Dai Ryu Aikido Club - Dubai Aikido Representation

Dai Ryu Aikido Club was founded on 21.08.2025 by an individual Emil Mammadov under the “Aikikai Aikido Clubs” Public Union. The club was granted the status of Dubai Aikido Representative Office of the “Aikikai Aikido Clubs” Public Union. The activities of the Representative Office are regulated by the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Non-Governmental Organizations (Public Unions and Foundations).

Emil Mammadov
3rd Dan Aikido

Faig Nuriyev
3rd Dan Aikido

Board of Directors

Chairman: Emil Mammadov
Vice Chairman: Faig Nuriyev
Secretary General: Fakhri Gafarli
Curator: Elnur Nematov
Technical Director: Faig Nuriyev
Chief Instructor: Emil Mammadov

Elnur Nemətov
4th Dan Aikido

Fakhri Gafarli
4th Dan Aikido

2005 – United Arab Emirates, Dubai – 2025

EXAMS FOR KYU AND DAN RANKS

The Dubai Aikido Representation of the was allowed to independently take the exam for club members from 6th Kyu rank to 4th Dan gorge from 21.08.2025. The attestation rights for the 5th and 6th Dan degrees belong to the Aikikai Foundation – Kagami Biraki. In addition members, Mr. Kuribayashi Takanori Sensei, the Shihan of the union, has the right to participate in the Dan degree exams.

Training Staff

Shidoin: Emil Mammadov
Fukushidoin: Elman İsrafilov
Fukushidoin:

Examiners

Examiner: Emil Mammadov
Examiner: Elnur Nematov
Examiner: Faig Nuriyev

Yudansha - black belt board - Dan Degree Information

EMIL MAMMADOV
3rd Dan Aikido
AAIAF Membership № AAA
AAIAF Registration: 21.08.2012
Date of birth: 17.05.1976
Sensei: Faig Nuriyev 3rd Dan Aikido
Started training: 12.04.1994

Aikikai Foundation Registration Number: IAF- M1045
Aikikai Foundation Registration Date: 15.07.1998
Aikikai Foundation Membership Number: 138393

1st Dan Registration № 74873, Date: 15.07.1998, Sankt Peterburg, Nabiyoshi Tamura Shihan
2nd Dan Registration № 66393, Date: 20.01.2015, Dubai, Jun Yamada Shihan
3rd Dan Registration № xxxxxx, Date: xx.09.2025, Dubai, Elnur Nemetov Sensei
4th Dan Registration № xxxxxx, Date: xx.xx.xxxx, Examiner:

ELMAN ISRAFILOV
2nd Dan Aikido
AAIAF Membership No. AAA
AAIAF Registration: 07.10.2011
Date of birth: 24.05.1977
Sensei: Emil Mammadov 3rd Aikido
Started training: 01.05.1997

Aikikai Foundation Registration Number: AF – 52335
Aikikai Foundation Registration Date: 25.04.2004
Aikikai Foundation Membership Number: 177823
1st Dan Registration No. 98967, Date: 25.04.2004, Baku, Nabiyoshi Tamura Shihan
2nd Dan Registration No. 57557, Date: 20.11.2011, Baku, Kenji Kumagai Shihan
3rd Dan Registration No. xxxxx, Date: xx.xx.xxxx,
4th Dan Registration No. xxxxx, Date: xx.xx.xxxx,

LESSON SCHEDULE

Instructors
 

               

Emil Mammadov
Emil Mammadov

Days – Groups
 

               

1 – 3 – 5 / 19:00-20:30
2 – 4 – 6 / 19:00-20:30
Place
 

               

Dubai city
Dubai city
Sports Complex
 

               

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Sensei Emil Mammadov

Biographical information

Full name: Emil Mammadov
Date of birth: 17 May 1976
Place of birth: Baku, Azerbaijan
Rank: Aikido instructor, 3rd Dan Aikikai

Key information

  • More than 30 years of martial arts training (freestyle wrestling, Shotokan karate, Aikido).
  • Practising Aikido since 1994.
  • In 1998, awarded 1st dan by Shihan Nobueshi Tamura (8th Dan, Aikikai, Japan).
  • In 2015, awarded 2nd dan by Shihan Jun Yamada (8th Dan, Aikikai, Japan).
  • In 2025, awarded 3rd dan by Shihan ……………….. (8th Dan, Aikikai, Japan).
  • Founder of the first Aikido club in Mardakan (Azerbaijan), trained students who became instructors and black belts.
  • Founder and chief instructor of Busin Dojo (Dubai, UAE, 2006–2015).
  • Since 2015, instructor at the UAE Aikido Association (Dubai).
  • Since 2005, honorary instructor at Aikikai Aikido Azerbaijan.
  • Guest instructor at the Baku Police Academy (2001–2002).
  • Author of the ‘ABSI’ methodology for working with people who have experienced PTSD
  • Author of the book on Aikido ‘Aikido: The Path to Inner Strength Power’
  • Representative in Dubai, from Aikikai Azerbaijan