Founded in 1999 by the late Terry Ezra Shihan, the Komyokan Aikido Association is dedicated to integrating the profound philosophy of aikido into daily practice. Ezra Shihan felt that there was a need to make aikido truly a Way of Harmony, in both the spiritual and physical sense. Consequently, KAA practice is conducted in a spirit of honesty and integrity, and attempts to make the deeper aspects of aikido a day-to-day reality.