SHUMEIKAI ITALIA
Aikido
Association
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SHUMEIKAI ITALIA
The Association

Shumeikai Italia is a cultural and amateur sports association. It was founded in 2005 and its primary aim is to promote and coordinate the study, search and practice of Aikido and secondarily of Budo and japanese culture. It has been regularly and legally registered and recognized by the Tribunal of Rome.

Shumeikai Italia's mission is to bring italian aikidoka together, expecially those who mainly refer to Tamura Nobuyoshi Sensei's teachings.


The 3 kanji (ideograms) forming the name of the association, inspired to that of Shumeikan, the dojo of Tamura in Bras - Provance, are:

SHU = study, govern
MEI = light
KAI = group, whereas KAN = home

Shumeikai's meaning might be read "society for governing the light".


Reference Teachers

Shumeikai Italia therefore adheres to Tamura Sensei's method and relies on the technical support of a group of higly qualified, internationally renown Aikido teachers: Renè Van Droogenbroeck, VII dan, Malcolm Tiki Shewan, VI dan e Stephane Benedetti, VI dan. They are students of Tamura Sensei who have reached an high level of understanding of Aikido and whose teaching tecniques are of great help to better comprehend Tamura Sensei's approach.

Teachers' Biographies



The structure of the association

Shumeikai Italia gathers together - as of today - 10 dojo located in different regions of Italy: in Lombardia, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Lazio and Sardegna, as well as a dojo in Slovenjia.

The association's statute requires one Directive Council, for the administration, and one Technical Commitee, for the technical and didactic aspects.

In the Technical Teachers' Roll, 14 teachers are now registered.