Johnny Jacobsen 5th Dan Aikikai Aikido Seminar

The seminar will be held at our regular training dojo on the Friday Evening and Saturday. The Sunday training will be held at Wessex Elite Taekwondo Poole. Sensei and Lineage Started at Copenhagen Aikido Club in 1990. Trained under Lars Landberg, Torben Dyrberg, Ethan Weisgaard, and Keith Barger. Attended several seminars with Saito Sensei during the 1990s. Helped start a club in Frederiksberg in 2007 (Frederiksberg Aikido Club). Trained there for 7 years while also training at Copenhagen Aikido Club. Was in Japan in 2009 and 2012, where he trained at Hombu Dojo In 2014, he returned full-time to the Copenhagen Aikido Club, and in 2015, he began traveling to camps with Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros. In 2023, he was in Bolinas, California, with a TAE delegation to participate in a Friendship Seminar with Hoa Newens and Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros. He attends camps with Lewis 12-14 times a year to support and learn from Lewis. At the same time, he has periodically been a soto deshi with Lewis in Spain. He has also been a permanent member of the teaching team at the Copenhagen Aikido Club.