This online community site exists for the members of Aikido Hiriki Ryu / Hiriki Aikido Arts Institute and friends. Please make yourself at home, let us know you were here, and stop in at our dojo as soon as you can! Directions, contact information and a contact web form are all available at http://www.hiriki-aikido.com

Shomen in japanese means "front". It is also customarily the term used for the shrine at the front of a japanese school or "dojo".