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Today, the Aikikai is an umbrella organization, home to numerous senior teachers and sub-organizations with their own teaching methods and technical characteristics. Leadership of the group has remained centered on the Ueshiba family, and is currently headed by the founder's grandson, Moriteru Ueshiba (植芝 守央 Ueshiba Moriteru, born 1951).
The current generation of senior teachers continue to branch out on their own, with the senior students of the senior students of the Founder (grand-students) coming to prominence in their own right.
- Kokikai Aikido International; founded in 1986 by Shuji Maruyama (Maruyama Shuji, born 1940).
- Yoshokai; founded in 1991 by Takashi Kushida (串田 誉司 Kushida Takashi, 1935-2012), a senior instructor of Yoshinkan aikido.
- The Renshinkai and Shinwakan founded by senior instructors from the Yoshinkan.
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