulder Aikikai

There will be an additional training at Denver Aikido the night before the event.  Details to follow.

Location: Denver Buddhist Temple, 1947 Lawrence St, Denver, CO 80202
Date: Saturday October 11th, 2025
Time: 8:30am-4:30pm, party to follow at Edgar Sensei’s house
*registration begins at 8am

Cost/Registration:

$100 pre-registration (includes shirt or other shwag and lunch)
$120 at the door (shwag and lunch not included).

Ways to Pay:

Pay Via Zelle (preferred – no fees!)

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or send to denveraikikai@gmail.com
(Garman Industries LLC)

$100 per person

Pay via PayPal ($5 in fees)

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$105 per person

Aikido Summit is just around the corner!

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We are finally doing it. The 20th anniversary Aikido Summit, originally scheduled for March 2020, is happening on October 1st, 2022. This full day event will have 7 wonderful instructors from 5 distinct lineages. Lunch is included for those who pre-register, as is a baseball cap, and everyone is invited to the potluck party afterwards.

There will be an additional 1.5 hours of training offered at Denver Aikikai the evening before for those who would like to join us. For details click here.

Commemorative fleece vests will also be for sale at the event. Winter is coming!

Location: Denver Buddhist Temple, 1947 Lawrence St, Denver, CO 80202
Date: Saturday October 1st, 2022
Time: 8:30am-4:30pm, party to follow
*registration begins at 8am

Instructors:
Seiji Tanaka, 8th dan, Hyland Hill Tomiki Aikido
Kei Izawa, 7th dan, Aikikai Tanshinjuku
Ron Abo, 6th dan, Denver Buddhist Temple Aikido
Eugene Lee, 6th dan, Aikido Shobukan
Edgar Johansson, 5th dan, Denver Aikikai
Adrianne Wonnacott, 5th dan, Aikido West
Abel Villacorta, 4th dan, Boulder Ki Aikido

Cost/Registration:
$90 pre-registration up until September 21st, $100 at the door
*only registration prior to Sept 21st includes lunch and a baseball cap*

Pre-registration for this event is now closed. Please bring $100 cash or check to the door the day of the event.

Tentative schedule:

8am-8:30am: Registration
8:30am-8:45am: Guided warm-ups
8:45am-9:45am: Villacorta Sensei
9:45-9:55am: BREAK
9:55am-10:55am: Izawa Sensei
10:55am-11:05am: BREAK
11:05am-12:15pm: Tanaka Sensei/Abo Sensei
12:15pm-1:15pm: LUNCH
1:15pm-2:15pm: Wonnacott Sensei
2:15pm-2:25pm: BREAK
2:25pm-3:25pm: Johansson Sensei
3:25pm-3:35pm: BREAK
3:35pm-4:35pm: Lee Sensei

6pm: Potluck dinner

Denver Aikikai began hosting the Aikido Summit in 2001 and it has continued as a much cherished event. Previous instructors include Kei Izawa, Seiji Tanaka, Cindy Hayashi, Toby Threadgill, Hiroshi Ikeda, Kaizen Taki, Tres Hofmeister, Kimberly Richardson, and more.

The 20th anniversary summit is finally happening on October 1st, 2022!

Click here for more information and to register.

2020 Aikido Summit Postponed

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Update 3/20/2021:

Save the date! September 11, 2021. We look forward to hosting the summit and will honor registrations that have already paid for the event. Stay tuned for more to come.

Update 3/19/2020:

We are working with our incredible lineup of instructors and the Denver Buddhist Temple to identify an alternate weekend to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Aikido Summit and will announce the new date as soon as possible.

Refunds are available by request; for those of you who have already registered and are willing to keep your registration for the future dates, we greatly appreciate that and we are working to arrange a bonus training session in recognition of the disruption this has caused. If not, we fully understand given the current situation, so please contact us here or at denveraikikai@comcast.com.

Update 3/16/2020:

In light of the recent developments with COVID-19 and the ban on large group gatherings, we have no choice but to postpone the 20th Aikido Summit, March 27 & 28, 2020 at the Denver Buddhist Temple.  We are working with all the wonderful instructors and the Denver Buddhist Temple to identify the best possible dates to reschedule the Summit. Denver Aikikai will continue to do its utmost to provide you with a safe, secure and successful Aikido Summit at the earliest date possible.  We appreciate your patience during these unprecedented times created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

We understand that you may also have several questions for us.  We need some time to create solutions and develop our plan for moving forward. We will gladly share those details with you as soon as we have them. Please watch this page or connect with us on Facebook for those details.

Be safe and take care. We look forward to seeing you at the 20th Aikido Summit when we reconvene later this year. 

Denver Aikikai

Denver Aikido Summit 20th Anniversary – TBD Spring 2022

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Due to rising concerns about the Delta variant in our community, we are sadly postponing the 20th Anniversary seminar once again. We are hoping the world will be in a place where we can host this event in late March or early April of 2022. Stay tuned!

Final instructor lineup is still being determined, but will include some or all of the following (the original list from 2020):

  • Laurie Nusbaum Sensei – Boulder Aikikai
  • Tres Hofmeister Sensei – Boulder Aikikai
  • Cyndy Hayashi Sensei – Aikido West
  • Susan Chandler Sensei – Denver Ki Aikido
  • Abel Villacorta Sensei – Boulder Ki Aikido
  • Russ Smith Sensei – Rocky Mountain Ki Society
  • Kei Izawa Sensei – Aikikai Tanshinjuku
  • Ron Abo Sensei – DBT Aikido
  • Mike Jones Sensei – Roaring Fork Aikikai
  • Edgar Johansson Sensei – Denver Aikikai
  • Kimberly Richardson Sensei – Two Cranes Aikido
  • Hiroshi Ikeda Sensei – Boulder Aikikai

Registration

Deposits received for the original dates in March 2020 will be honored.
More details on cost and registration coming soon.

Location

The Denver Buddhist Temple is located at 1947 Lawrence (corner of 20th & Lawrence). Please bring your weapons.

Denver Aikido Summit – March 9, 2019

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Denver Aikikai is pleased to announce that the 19th Annual Denver Aikido Summit will be held on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the Denver Buddhist Temple. The lineup this year offers a unique blend of instructors, so please join us for an exceptional day of training!

Instructors:
  • Mike Jones Sensei – Roaring Fork Aikikai
  • Steve Shaw Sensei – Aikikai Tanshinjuku
  • Seiji Tanaka Sensei – Hyland Hills Tomiki Aikido
  • Abel Villacorta Sensei – Boulder Ki Aikido
  • Edgar Johansson Sensei – Denver Aikikai
  • Tres Hofmeister Sensei – Boulder Aikikai

Schedule: Saturday, March 9, 2019 – 8:30 am-5:30 pm

Cost: $80 through 2/22/19; $85 after; $90 at the door.
Pre-registration includes lunch and a T-shirt; preferences for entree options and shirt sizes not guaranteed for registrants after 2/22/19. Shirts and lunch not guaranteed for walk-in registrants.

The Denver Buddhist Temple is located at 1947 Lawrence (corner of 20th & Lawrence). Please bring your weapons.

Denver Aikido Summit – April 7, 2018

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Denver Aikikai is pleased to announce the 18th Annual Denver Aikido Summit will be held on April 7, 2018 at the Denver Buddhist Temple. We have an exciting never-before-seen lineup this year, and we hope you’ll join us for an outstanding day of training!

Instructors:

Cost: $80 before March 10, 2018, $85 after; $90 at the door
Pre-registration includes lunch and a T-shirt; preferences for entrée/shirt sizes not guaranteed for registrants after March 31st. Lunch and shirts not guaranteed for walk-in registrants.

The Denver Buddhist Temple is located at 1947 Lawrence (corner of 20th & Lawrence). Please bring your weapons. The seminar will run from 8:30 am – 3:00 pm with a break for lunch.

Online registration for this event has closed. For more information, contact us.

Denver Aikido Summit – April 1, 2017

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Denver Aikikai is proud to bring you the 17th Annual Denver Aikido Summit on April 1, 2017 at the Denver Buddhist Temple.

Instructors:
  • Cyndy Hayashi shihan, 7th Dan, Aikido West
  • Seiji Tanaka sensei, 8th Dan, Hyland Hills Tomiki Aikido
  • Tres Hofmeister sensei, 7th Dan, Boulder Aikikai
  • Toby Threadgill sensei, Kaicho, Takemura ha Shindo Yoshin Ryu

Cost: $80 before March 11, 2017, $85 after; $90 at the door
Pre-registration includes lunch and a T-shirt; not guaranteed for walk-in registrants.

The Denver Buddhist Temple is located at 1947 Lawrence (corner of 20th & Lawrence). Please bring your weapons. The seminar will run from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm with a break for the catered lunch.  For more information, contact us.

To download the printable flyer, click here.