Mission
The purpose of Lokahi Ki and Aikido Organization is to serve people.
To give people an opportunity to experience the innate power they naturally have through the principles of coordination of mind and body;
To support people in putting that power into action and experience an expansion of joy, love, harmony, peace and prosperity in their lives; and
To give people an opportunity to create a better world and to contribute to the lives of others.
Head Instructor of Lokahi Ki Aikido
Charles Boyer is the head instructor of Lokahi Ki Aikido.
Charles Boyer has been the Head Instructor of Lokahi Ki Society since 2007. He spent the first half of his childhood on the East Coast of the US. He spent the rest of his childhood and teenage years living in Mexico City. It was during those years in Mexico that Boyer first became aware that human beings have incredible potential and we can access it through meditation, breathing and other techniques. He began training Ki Aikido in the 1990s in South Carolina with David Shaner Sensei (who at one time was a student at Lokahi) and has been teaching Aikido for nearly twenty years. He holds the rank of 6th Dan Black Belt in Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido Kai. Boyer moved to Oahu and joined Lokahi in 2003. He has traveled extensively throughout the Hawaiian islands and to the US mainland, Japan and Europe to train and assist in Ki Aikido seminars. He currently serves as the Board President for the Hawaii Ki Federation.
Senior Advisor of Lokahi Ki Aikido
Clayton Naluai is the senior advisor of Lokahi Ki Aikido.
For over fifty years now I have been a student of Master Koichi Tohei, Founder of Ki Society International. In the early 1970’s, I was one of the Founders of Lokahi Ki Society, and served as its Head Instructor for many years. I now serve as Senior Advisor and currently hold the rank of 7th Dan Black Belt in Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido. For over five decades, throughout the USA, I have dedicated myself to creating programs for people to experience the spiritual power they naturally have through the unification of Mind and Body. On a personal note, I am married, and I’ve been blessed with 5 children, 14 grandchildren, and 6 great grandchildren. The eldest of six children, our parents raised us with the values of faith, love , service, and discipline. These characteristics were ingrained in us all throughout our upbringing. I’ve also been blessed with a successful business career. For 23 of those years I sang and entertained with the famous musical group, “The Surfers.” We learned our skills from the best of the entertainment world and were fortunate enough to work with some of the greats like Elvis Presley, Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Jerry Lewis, Don Ho and many more. I hope to support you in putting the power you naturally posses into action so you may experience an expansion of harmony, joy, and Love in your daily life, to give you an opportunity to create a better world and contribute to the lives of others.
Chief Instructor of the Hawaii Ki Federation
Christopher Curtis is the head instructor of Maui Ki Aikido as well as the Chief Instructor of the Hawaii Ki Federation.
Curtis Sensei was born in 1944 in Upland, California, and grew up on a ranch in Northern California. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Theatre Arts, he worked as an actor for several years in New York City. It was here that he had his first encounter with Aikido. In 1969 he received personal instruction from Yoshimitsu Yamada Sensei, a student of Koichi Tohei Sensei, while preparing for a role with the Open Theatre. This first exposure to Koichi Tohei Sensei’s teaching left a deep impression upon him. Even though he was experiencing a successful career in the New York theatre, he was very dissatisfied with the lack of depth in his personal life. At the age of 25, he “retired” from acting and play writing, and moved to the hills of California, where he lived alone and concentrated on meditation and self-development for several years.
In 1972, Curtis moved to Maui, Hawaii and there encountered Aikido once again. He began training in 1974, with his teacher, the late Shinichi Suzuki Sensei. As Suzuki Sensei’s otomo, Curtis accompanied Suzuki Sensei as he traveled to teach seminars in Japan, throughout the United States, South America, and Europe. Through the years he has trained with Koichi Tohei Sensei in Japan on many occasions, attending World Camp annually, as well as special training sessions.
In January, 2000 Curtis Sensei was appointed as Chief Instructor of the State of Hawaii by Tohei Sensei. Then in the fall of 2001, he was awarded the rank of “Okuden” by Tohei Sensei in Japan. Tohei Sensei has also recognized Curtis Sensei as an official Ki Lecturer. Curtis Sensei now teaches regularly at the Shunshinkan dojo on Maui, and continues to travel and teach Aikido and Ki Principles in Europe, throughout the United States, and Hawaii. At the specific request of the Ki Society Headquarters, Curtis Sensei is now acting as the official advisor for Ki Society dojos in the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain.
Curtis Sensei is the author of two books, Ki-Aikido on Maui (2001) and Letting Go – Talks on Aikido (2008) which were both published by MAKS Publishing. Letting Go is featured in monthly “Ki Talks” and podcasts at the Shunshinkan dojo. The podcasts can be downloaded at Curtis Sensei’s blog.