Panagiotis Agrios Sensei
PPanagiotis Agrios was born in Athens in 1975. He began his involvement in sports at a young age by boxing, while his first contact with the martial arts was with judo at the age of 17. An athlete of the Panhellenic Gymnastics Club, he studied with Athanasios Kaparos.
After completing his studies in the conservation of antiquities and completing his military obligations, he began his involvement in the art of Aikido. The diversity of Aikido compared to what he had done so far led him to practice it intensively. Shortly before becoming a black belt holder, he made his first trip to Japan and remained a private student of Kazuo Igarashi Sensei.
Returning to Greece, he had already understood how decisive this trip was for him
and decided that he wanted to pursue Aikido professionally.
At the same time, he learns the Japanese language in order to get closer to Japanese culture and the following year he visits Japan again. Knowing Japanese culture better, he focuses his efforts on getting in touch with and becoming a student of the oldest school of Japanese fencing, the Katori shinto ryu. Finally, after years of effort, he finally manages to begin his apprenticeship under the supervision of Erik Louw Menkyo katori, Holland shidosha, with whom our school is directly connected, directly with Otake Risuke sensei, the only representative of the art today. In October 2014, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in the presence of Nobutoshi Otake sensei, he takes the traditional keppan blood oath and officially belongs to the Katori shinto ryu family. Since then and to this day, he has been involved in Aikido, attending seminars from foreign teachers, teaching at the Aikido Bushido Center school.
He holds the rank of 6th Dan in Aikido, 1st Dan in Judo and 1st Dan in jiu jitsu.
He is a certified Jiu Jitsu coach by the General Secretariat of Sports and
also a certified Aikido (Shidoin) instructor.
He also holds the rank of Master Usui Reiki and is an instructor of the voluntary Aikido learning program of the Greek Prison Service in the women’s prisons of Thebes.
Organizational Administrative Experience
- GROUP LEADER OF THE OFFICIAL TENSHIN SHODEN KATORI SHINTO RYU LINE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SHIHAN KYOSHO SHIGETOSHI – 2026.
- RECOGNIZED REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PROMOTION OF KATORI SHINTO
RYU “SHIDOSHA” IN GREECE BY THE SHINBUKAN DOJO OF JAPAN - FOUNDER OF THE ORGANIZATION UNITED AIKIDO DOJOS CHAIRMAN OF THE
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING ISSUES OF THE
ORGANIZATION (Recognized organization by Aikikai foundation Japan 2020 ) - FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE HELLENIC AIKIDO PARTNERSHIP A TEAM FOR
THE PROPAGATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AIKIDO IN GREECE IN 2008 - OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AIKIDO WORLD ALLIANCE
ORGANIZATION FOR GREECE FOR THE YEARS 2013-2015
George Alessios
George Alessios was born in 1975. He was first acquainted with the world of sports through Greco-roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling, which he practiced from 1984 to 1986. He then studied other martial arts and in the end, he chose Aikido.
Since 2004, he has been systematically trained in the art of Aikido, where he holds a 3rd Dan rank.
On the same time, he was also trained in the art of Judo, next to Athanassios Kaparos Sensei and he has received the rank of 1st Dan. He is currently training in Athens Bushido Center and teaches at Shuren Dojo.
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Raphael Prifti Fukushidoin
Raphael Prifti was born in 1989 and he was interested in martial arts from a very young age. He has been practicing Aikido for the past 7 years, as it is the art which won him over so next to Panagiotis Agrios Sensei he reached the rank of Nidan (2nd Dan) Aikikai.
He has also received the title of Fukushidoin, a rank certifying that he can act as an assistant instructor, on an international level and teach at UAD dojos. Raphael is an assistant instructor in Athens Bushido Center as well as an instructor at the Masagatsu Dojo.