Dear friends,

After almost 15 years of dedicated practice and work on the promotion and the development of Aikido in Macedonia, the Macedonian Aikido Federation - Aikikai Macedonia has finally received its Official Recognition from the Aikido World Headquarters - Aikikai Foundation in Japan.

We express our great excitement for this recognition and would like to stress out that we feel it as a responsibility to further work hard and make more and more contribution to the world of aikido.

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to:

- Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba for his life dedicated to Aikido and his efforts to show us the direction,

- Michele Quaranta shihan for the selfless teaching and sharing his great knowledge and experience.

We have had generous help and support from so many people that we exchanged our energies on the tatami with, through mutual practice, that the list would be really long for this announcement! I would just like to also thank those who tried to make obstacles on our way, for they truly made us stronger and, in many ways, better than yesterday!

This is a historical moment - a milestone. One of many to come!

Our passion continues!

Damjan Cingarski

President of Macedonian Aikido Federation - Aikikai Macedonia