The first session is free so you can give our martial art a try, with no obligations!
Check out our beginners page for more information about what to expect.
No hidden cost or contract. We do it for the love of Aikido, not for money.
We train at the Clarendon & Westbury Community Centre in Dover, Kent
Quick warmup followed by Ukemi practice Tandoku Undo; Unsoku & Tegatana Dosa Gohon-no-kuzushi for white and yellow belts Randori-no-kata & kaeshi-kata for green belts It was also our first anniversary session, so cake was on the menu. Again, a big thank you to all the people (students and instructors) who have been supporting us so far.
WazaJournal.com has a very nice aikido dictionary on their site including pictures and even some audio clips of many aikido terms to help with pronunciation. I would very much like to do something similar for our site at some point. Aikido Dictionary
Genryukan Aikido dojo is now 1 year old! To be honest, I can’t believe it has been that long already. I would like to thank everybody who have helped the club to keep going. That goes to the coaches (Phil, Tom & Eoin), and the senseis who have been helping us like Jim Dempster, Shaun [...]
Recap of what we covered yesterday: Warmup followed by Ukemi practice Tandoku Undo; Unsoku & Tegatana Dosa Tai no henko Gyaku hanmi katate dori shiho nage Yokomen uchi shiho nage (& kuzushi) Chudan tsuki kotegaeshi Randori no kata practice: Techniques 1 to 10, practiced on both sides for coloured belts. Focus on demonstrating avoidance and [...]
Recap of what we covered this Monday; Mainly concentrating on pivoting and whole body/hip movement to provide unresistable power to kotegaeshi. Warmup Tandoku Undo: Unsoku & Tegatana Dosa Ukemi Shikko Tai no henko Chudan tsuki kotegaeshi Ryote mochi Tenchi nage Katate dori nikkyo Thanks to Tim Moorhead from Canterbury Aikikai for coming along to train [...]
