The history of Aikido in Jackson dates back to the early 70's. At that time, the club was somewhat loosely organized and had various instructors from the area. In these early days, Jerome Helton-sensei often commuted to the Jackson area to teach from time to time. Today, Helton-sensei (meiyo rokudan - honorary 6th degree) teaches in Lansing at the MSU Dojo and LCC Dojo.

The club began meeting on a continuous basis in the early 1980's when Tony Scott (1st Degree) began teaching classes twice a week and was later assisted by Renee Rutz. When Renee received 2nd degree in 1990 she left to start teaching a youth program at the Ann Arbor YMCA.

In 1997, John Weaver (3rd degree) began sharing teaching responsibilities with Tony Scott and they both continued to teach until 2002. Near the end of 2002, Mark Reitmeier was asked to assist Tony Scott and John Weaver. After a few months Mark began teaching full time for Tony and a few months following for John.

Mark Reitmeier began training in Aikido in 1997 while attending college in Minnesota and is a graduate of Kenshu a 20 month long instructor training course, and a certified instructor of the Aikido Yoshokai Association of North America. In 2004 he received 3rd degree and is a member of the Shidobu comprised of Kushida-sensei's senior instructors. Mark continues to train regaulary at Genyokan Dojo as a student under Kushida-sensei (8th degree) and Akira Kushida-sensei (7th degree) in Ann Arbor, Michigan.