Paso Robles man teaches Aikido & KendoAikido Central Coast – teaching practical self defense through ancient martial art Aikido is one of the least known, least understood and most effective martial arts practiced today. A modern interpretation of the much-older Japanese martial art of Aikijutsu, Aikido was developed by the founder of Aikido Morihei Ueshiba in Japan in the decades immediately before and after World War II.