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Membership dues cover the costs of running the club, maintaining our associations/certifications, and renting practice facilities. Fort Collins Aikido is a non-profit club. If you’d like to join us, but can’t afford it, please talk to us. We may have grants that can help for qualified individuals or families.
- Drop-in: $10 / session
- Adult Member: $60 / month
- Youth Member (under 12): $30 / month
Annual Dues
In addition to the monthly membership fees, we collect annual dues to offset the cost of our affiliations with Aikido of Hawaii International (AHI), and the world-wide Aikikai organization with headquarters at the Hombu dojo in Tokyo, Japan.
Annual dues are modest and set each year by the AHI board. The following is subject to change.
- $40 per student (non-black belts).
- $55 for yudansha (black belts).
Test Fees
Testing and rank progression are optional. Current fees are below, subject to change.
- Adult test fees for “kyu” ranks (non-black belts): $35 per test.
- There are 5 kyu ranks for adults.
- Youth ranks: $10 per test.
- There are 5 kyu ranks for youths.
- Yudansha (black belt) test fees are variable and include fees passed-through AHI by the Aikikai federation.
- The AHI board takes into account monetary exchange rates when determining test fees.
- A 1st degree black belt (shodan) may be in the neighborhood of a couple hundred dollars.
- Higher ranks are more expensive, but also take many years to achieve, so the cost is spread over many years of practice.