Aikido Yuishinkai


Aikido Yuishinkai is a style of aikido founded in 1996 by former Aikikai instructor and Ki no Kenkyukai President and Chief instructor Koretoshi Maruyama. Aikido Yuishinkai has many dojo operating in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the Philippines, Argentina, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Norway and the United States.
Koretoshi Maruyama was a personal student of the founder of Aikido Morihei Ueshiba, 4th generation receiving a 6th dan and today travels the world giving seminars
The school focuses on 4 levels of aikido technique and is influenced by the Daito Ryu and Shinkage-ryū sword style. The organisation was led internationally by Michael Williams until his retirement in 2012. In February 2016 Maruyama Sensei appointed Peter Kelly and Martijn van Hemmen as International Instructors, in December 2016 he named Katsuaki Motegi as his successor.