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Located in Little Italy, the Ottawa Aikikai Dojo was renovated from into a traditional Japanese martial space. The senseis who renovated the dojo faced practical and economic challenges, and in the transformation of the interior had to accommodate these challenges with cultural and philosophical mandates. By examining this space we find a fascinating example of how Budo philosophy has manifested within these distinct circumstances. I will explore these spaces in several contexts provided by the Aikido Sensei, as well as my own personal experience within numerous dojos in North America

The Aikikai Dojo is formed of four distinct schools with different ideologies: Aikido, Ken-Jutsu, Ju-Jutsu, and Iaido. While these schools each have different philosophies, they share a focus on self mastery and disregard of competition (for sport, sparring matches to improve your skill are of course welcome). For this chapter, I will focus on the Aikido school as their head sensei is the chief instructor of the entire dojo, and he was the one I had the pleasure of interviewing.

(While it is not required, you may find it useful to read through that interview before this chapter. A transcribed version is attached to the end of this chapter, unfortunately scalar is having issues getting the audio version attached)

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