László Elsner 6th dan AIKIKAI

About our Chief Instructor

Laszlo Elsner is one of the best-known masters in Hungary. He was born in Budapest on 30th January 1959. His original qualification was as a communications engineer. He has been training and teaching aikido for more thirty years. Sensei Elsner belongs to the few pioneers who had a serious role in introducing and helping to spread out this beautiful martial art in Hungary. He has trained a numerous number of masters. These individuals now also teaching Aikido in Hungary as well as abroad. In Hungary he organised the First International Aikido Camp in 1986, which was led by the first Japanese master to come to Hungary, Prof. Junichi Yoshida

Elsner Sensei has acquired a 6th Dan Aikikai Aikido master level  (some might say He can also use the Shihan title , but He’s too modest to do it so)  He was awarded his 1st Dan by Tamura Nobuyoshi, and was subsequently awarded his 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Dan from  Shihan Fujita Masatake and still conciders Shihan Fujita being his Master. The 6th Dan was issued to Him in 2013 at the Kagamibiraki. All of these grades are registered in the Hombu  (Aikido World Headquarters) and recognised all around the world. As a Sensei, László Elsner also has a „National instructor” qualification which gives him the right to teach Aikido in Hungary.

Elsner Sensei has dedicated his life for promoting Aikido and passing on his knowledge to others. As well as training many generations of Aikido students, he has developed his own distinct style while remaining faithful to the teaching of the founder and Fujita Masatake. This style is characterised by its dynamism and simplicity. He has successfully fused the Japanese intellectuality with the trational European spirit. He realised at an early stage that Hungarian way of learning is rather different from the Japanese, which is why he created his own teaching method to make the Aikido’s and Budo’s rough and challenging way more straightforward, enjoyable and effective for European people.

Elsner Sensei also remained faithful to the Osensei’s spirit: Aikido is Budo, where love comes before anything else.

Elsner Sensei is still actively teaching in Tata and Komarom, as well as ensuring the technical quality of the Aikido Foundation Hungary in all belonging dojos.

Aikikai Membership Number: 88193
Registered number: IAF-E53

A few cornerstone from His life:

1976: First met to Japanese Martial arts including aikido
1980: Started to learn aikido with the directions of Gollo Michel (currently 6.Dan Aikikai at that time He had 1 kyu grade)
1984: Foundation of the Magyar Aikido Szövetség together with Várszegi Rudolf, Horváth József, Bodnár Gyula.
1986: he organised the First International Aikido Camp in 1986, which was led by the first Japanese master to come to Hungary, Prof. Junichi Yoshida who came on behalf of Tamura Nobuyoshi shihan.

1987: passed the sodan exam (Junichi Yoshida shihan)

Following dan examinations:
1992, 1996, 2001: nidan, sandan, yodan (Fujita Masatake shihan)
1993: Organized the Fujita Masatake shihan training camp in Tata.
1996: Another Fujita seminar in Tatán.
1997: Moving on Slovakia to spread out the Aikido (Rév-Komárom)
2005: Mori Tomohiro Aikikai-instructor’s seminar organization in Tatán.
2005: Staring Aikido training in the  Bláthy Ottó Szakközépiskola, Szakiskola és Kollégium (High school) for the classes of interior orientation (future police officers)

2007: Kagamibiraki , received  5. dan.

2013: Kagamibirak  6. dan.

2017: Received the honorable citizen of Tata title

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