GUILLAUME ERARD
6TH DAN AIKIDO - YOKOHAMA AIKIDOJO SHIHAN
Latest Articles
New Video: Daehyun YOON, head of the Korea Aikido Federation
This interview with Daehyun Yoon 6th dan, head of the Korea Aikido Federation, was conducted during the Korea Aikido Federation’s 30th Anniversary Event held in Seoul in September 2024.
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Kagamibiraki 2026 at the Aikido Hombu Dojo
On Sunday, January 11, 2026, the traditional Kagamibiraki Ceremony was held at the Aikido Hombu Dojo in Tokyo, marking the opening of the new Aikido year. This major annual event brought together prac...
New Video: Guillaume Erard on La Reunion Island
This video shows some highlights of my seminar on La Reunion Island, a French territory located just between Madagascar and Mauritius.
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Guillaume Erard featured on French TV
I was recently featured in a video report by Réunion La 1ère TV channel during my visit to La Réunion Island, where I was invited by the École d’Aïkido du Sud to teach and share my experience of ...
Video Interview: Tony Smibert, 8th dan
It's a rare privilege to sit down with someone who has achieved mastery in two seemingly disparate disciplines. Tony Smibert Shihan embodies the Japanese concept of shuhari—the journey from learning t...
Celebration of Ueshiba Moriteru Aikido Doshu's Order of the Rising Sun Award
On November 9, 2025, approximately 1,100 distinguished guests, Aikido practitioners, and supporters from across Japan and around the world gathered at the Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo to celebrate a hist...
Upcoming Courses
| Friday 19 June to Saturday 20 June 2026 Guillaume ERARD - Emmendingen (GERMANY) |
| Friday 20 March to Saturday 21 March 2026 Guillaume ERARD - Montreal (CANADA) |
| Sunday 14 December to Saturday 20 December 2025 Guillaume ERARD - La Réunion (FRANCE) |
| Saturday 12 July to Sunday 13 July 2025 Guillaume ERARD - Cambridge (UK) |
| 05 July 2025 Guillaume ERARD - Paris (FRANCE) |
| Friday 27 June to Sunday 29 June 2025 Guillaume ERARD - Bayonne (FRANCE) |
| Friday 20 June to Sunday 22 June 2025 Guillaume ERARD - Emmendingen (GERMANY) |
| 22 December 2024 Guillaume ERARD - Kamakura (JAPAN) |
Interviews
Interview with Henry Kono, direct student of Morihei Ueshiba
Henry Kono (1928 - 2016) was a Canadian citizen of Japa...
Interview with Kobayashi Kiyohiro, 8th Dan Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu
Kobayashi Kiyohiro is an 8th dan instructor of Daito-ry...
Interview with Sameshima Motonari, 8th Dan Judo Senior Councilor of the Kodokan Judo Institute
This interview was conducted during the Kano Jirogo Ann...
Interview with Osawa Hayato Shihan - Relaxation, speed, and explosive power
Osawa Hayato Shihan is one of the senior instructors of...
Interview with Peter Goldsbury - Part 1: From Aikido in the UK to Academia in Japan
Peter Goldsbury is 7th Dan Aikido instructor who has be...
Interview with Christopher Mulligan: Generative Aikido
Christopher Mulligan began training Aikido in 1972. Alo...
Interview with Kei Izawa, Chairman of the International Aikido Federation
In this exclusive interview, we delve into the life and...
Interview with Tada Hiroshi: A Lifetime Cultivating the Ki
Tada Hiroshi Shihan is one of the last living students ...
Interview with Miyamoto Tsuruzo Shihan: Perceiving and sensing
Miyamoto Tsuruzo shihan is a 7th Dan senior instructor ...
Interview with Ellis Amdur - Part 1: Martial Journey from Aikido to koryu
Ellis Amdur is one of the most prominent and prolific w...
Column: It Ain't Necessarily So
Kobayashi Hirokazu, a Daito-ryu Master? - It Ain't Necessarily So
Some time ago, Aikido Journal published excerpts from an email exchange between the late Stanley Pranin and André Cognard, who runs an independent Aikido group in Europe. The article highlights a so-c...
Where’s My Money!!!???? - It Ain't Necessarily So
Some might find this an essay on a trivial subject—a one-hundred-year old personal debt. How this debt is interpreted, however, defines the nature of the relationship of two men: Takeda Sokaku and Ues...
Banquo’s Ghost - It Ain't Necessarily So
Where do myths begin? Jungian psychologists assert that myths reflect primordial patterns within the unconscious. Myths, therefore, impose a one form of order on chaos. This order is based in both rea...
Rendez-vous with Adventure - It Ain't Necessarily So
I trained for a short time at the Kodokan, and then, for several years, with Tokaidai Sagami high school’s judō team. Tokai Daigaku, a huge complex of university campuses was the pre-eminent judō powe...
The Influence of the Chinese Masters on O Sensei's Technique - It Ain't Necessarily So
I am regularly asked questions by readers on the subject of the influence of Chinese martial arts on the technique of O Sensei. On this, as well as other unlikely theories, my default stance is that e...
Revisiting Assumptions: Twenty Years to Hiden Mokuroku - It Ain't Necessarily So
Event though the extent of the technical curriculum of some martial arts schools can be quite extensive, fellow koryu practitioners often express surprise at how large that of Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu i...
