Aikido vs Jūkendō

Aikido and Jūkendō side by side, from the facts recorded for each art.

	Aikido	Jūkendō
Country of origin	Japan	Japan
Founder	Morihei Ueshiba	—
Type	budō and martial arts	budō, gendai budō and martial arts
Notable practitioners here	90	1
Top countries of practitioners	Japan, United States and France	France
Belt ranks	Yes	—

Aikido

Aikido (Shinjitai: 合気道, Kyūjitai: 合氣道, aikidō, Japanese pronunciation: [aikiꜜdoː]) is a modern Japanese martial art which is split into many different styles including Aikikai, Shodokan Aikido, Yoshinkan, Renshinkai, Iwama Ryu, Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shuren Kai, and Ki Aikido. Aikido is now practiced in around 140 countries.

From the Wikipedia article Aikido (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Jūkendō

Jūkendō (銃剣道) is the Japanese martial art of bayonet fighting, and has been likened to kendo (but with bayonets instead of swords).

From the Wikipedia article Jūkendō (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0): Q43114, Q1717983. Practitioner counts are the people with a profile on this site. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.