About Charlotte Ki-Aikido
Group Lessons
Private Lessons
Private Lessons
Group classes offered every Wednesday from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. These classes cover Aikido techniques, mindfulness practices, weapons training, and more!
Private Lessons
Private Lessons
Private Lessons
Private lessons available to be scheduled at a time convenient for the student and the instructor (and at no extra cost to the student).
Online Classes
Private Lessons
Online Classes
All students get access to EKF Online Education content, and remote options for Wednesday's group classes are offered.
Announcement: 2025 International Ki Conference in Greenville
All Ki Society members are invited to join the Eastern Ki Federation for the 2025 International Ki Conference taught by Shinichi Tohei Sensei on July 24th - 27th at Furman University in Greenville, SC. Tohei Sensei will be joined by Mrs. Sachiko Tohei and Hideo Ohara Sensei. Charlotte Ki-Aikido Head Instructor, Matthew Attarian Sensei, will be accompanied by special guests Michiru Yamaguchi Sensei and Shotaro Inoue Sensei, who will also join Charlotte Ki-Aikido for a class before the conference.
Since childhood, Shinichi Tohei Sensei was guided and taught by his father Soshu Koichi Tohei Sensei. As successor, he is engaged in an effort to spread the teaching of Shinshin Toitsu Aikido in Japan and Overseas. The Eastern Ki Federation is excited to welcome him back to the United States!
Official Website: https://internationalkiconference2025.com/
Announcement: New Book Published by Mark Stone Sensei
Martial Arts and the Philosophy of Sport brings together martial arts and Eastern philosophical wisdom with the competitive world of sports as games. This exploration goes beyond the conventional view of martial arts as fighting skills and delves into their evolution as competitive Olympic sports and profound ways of self-cultivation.
Stone Sensei reveals the philosophical underpinnings of both disciplines, which engage not only the body but also the mind, fostering a holistic mind-body experience. The book illuminates concepts like “no-mind” from Japanese philosophy and ”in the zone” as a mode of peak athletic performance and showcases how these practices transcend mere physicality to encompass aesthetic, competitive, and cooperative dimensions.
Martial Arts and the Philosophy of Sport argues that both martial arts and sports are forms of striving play—activities pursued for their intrinsic value and for the personal fulfillment they bring. In addition to its contributions to philosophy of sport, aesthetics, and comparative philosophy, the arguments explored in this book also offers martial artists and sports enthusiasts alike a profound understanding of their pursuits as integral to life's enduring goals, and even to understand their pursuit of excellence as a path to enlightenment.
