Capital Aikikai was founded in 1973 and has been providing a continuous program of Aikido training in the DC-Maryland-Virginia area ever since. As a not-for-profit corporation, it welcomes all people who wish to practice Aikido.

Clyde Takeguchi is the founder and director of Capital Aikikai. Takeguchi Sensei is a shichidan -- a seventh degree black belt -- and a shihan of the United States Aikido Federation. He began his study of aikido in 1958 in his native Hawaii.

Capital Aikikai Senior Teaching Staff

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