As one of the first Aikido dojos in China, Aikido Shinryukan Beijing was established in 2002. Aikido Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba and Toshiki Kaifu, then Prime Minister of Japan, both sent letters of congratulation on this event. Aikido Shinryukan Beijing is a branch of Aikido Shinryukan New Zealand; Chief Instructor is Nobuo Takase Shihan (7th Dan). Every year he comes to Beijing to give seminars and to take grading examinations. 

At the annual Shinryukan seminar with Takase Shihan