There will be no classes on Friday, April 15th and Monday, April 18th in observance of Good Friday and Easter Monday. Regular classes will resume on Friday, April 22nd.

  • Proof of vaccination and masks are no longer required
  • While we work through the remaining restrictions and get everyone back on the mats, the adult and kids' classes will be temporarily merged together, 7:00 - 8:30 on Mondays and Fridays.
Renshinkai Aikido for Adults and Kids
Located at Bathurst and Rutherford

Nick Kilislian Sensei

Nick Kilislian Sensei has been doing Aikido for over 30 years, training under all of the top Yoshinkan Aikido teachers around the world, from 6th to 9th dan.

Nick Sensei chose to follow Chida Soke after his resignation as the Yoshinkan headmaster and founding his own organization of Aikido Renshinkai, and is now in direct affiliation with it. In Japan, Aikido Richmond Hill dojo is formally known as Komeikan.

Some of the important milestones of Sensei's Aikido journey:

  • 1990 Began Aikido training under T. Kimeda 9th dan.
  • 1993-1995 Graduated from Yoshinkan Senshusei program in Tokyo (Tokyo Riot Police Course; Instructors Program).
  • 2008 Aikido Komeikan (Aikido Richmond Hill) is established.
  • 2011 Successfully passed Godan (5th degree black belt) examination in Tokyo.
  • 2017 Received 6th Degree Black Belt (Master rank) from Chida Sensei in Tokyo.
Aikido is a shield, not a sword

- Nick Kilislian Sensei

901 Rutherford Road
Vaughan Ontario L4J 8C7
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