Our Dojo

Framingham Aikikai is a traditional Aikido dojo, founded in January 2000. Its Chief Instructor, David Halprin 6th dan, is a student of Mitsunari Kanai Sensei, 8th dan, and studied with him for twenty-seven years.

Kanai Sensei, Chief Instructor of New England Aikikai in Cambridge, was one of the last group of uchideshi (live-in students) of O-Sensei, and studied under the Founder for ten years before being sent to teach Aikido in the US. He taught at New England Aikikai for thirty-eight years until he passed away in March 2004.

Framingham Aikikai has been located since inception at 61 Fountain Street in Framingham. Its instructors and students were under the continuing technical supervision of Kanai Sensei and now are among those who are continuing to practice Aikido according to his teachings.