Chicago Aikikai aikido dojo

An inclusive community for exploring the Japanese martial art of aikido

An inclusive community for exploring the Japanese martial art of aikido

Class Schedule

October 2025

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Turner)
  • NO CLASS
2
  • 6:15 pm Fundamentals (Coe)
  • 7:30 pm Advanced (Turner)
3
4
  • Seminar Saotome Shihan
5
  • Seminar Saotome Shihan
6
7
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Turner)
  • 6:15 pm All Levels (Reiff)
  • 7:30 pm Special Topic (Vitale)
8
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Turner)
  • NO CLASS
9
  • 6:15 pm Fundamentals (Bourdagh)
  • 7:30 pm Advanced (Turner)
10
11
  • 10 am All Levels (Turner)
  • 11:30 am Open Mat (Bourdagh)
12
  • 11:00 am Intro/Fundamentals (Sora)
13
14
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Turner)
  • 6:15 pm All Levels (Reiff)
  • 7:30 pm Special Topic (Vitale)
15
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Turner)
  • NO CLASS
16
  • 6:15 pm Fundamentals (Smith)
  • 7:30 pm Advanced (Smith)
17
  • Third Friday (Sora)
18
  • 10 am All Levels (Brose)
  • 11:30 am Open Mat (Brose)
19
  • 10:00 am Advanced (Reiff)
  • 11:00 am Intro/Fundamentals (Reiff)
20
21
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Turner)
  • 6:15 pm All Levels (Reiff)
  • 7:30 pm Special Topic (Vitale)
22
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Turner)
  • NO CLASS
23
  • 6:15 pm Fundamentals (Vitale)
  • 7:30 pm Advanced (Turner)
24
25
  • 10 am All Levels (Vitale)
  • 11:30 am Open Mat
26
  • 11:00 am Intro/Fundamentals (Olson)
27
28
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Turner)
  • 6:15 pm All Levels (Reiff)
  • 7:30 pm Special Topic (Vitale)
29
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Turner)
  • NO CLASS
30
  • 6:15 pm Fundamentals (Coe)
  • 7:30 pm Advanced (Turner)
31

Chicago Aikikai is located at:

1444 W. Chicago Avenue, 2nd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60642

(Above the Beauty Bar)

Driving

Free parking is available along the North and South bound streets, and (weekends and after 4:30 PM on schooldays) in the diagonal spots behind Golder Prep.

Public Transportation

The dojo is located near the Chicago & Greenview stop for the Westbound #66 CTA bus, and the Chicago & Bishop stop for the Eastbound #66 bus.
It is also an 11 minute walk from the Chicago Avenue CTA Blue Line station.