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Why Shobu Aikido of Boston is Unique:

The quality of a martial arts school depends on the excellence of the primary, active instructor's depth of experience and understanding of an authentic art.

Shobu Aikido of Boston is unique because the school's actively-teaching chief instructor is an internationally-respected author on aikido whose first 10 years of studying aikido were spent training in Japan with the most talented and closest students of the founder of this relatively young martial art. He teaches seminars nationally and internationally.

Sensei Gleason, a 6th degree black belt, is the head instructor at Shobu Aikido of Boston. He lived in Japan from 1970-80, where he trained in traditional aikido and sword at the aikido world headquarters (Honbu Dojo). Morihei Ueshiba sensei ("O-sensei"), the founder of Aikido, had passed away the year before Gleason sensei arrived in Japan. He practiced intensively, under the best possible instruction in the art, with the founder's most prominent students and uchi-deshi, including Takeda sensei, Osawa sensei, Watanabe sensei, Koichi Tohei sensei, Saotome sensei, Sasaki sensei, Endo sensei and the Doshu (the founder's son).

He trained most often and intensely with the late Yamaguchi sensei, who became his mentor and friend. Gleason sensei describes his teacher as such, in his account of his early training in Japan:

"No one could understand or agree with his techniques, which seemed to flow so effortlessly. This is really no surprise. Even the high-ranking teachers of Honbu dojo couldn't usually understand how Yamaguchi sensei was able to so effortlessly do what he did. Taking his ukemi was an indescribable experience. His touch was like a feather, yet you would fly off your feet as if you had been hit by a tornado and hit the mat like a sack of stones."

Since 1980, Sensei Gleason has taught full time at Shobu Aikido of Boston (a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization) in addition to conducting aikido seminars worldwide. He is the author of two books on aikido and a DVD on aikido and sword. Aikido is truly his life's work and passion.

The school is a member of the internationally-recognized ASU that is under the head instruction of Saotome sensei, a former uchideshi of O-sensei. Our students' ranking is internationally recognized by Aikaikai Hombu Dojo through this affiliation. Several of Gleason sensei's students have opened their own affiliated schools and currently teach around the country.

Over the years, there have been thousands of students, with up to 75 active members at the highest point. Average evening classes currently range in size from 10-30 students. Sensei Gleason teaches classes 7 hours per week, every week, in addition to teaching 5-10 hour intensive seminars that occur approximately every other month.

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Bob Ebener

Shobu Aikido Summer Gasshuku July 10th -12th

Shobu Aikido of Boston invites you to our Summer Gasshuku, July 10th -12th.


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Posted by Bob Ebener on July 4, 2009 at 1:23pm

Toby Bazarnick

Gleason Sensei Now Teaching Mondays 6-8pm (in addition to Tue/Thu 6-8p & Sun 9a-12)!!!

Members get more opportunities to train with Sensei Gleason.

Gleason Sensei Now Teaching Mondays 6-8pm (in addition to Tue/Thu 6-8p & Sun 9a-12)!!!

Posted by Toby Bazarnick on June 22, 2009 at 7:10am — 1 Comment

Larry Murray

Cape Cod Aikido Friendship Seminar

When you look up the word friendship in the dictionary, there could have been a picture of the Cape Cod Aikido Friendship Seminar next to that word. Saturday May 30, thirty one students of Aikido gathered at the YMCA of Cape Cod for 6-plus hours of Aikido. There were instructors there from Ellsworth Maine to Johnston Rhode Island.

Ki Society, Iwama, Aikikai and ASU were all represented. The one thing that I heard the most after the seminar was over was that it is all different, yet it is all th… Continue

Posted by Larry Murray on June 1, 2009 at 9:36pm

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Free Kids Aikido Classes for Santa Barbara Jesusita Fire Evacuees at AIKIDO KENKYUKAI SANTA BARBARA

Free Kids Aikido Classes for Santa Barbara Jesusita Fire Evacuees at AIKIDO KENKYUKAI SANTA BARBARA


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