Aikikai Competitors

Aiki Extensions is a US-based nonprofit organization with programs and operations worldwide. Our mission is to apply and promote the use of the principles of the nonviolent martial art of aikido – "The Art of Peace" – to all aspects of life. We accomplish this through sponsoring and supporting programs and events, servicing an international network of practitioners, and promoting the benefits of aiki principles.

See what makes Aikido Ai a world-class school for Aikido, Tai Chi, Qigong and Zen. Discover our annual Mt. Baldy Retreat where students and teachers from around the U.S. come to gain clarity in their arts. Sensei Frank McGouirk, 7th dan, Shihan, leads Aikido Ai with a team of outstanding instructors.

We educate the young people of our community to effectively practice Aikido as a way of peace. We do this by providing a safe, clean, loving environment where children practice the discipline of Aikido in order to lead themselves through life with grace, compassion, empathy, and inner strength. The teachings we give to our children increase their capacity to concentrate their attention, focus, and positive will to achieve any task set before them. We give them the tools that assist them to remember that their inherent safety is the confident expression of their truest selves. We strengthen our students to take action for the loving protection of all beings, and we teach them to cultivate a practice of sustained effort for the realization of their long-term goals.