About Lars Niklasson

The head instructor is Lars Niklasson:

  • Practice Aikido since 1992 and is still practicing
  • Practice Taiji since 2017 and is still practicing
  • Yondan (4 Dan) in Ki-Aikido (Jan 2018)
  • Yondan (4 Dan) in Aikikai (Jan 2017)
  • Okuden in Ki-Aikido (Jan 2013)
  • Practiced Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu several years
  • Practiced several other martial arts over the years. For example Wing Tsun, Wado Ryu Karate-do, Bagua.

Here are some of the dojos/places Lars has held seminars and/or classes:

  • Several times at Swedish Aikido Camp
  • Stockholm Aikikai
  • Cape Town Aikido
  • Västerås Ki-Aikido Club
  • Eskilstuna Ki-Aikido Club
  • Enköping Ki-Aikido Club
  • Minami Budokai in Haninge/Vega
  • Solna Aikido Club

Taiji online Schools Lars is or have been member of:

  • Discover Taiji (over six years)
  • Lotus Nei Gong International (less than a year)
  • Taiji Academy Online (over one year)

Lars main Aikido School is:

  • Stockholm Aikikai – Peter Spangfort Sensei
  • Solna Aikido Club – Lennart Gullberg & Lars Niklasson Sensei (we had this club/school together with Håkan Ljungberg Schön for many years but Covid, Yoshigasaki Sensei and Gullberg Sensei death led up to close the club)

Lars has several times over the years practice Aikido for:

  • Kenjiro Yoshigasaki Sensei
  • Tetsutaka Sugawara Sensei
  • Takeshi Yamashima Sensei
  • Peter Spangfort Sensei
  • Jan Nevelius Sensei
  • Jorma Lyly Sensei
  • Gunnar Norberg Sensei
  • Lennart Gullberg Sensei

Lars has several times over the years participated on Taiji Quan camps held by:

  • Sifu Adam Mizner (weekend Brussel 2018, week Prague 2019, week Bucharest 2024)
  • Sifu Lü Baochun 
  • Sifu Wee Kee Jin

Other studies Lars have done

  • Prana Dynamtics Master Program July – Dec 2021 (https://prana-dynamics.com/)
  • Yan Shou Gong

Other Sensei Lasse has trained shortly for (for ex a weekend seminar)

  • Kobayashi Sensei
  • Igarashi Sensei
  • Jan Eriksson Sensei
  • Endo Sensei
  • Beppe Sensei
  • Phil Burgess Sensei
  • Bruno Maule Sensei
  • Takanori Kuribayashi Sensei
  • Mitsuteru Ueshiba – Waka Sensei
  • Petteri Silenius Sensei
  • Linda Holiday Sensei