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

April 2026

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Turner)
  • NO CLASS
2
  • All Levels (Coe)
  • 7:30 pm Advanced (Turner)
3
4
  • 10 am All Levels (Turner)
  • 11:30 am Open Mat (Bourdaghs)
5
  • 10:00 am Advanced (Reiff)
  • 11:00 am Intro/Fundamentals (Reiff)
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
  • All Levels (Coe)
  • 7:30 pm Advanced (Turner)
10
11
  • 10 am All Levels (Olson)
  • 11:30 am Open Mat (Olson)
12
  • 11:00 am Intro/Fundamentals (Sora)
13
14
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Smith)
  • 6:15 pm All Levels (Reiff)
  • 7:30 pm Special Topic (Vitale)
15
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Olson)
  • NO CLASS
16
  • All Levels (Sirota)
  • 7:30 pm Advanced (Sirota)
17
  • Third Friday (Vitale)
18
  • 10 am All Levels (Miller)
  • 11:30 am Open Mat (Miller)
19
  • 10:00 am Advanced (Olson)
  • 11:00 am Intro/Fundamentals (Olson)
20
21
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Reiff)
  • 6:15 pm All Levels (Reiff)
  • 7:30 pm Special Topic (Vitale)
22
  • 6:30 am All Levels (Turner)
  • NO CLASS
23
  • All Levels (Sirota)
  • 7:30 pm Advanced (Turner)
24
25
  • 10 am All Levels (Turner)
  • DOJO RELOCATION MEETING 12 Noon
26
  • 11:00 am Intro/Fundamentals (Sora)
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
  • All Levels (Miller)
  • 7:30 pm Advanced (Turner)

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.