Aikido of Fort Collins is a non-for-profit created with the purpose of promoting and spreading the art of Aikido to the immediate community. We aim to enrich the lives of its members by presenting and engaging them in the practice of Aikido and the teachings of O'Sensei, Morihei Ueshiba, while at the same time exposing students to the unique and complimentary cultural aspects of the Far East. Our goal is to foster a sense of individual self-reflection that positively manifests into the local community and world.
The dojo is an intense, yet playful environment where community members and visitors can learn by continuously practicing the forms of Aikido. This environment along with student commitment promotes maximum results in personal and physical development.
Aikido of Fort Collins Chief Instructor Altin Papa began studying the art of Aikido under Master Juba Nour in Manhattan, New York in 1996. After many years of rigorous training at Aikido of Manhattan he took on the recommendation of his teacher to apprentice with Aikido Master and one of the direct students of O'sensei, T.K Chiba Shihan. Altin Sensei spent well over two years as an uchideshi (live-in student) of Master Chiba in San Diego, CA studying Aikido intensively.
Altin Sensei has traveled, trained, and taught all over the world at different Aikido seminars and summer camps. In 2006 he founded Aikido of Corfu on the island of Corfu, Greece where he taught for three years. His experience in Aikido stretches for close to two decades. Altin Sensei loves Aikido and is very happy to instruct others on the art.
