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 costs or contracts. We do it for the love of Aikido, not for money.
We train at the Clarendon & Westbury Community Centre in Dover, Kent
I managed to cobble together what I could from Monday’s session. I’m not very good with video editing, and its seems more than a little glitchy. I couldn’t get it to overlay my music like normal, so I let Youtube choose a track automatically, and I think it did rather well…… Enjoy
Last night, Genryukan Dojo had the pleasure of training with Shaun Hoddy Sensei (6th Dan ZETAR). Shaun took the class through the following; Kamae Randori No Kata; Shomen ate, Aigamae ate Goshin Ho; Jodan no kuzushi aigamae ushiro ate Jodan no kuzushi gyakugamae ushiro ate Gedan no kuzushi aigamae kotegaeshi Gedan no kuzushi gyakugamae kotegaeshi [...]
Genryukan are proud to be the UK’s official seller of Neil Saunders’ books on Tomiki Aikido. 1. Aikido – The Tomiki Way – £20 (signed by the author) PREVIEW BOOK HERE The larger of Neil’s books, with over 1100 photographs, covers the following subjects on Tomiki Aikido; Introduction to and History of Aikido Overview of [...]
Tony Evangelou from London Aikido Dojo, very kindly uploaded an article originally published in Black Belt Magazine in 1969. Entitled “Maverick of the martial arts”, the article covers Tomiki Sensei’s approach to aikido, along with quite detailed mention of the techniques of the Randori no kata. I enjoyed the reference to Tomiki practicing without any [...]
Last night at Genryukan dojo, we tried a new training method inspired by the Yoshinkan, which proved very popular with the students. If you have read Robert Twigger’s account of the Yoshinkan Senshusei course in his book Angry White Pyjamas, then you may recall the intense training they call “hajime” sessions. As you no doubt [...]
