Panagiotis Agrios
Sensei, 6th Dan Aikikai
- 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 UNITED AIKIDO DOJOS ORGANIZATION
- CHAIRMAN OF THE
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING ISSUES OF THE
ORGANIZATION (Recognized organization by the Aiki and foundation Japan) - FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE HELLENIC AIKIDO PARTNERSHIP A GROUP FOR THE
PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AIKIDO IN GREECE IN 2008 - OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AIKIDO WORLD ALLIANCE ORGANIZATION FOR
GREECE FOR THE YEARS 2013-2015.
Panagiotis 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.
George Alesios
Sensei, 6th Dan Aikikai
George Alesios was born in 1975. His first contact with sports began with Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling from 1984 to 1986, since then he has been involved in other martial arts to finally end up in Aikido. Since 2004 he has been training systematically in the art of Aikido in which he holds the rank of 3rd Dan.
At the same time, he studied the art of Judo under Sensei Athanasios Kaparo, where he obtained the rank of 1st Dan. Today he trains at the Athens Bushido Center and teaches at the Shuren Dojo..
Rafael Priftis
Fukushidoin, 3nd Dan Aikikai
Raphael Priftis was born in 1989 and from a young age showed an interest in martial arts. He has been practicing Aikido for the last 8 years, an art that won him over from the very beginning, and under the guidance of Sensei Panagiotis Agrios he reached the rank of Nidan (3rd Dan) Aikikai.
He has been awarded the title Fukushidoin, a rank that certifies the ability to be an assistant instructor at an international level and to teach in schools belonging to the UAD circle
At the same time, he studied the art of Judo under Sensei Athanasios Kaparos, where he obtained the rank of 1st Dan. Today he trains at the Athens Bushido Center and teaches at the Shuren Dojo..