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# Aikido in Sydney

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- [Blog](https://aikidoinsydney.com/blog-posts/) - Aikido in Sydney blog posts
- [Hakamas (袴) on Please! A Japanese Aikidoka in Sydney](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2026/03/hakamas-袴-on-please-a-japanese-aikidoka-in-sydney/) - Last month we welcomed So Matsumoto (松本想生) to train with us at Aikido in Sydney. After returning to Japan, So-san shared his thoughts about his experiences with us. I am a university student from Japan. I always practice aikido in Tokyo. I had an unforgettable time in the Aikido in Sydney dojo because it was one of my dreams to practice
- [When It Comes To Traditional Weapons, Oils Ain’t Oils](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2026/01/when-it-comes-to-traditional-weapons-oils-aint-oils/) - Get insights into types of oils used to maintain wooden traditional weapons for aikido and what makes camellia (tsubaki) oil the standout.
- [Weapons Workshop: Sat 26 July](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2025/07/weapons-workshop-sat-26-july/) - Weapons are an integral part of aikido and several other martial arts. This half-day, practical workshop will cover their use, care, and maintenance, and you can finish your own jō from raw material to keep. Admin Place: Aikido in Sydney dojo, Chapel Lane, Alexandria NSW 2015Time: 10.00 am to 1.00 pm, Sat 26 July 2025Cost: $65
- [SAVE the Day: Sat 27 July](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2024/07/save-the-day-sat-27-july/) - We still have a few places open for our next program on Saturday 27 July. SAVE the Day is an evidence-based, experiential program that empowers you with the knowledge and skills you need to survive the most important five seconds of your life. In a single day we will teach you how to save your
- [SAVE the Day: Jul & Sep 2023](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2023/07/save-the-day-jul-sep-2023/) - Announcing our first post-pandemic SAVE the Day live training: learn to use the tool of violence to save your own life or the life of someone you care about.
- [SAVE the Day: Sat 23 Sep](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2023/09/save-the-day-sat-23-sep/) - In a single day we teach you how to save your own life, or the life of someone you care about, by using the tool of violence effectively.
- [Radical therapy for a Good Girl](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2016/10/radical-therapy-for-a-good-girl/) - Woman discovers she can be powerful and effective in using violence as a tool
- [Aiki insights: learning an instrument](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2022/06/aiki-insights-learning-an-instrument/) - Danny James Sensei explores the similarities between learning martial arts and learning a musical instrument
- [Smooth moves](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2022/05/smooth-moves/) - How to maintain your wooden weapons: sanding and finishing.
- [Training online at home](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2020/04/training-online-at-home/) - Training aikido online from home
- [SAVE the Day: SYD 16 Feb 2020](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2020/01/save-the-day-syd-16-feb-2020/) - Survive your attempted murder. Learn to use the tool of violence to save your own life, or the life of someone you care about, in a single day.
- [SAVE the Day: BNE 18 Jan 2020](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2019/12/save-the-day-bne-18-jan-2020/) - Survive your attempted murder. Learn to use the tool of violence to save your own life, or the life of someone you care about, in a single day. SAVE the Day is an evidence-based, experiential program that empowers you with the information and skills you need to survive a violent encounter.
- [Aiki Kids and Teens Grading T1 2019](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2019/04/aiki-kids-and-teens-grading-t1-2019/) - Photos from Aiki Kids and Aiki Teens grading at the end of Term 1 2019
- [Aiki Kids & Teens grading: T3 2018](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/10/aiki-kids-teens-grading-t3-2018/) - Congratulations to everyone who graded at the end of Term 3! Aiki kids and teens classes resume for Term 4 on Monday 15 October. Well done to all our students who worked at improving performance at every repetition. All the hard work is paying off! Many thanks to Mel Lindenthal for her creative training exercises
- [Happy New Year 2019](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2019/01/happy-new-year-2019/) - return to training january 2019
- [Dojo xmas break](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/12/dojo-xmas-break/) - Last classes of 2018 and first classes back 2019
- [Aikido grading (adults) Thu 13 Dec 2018](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/11/aikido-grading-adults-thu-13-dec-2018/) - Our next aikido grading for adult students is on Thursday 13 December 2018.
- [Onegaishimasu!](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/11/onegaishimasu/) - One of the challenges for Aiki Kids and Teens is the Japanese language we use to facilitate learning aikido. ‘Onegaishimasu’ is a common Japanese phrase.
- [SAVE the Day: BNE 8 Dec 2018](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/10/save-the-day-bne-8-dec-2018/) - SAVE the Day is the best one-day-only training experience available in Australia. Learn to survive asocial violence effectively.
- [Save the Day for martial artists](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/11/save-the-day-for-martial-artists/) - Save the Day assumes that, despite your best efforts, you find yourself in the sort of nightmare situation you hope never to encounter in your entire life
- [Sword training and aikido](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/10/sword-training-and-aikido/) - The importance and history of sword training in the study of aikido
- [SAVE the Day: SYD 2 Dec 2018](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/10/save-the-day-syd-2-dec-2018/) - Survive the most critical 5 seconds of your life. Learn to save your own life, or the life of someone you care about, in a single day.
- [Why we don't teach women's self defence](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/07/why-we-dont-teach-womens-self-defence/) - Reframes the concept of "women's self defence" and describes how women can discover that they are powerful.
- [Atemi-jutsu live training: SYD 15–16 Sep 2018](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/07/atemi-jutsu-live-training-syd-15-16-sep-2018/) - Details of our next atemi-jutsu live training weekend in Sydney. Learn to survive the most critical 5 seconds of your life. Live training weekend Download pdf with full details including payment, registration and release and indemnity agreement 15–16 Sep 2018 (Sat–Sun), 8.30 am to 5.30 pm each day Bridge Road School, 127 Parramatta Road, Camperdown
- [Meeting the mongrel](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/07/meeting-the-mongrel/) - Mel Lindenthal describes how training in atemi-jutsu has given her the knowledge, skills and confidence to deal with threatened or actual violence appropriately
- [Aikido and MMA](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/09/mma-sydney/) - If Aikido is so damn good and superior how come we don't see it in MMA? It's a great question.
- [AJF coaching NSW June 2018](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/06/ajf-coaching-nsw-june-2018/) - Photos from the Australian Jujitsu Federation coaching accreditation weekend in Sydney, 23–24 June
- [Car park unavailable](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/06/car-park-unavailable/) - Car park unavailable 18 to 25 June 2018
- [Grading and farewell](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/06/grading-and-farewell/) - Good news and less good news. We'll be having a kyu grading on Thursday 14 June. This is a little overdue. We have a number of very strong candidates so it should be entertaining. The bad news is that Blake and Hayley are relocating to Aotearoa (ニュージーランド) in July. Better news is that you can
- [Kyū grading June 2018](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/06/kyu-grading-june-2018/) - Photos from 6-kyū, 4-kyū and 3-kyū grading 14 June 2018.
- [How to fold your gi top](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/01/how-to-fold-your-gi-top/) - Step-by-step instructions how to fold a gi top
- [Why do aikido? by Cass](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/11/why-do-aikido/) - Aikido is Skills. Aikido is Strength. Aikido is also Family. Aikido is FUN!
- [Why I do aikido by Ray B](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/01/why-i-do-aikido-by-ray-b/) - my GP found credible studies showing that soft martial arts like aikido are very effective for muscle rehabilitation
- [Welcome back to training 2018](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2018/01/welcome-back-to-training-2018/) - First aikido class back is this Thursday 4 January
- [Xmas & NY break](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/12/xmas-ny-break/) - Details for the Christmas–New Year break below. Best wishes to all our students, instructors, family and friends for a happy, healthy and safe Christmas and New Year. Aikido Monday 18 December: last aikido class of 2017 No classes Thu 21 Dec thru Mon 1 Jan inclusive Thursday 4 January: first aikido class of 2018 Atemi-jutsu
- [No-touch aikido, yes it's real!](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/09/668/) - This month Sensei is focusing on the kokyu (breath power) techniques of aikido. These are techniques that, at the highest levels, do not require physical contact with your training partner (or assailant). Kokyunage, one of the six pillars of aikido, is one of the more famous categories of aikido techniques and comes under intense scrutiny,
- [Win a night at the opera!](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/10/win-a-night-at-the-opera/) - The ba-roq-stars at the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra are offering one enterprising member of Aikido in Sydney a double pass to the opening night of Bittersweet Obsessions next Wednesday. This is their newest show featuring instructors Melanie Lindenthal and Andrew Sunter — fighting . to . the . death! If you want to see the show, you only have
- [Keyboard warrior](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/11/keyboard-warrior/) - Like learning aikido: when acquiring a skill, performance drops initially. Deliberate learning is key. If you keep doing the same thing you limit progress.
- [Terrorism, self defence and training](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/11/terrorism-self-defence-training/) - Anyone who has watched TV recently might well believe their best option is to lock the door and never set foot outside again! It may be a pretty tough world we live in, but that's a long way from reality. Australia, like many countries in the developed world, is a really safe place to live.
- [Gradings and pizza](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/12/gradings-and-pizza/) - This Thursday 7 December we'll hold our end of year gradings and go out for pizza after. There was excellent preparation on Monday night and I think everyone is looking forward to showing what they can do. A highlight will be Bob Withers (3-dan) putting in an appearance to do a bit of teaching and
- [Grading grats](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/12/grading-grats/) - Congratulations to all Aiki Teen and adult students who graded last week.
- [The warrior-artist](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/10/the-warrior-artist/) - The samurai of the Edo period were known as much for their pursuit of art, beauty and learning as they were for their skill and ferocity on the battlefield.
- [When you face the sword, you face yourself](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/12/when-you-face-the-sword-you-face-yourself/) - Big shout-out to budo buddy Craig Boyd for the invitation and many thanks to Komei Juku Sydney for making us welcome at their recent seminar. We really appreciated the opportunity to observe training at the November 2017 Sydney seminar of Komei Juku Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu taught by Sekiguchi Komei Sensei. It was fascinating to watch the
- [Oww… dude, don’t grab my wrist so hard!](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/09/oww-dude-dont-grab-my-wrist-so-hard/) - I think we have all had that experience of the dojo ‘gorilla’ striking to injure or grabbing our wrist so that our hand turns red and then varying shades of purple! It's discouraging and we wonder if we are really learning a martial art when it's so difficult to perform the technique we are meant
- [Aikido for children: how young is too young?](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/09/aikido-for-children-how-young-is-too-young/) - Aikido for children and young people: it's great fun and they learn skills along the way. We get a lot of enquiries at the dojo for kids classes
- [Equality in the dojo](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/09/equality-in-the-dojo/)
- [Aikido is 100% striking, but without the striking...](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/10/aikido-is-100-striking-but-without-the-striking/) - Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido, is famously quoted as saying that aikido is 90% atemi. Yet atemi is absent from much of modern aikido.
- [Aiki Teens grading](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/10/aiki-teens-grading/) - Congratulations to our Aiki Teens who graded at the end of last term. Certificates were presented on Monday. We're stepping up training in Term 4, introducing bigger throws, more joint locks and other cool stuff. Really looking forward to working with you all again this term. Welcome also to our new starters.
- [Violence doesn't discriminate](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/03/violence-doesnt-discriminate/) - TFT is an evidence-based program that uses the best research available to empower you to use the most important weapon you possess – your brain.
- [Every woman has the right to:](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/03/every-woman-has-the-right-to/) - We affirm every woman's right to learn to use the tool of violence to save her own life, or the life of someone she loves, in a single weekend.
- [Six pillars and three grounds](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2017/01/six-pillars-and-three-grounds/) - O-sensei spoke of the six pillars of aikido: osae waza, shihonage, iriminage, kokyunage, kaitennage and ushiro. But on what do these pillars rest? As we work to define Great Ocean Aikido, I'd like to propose three "grounds" — aiki body, aiki physics and atemi jutsu — as a way of describing our approach to aikido. Aiki body
- [How to survive the most critical 5 seconds of your life](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2016/08/how-to-survive-the-most-critical-5-seconds-of-your-life/) - In 16 hours over two days you will learn how to save your own life or the life of someone you care about in a situation of unavoidable life-or-death violence. [icon name="exclamation" class="fa-lg" unprefixed_class=""] Next event Sat 5 – Sun 6 Nov (register by 22 Oct for early bird and buddy rates) Date: Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 September [icon name="check"
- [Oak tree or bonsai?](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2016/12/postmodern-aikido-oak-tree-or-bonsai/) - Would your aikido survive in the wilderness, or is it a beautiful abstraction that requires a controlled environment? In this possibly postmodern age of aikido
- [Disability, bullying prevention & aikido](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2016/12/disability-bullying-prevention-and-aikido/) - Young people get bullied at school and online. Those most vulnerable are children with disabilities. International Day of People with Disability.
- [How will you react to unavoidable violence?](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2016/10/how-would-you-react-to-unavoidable-violence/) - a TFT skeptic contemplates the nature of violence and the role of aikido in the 21st Century
- [Great mat wash](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2016/05/great-mat-wash/) - Thanks very much to everyone who stuck around after training yesterday to help wash mats! Photo shows Mel, Bob and Casper at the wash and rinse stations on the production line. Mats were scrubbed, rinsed, wiped, hung out, dried and put away inside three hours. Heartfelt thanks to Bob, Casper, Donk, Mel, Mike and Vic.
- [Violence is rarely the answer...](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2016/10/violence-is-rarely-the-answer/) - ...but when it is the answer, it's the only answer! Learn to use the tool of violence to save your own life, or the life of someone you love, in a single weekend. Our next TFT Live Training in Sydney is the weekend of 5–6 November. A participant at our last weekend commented, "I woke up on Monday morning knowing I
- [Spring workshop schedule](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2015/09/spring-workshop-schedule/) - Great Ocean Aikido Community Spring Workshop Schedule Saturday 3 October to Monday 5 October 2015 Aikido in Sydney, Camperdown dojo Schedule Day Time Session Saturday 8 to 10.30 am meditation, aiki body (solo), weapons 11 am to 2 pm aiki body (partner), aikido 4 to 5.30 pm tft Sunday 9 to 10.30 am meditation, aiki body (solo), weapons 11 am to 2 pm aiki body (partner), aikido 4 to 5.30
- [Pinky peel back – why Aiki Kids walk tall](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2015/09/pinky-peel-back-why-aiki-kids-walk-tall/) - How my son got the confidence to deal with a bully, and how he convinced me that martial arts training for kids is a good thing.
- [Congratulations, Rachna!](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2015/09/congratulations-rachna/) - 7-kyu aikido grading, 14 September 2015. Aikido in Sydney, Camperdown dojo.
- [Aiki Teens first grading](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2015/09/aiki-teens-first-grading/) - Aiki Teens is a dedicated class for 13 to 16 year olds that Aikido in Sydney runs at our Camperdown dojo in Sydney's Inner West.
- [A question of Style](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2015/09/a-question-of-style-2/) - Dan James discusses the limitations of training in a single style of aikido and a possible solution for people living in Sydney's Inner West.
- [What's the hurry?](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2015/08/whats-the-hurry/) - David Lynch Sensei has had a long and remarkable career in aikido—55 years and counting. He's also an accomplished writer and he has given me permission to reprint some of his editorials from the magazine Hakama, which he published for the aikido community in New Zealand between 1995 and 2005. On reading them it struck me how
- [Engaging the core: "zip up and hollow"](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2015/07/engaging-the-core-zip-up-and-hollow/) - Engaging your core muscles is essential for aikido and aiki body training. Below is a description that I found really helpful. Core muscles work optimally when engaged no more than 25–30%. This is really important. If you do more than this you recruit additional muscles and will no longer be doing this exercise. It should feel like no more than
- [Tying your belt](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2015/06/tying-your-belt/) - This is the best method of tying a belt I've found. It was taught to me nearly twenty years ago by Mike Allen. Click the images to see them full size. Place one end of the belt on your left hip and wrap it twice round your body. You can grip the three layers together
- [Keep looking under the basin](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2015/05/keep-looking-under-the-basin/) - Reflections on the abject mediocrity of assuming we already know
- [Kids and Teens sign-up for 2nd Term 2015](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2015/04/kids-and-teens-sign-up-for-2nd-term-2015/) - Sign up day for Aiki Kids and Aiki Teens
- [Great Ocean Brisbane April 2015](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2015/04/great-ocean-bne-april-2015/) - Great Ocean Aikido Community event in Brisbane April 2015
- [Chasing the IS Rabbit with Science...thoughts from a recent seminar](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/08/chasing-the-is-rabbit-with-science-thoughts-from-a-recent-seminar/) - I went to an interesting musculoskeletal research retreat recently (I had to give an invited talk, though – no such thing as a free lunch). As an added bonus it also informed my IS practise. So bear with me as I make a short story long.The insights came during a talk on investigating tendon strain,
- [Bill Gleason rocks Sydney](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/06/bill-gleason-rocks-sydney/) - I was down in Sydney for the long weekend visiting family and friends. It was very nice time to catchup with a few sisters and the obligatory lounge room tanninzygake err... Rumble with nieces and nephews too. Whilst out for a stroll I spied a beautiful dojo set in the rural environs of Terry Hills.
- [Bill Gleason rocks Sydney](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/06/bill-gleason-rocks-sydney/) - I was down in Sydney for the long weekend visiting family and friends. It was very nice time to catchup with a few sisters and the obligatory lounge room tanninzygake err... Rumble with nieces and nephews too. Whilst out for a stroll I spied a beautiful dojo set in the rural environs of Terry Hills.
- [Jin-ning around with the segmental topple](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/06/jin-ning-around-with-the-segmental-topple/) - Ground path (Jin) enables us to draw on the infinite power of the earth. Only through good structure (aikibody) can be do this as well as to augment it through the tempory storage and release of it. Effective use of ground power to topple (throw or pin) is the goal. This has been looked at
- [Ars longa, vita brevis, The art is long, and life is short.](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/05/ars-longa-vita-brevis-the-art-is-long-and-life-is-short/) - Ars longa, vita brevis The art is long, and life is short. Andrew Sunter Sensei’s guidelines for training (Abridged and reproduced with permission) We look forward to Sunter San's visit to our annual Winter retreat for a special session on the nature of Budo. 1.Aikido is a principle-based art, not a technique-based art. 2. Everything
- [Aikido and the fundamental forces of the Universe](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/04/aikido-and-the-fundamental-forces-of-the-universe/) - Aikido, like many an art form has been subjected to much scrutiny through combat effectiveness, ancient writings, opinion and more recently the sciences. Using the prism of western sciences it has been both praised or reviled. Many an attempt has been made by the Aiki/scientific community to successfully explain Aiki in this manner. There are
- [Another penny drops in IS training](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/03/another-penny-drops-in-is-training/) - I admit it. I have been mystified by the IS practice methodologies for quite a while now. However, much as I did with my Ki training in Shin Shin Toitsu in the '90s, I’ve put that aside to follow the pedagogy in the hope of finding out more through doing. It proved helpful in the
- [Sunday IS Aiki](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/03/sunday-is-aiki/) - Hi Everyone , We have had a busy few months reviewing the seminar in Hawaii, some insights from Andrew Sunter and more recently from Steve Seymour in a Sunday seminar This Sunday will focus on looking for IS in our current aikido kata and practice. Look forward to seeing you there best Danny
- [A Union of Opposites with Seymour Sensei](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/03/a-union-of-opposites-with-seymour-sensei/) - A big thankyou to Steve Seymour Sensei from Aikido Kenkyukai and Balmain dojo for his visit on the weekend. We were treated to a tour de force of Internal Strength as sensei shared from his current practice and further research into Internal Strength. Its almost a year since we visited Seymour Sensei in Sydney to
- [Aikitaikai class with Sunter Sensei Sat 22nd Feb  3pm](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/02/aikitaikai-class-with-sunter-sensei-sat-22nd-feb-3pm/) - Continuing the Aikitaikai dialogue of late with Sunter Sensei, Schnell Sensei and other colleagues on the path, we are delighted to have Andrew Sunter as a guest for a special session on Saturday 22nd Feb from 3pm, ahead of the Sunday dan grading. Ever since visiting Okajima Sensei in 2005 (See Budo bums in japan)
- [The art of teaching](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/02/the-art-of-teaching/) - In the martial arts the direct transmission from teacher to student is high valued, so too in the west we find this as well. The video below shows the transmission of a western 'battle field' practice to a direct student. Note the challenges of cross cultural communication are at work here. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=txfHVG3ioAs] Some other opinions
- [Internal Strength: How we got started](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/02/internal-strength-how-we-got-started/) - Its about a decade ago since Andrew Sunter and I dropped by the Aikido Yuishinkai headquarters for Kansai (See Budo Bums in Japan). While we were there Okajima Sensei showed us some 'other budo' that in time was revealed to us through Aikido Yuishinkai. Dial forward a few years and the material was presented in
- [Hawaiki - Mike gets some hands on IP training!](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/02/hawaiki-mike-gets-some-hands-on-ip-training/) - by Michael Nash When you first set eyes on Hawaii you feel a sense of welcome, the embrace is in the land and the people. Time slows; the spirit of Aloha overtakes you, better to let it take hold. If you have a need for rapid response times and carefully planned agenda’s you will be
- [Dusting off the Dogi](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2014/01/dusting-off-the-dogi/) - Yep its time to dust off the Dogi , starch up the hakama and get out the deodorant for a new year of training. Our first official class is this Thursday night so look forward to seeing you there. Over the break some of us have been busy including Mike who managed to attend an
- [AIki as an energy minimisation problem](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/10/aiki-as-an-energy-minimisation-problem/) - Just back from a weekend in Sydney, where Andrew Sunter Sensei's dojo held some inspirational gradings (see Sydney Aikido facebook group for more info). Congratulations to one and all, and Brett from Grafton dojo who also graded. The day before there was some opportunity to share a little something we have been working on up
- [Maruyama Sensei Recommends "Soul of the Samurai"](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/09/maruyama-sensei-recommends-soul-of-the-samurai/) - Recently Will Reed Sensei recommended the following on his facebook page Recommended by Maruyama Sensei to understand the core of Aikido Yuishinkai as Budo. "Soul of the Samurai" Modern Translations of Three Classic Works of Zen and Bushido written by Yagyu Munenori and Zen Master Takuan. Translated by Thomas Cleary http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Samurai-Tuttle-Martial-Arts/dp/0804836906 Kindle Edition also available.
- [Osaka Adventures With Okajima sensei](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/08/osaka-adventures-with-okajima-sensei/) - Osaka Adventures With Okajima sensei by Grant Periott Sensei, Shibucho Gold Coast Daitoryu Takumakai I regularly travel to Osaka to practice Daito-ryu with my sensei in Takumakai. This trip (May 2013), I thought I would follow up on a recommendation to meet Yushinkai's Okajima sensei as well. Thanks to Dan James who arranged for my
- [REED13: Day two!](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/08/reed13-day-two/) - Day 2 of Will Reed Sensei, by Craig Boyd First session was a master class in basics, Sensei covered off the the warm ups and basic wazza lots of gems for everyone regarding center and it's importance in centering and defining sides and how These feelings can be used to generate internal power. Timing was
- [Toppling Aiki](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/07/toppling-aiki/) - Chris Li's Part 3 of Analysing Aiki is a terrific read on unbalancing and the mental/physical connection between uke and nage. I think there might even be seeing some support for the humble Aikiphysics Base of Support and Topple theory, but this time from a credible source Mr. Yoshimaru’s heels are floating, the center of
- [What is Aiki?](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/07/what-is-aiki/) - Chris Li of Sangenkai, Hawaii provides a multipart brilliant translation of a Japanese work analysing Aiki, by a prominent student of the Daito Ryu's Sagawa Sensei. Read on for more http://www.aikidosangenkai.org/blog/ Its terrific food for thought with our own humble efforts to date looking decidedly shabby.
- [REED13 registrations are open!](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/05/reed13-registrations-are-open/) - Hi Everyone, REED13 registrations are open for our August seminar with William Reed Sensei on reed13.aikidorepublic.com/registration Thankyou for the very strong support and intrest we have received in the past few weeks, locally with offers of mats and help on the weekend and incredible intrest from interstate colleagues. We have finalised a very exciting programme
- [Internal Strength, but wait theres more...](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/04/internal-strength-but-wait-theres-more/) - A real pleasure to have Andrew Sunter sensei visit our dojo again. We have been exploring internal strength and its 'Ura'? existence in our school for some time now, and so the opportunity to practice with him after he had a chance to work with Gleason Shihan in Sydney was a terrific opportunity and quite
- [Andrew Sunter Sensei, Guest classes Thursday April 25th (ANZAC Day)](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/04/andrew-sunter-sensei-guest-classes-thursday-april-25th-anzac-day/) - UPDATE: We will be at the Mt. Gravatt Showgrounds for this event - from 6:30pm. See http://www.aikidorepublic.com/dojo-alternate-location On ANZAC day, Thursday April 25th we will have good friend and senior aikido instructor Andrew Sunter Sensei as guest of the dojo (see brief bio ) to teach two classes. Sunter sensei is one of Aikido Yuishinkai's
- [Solo training in Aikido](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/04/solo-training-in-aikido/) - Solo training is not a new idea in aikido, when you think of all the taiso at the start of class and the weapons kata there is plenty of it. But what is relatively new (well what's old is new anyway) is the idea of purpose behind solo training. "Your aikido will only improve when
- [Everything is Soutai](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/04/everything-is-soutai/) - "Everything is Soutai" There were the confusing and somewhat troubling words that Okajima sensei left me with on my last visit to Japan. Confusing mentally as well as troubling that this might be the direction that the successor of Aikido Yuishinkai is headed and what might become of Aikido arts?. With the fullness of time,
- [Internal strength and Aikido - An experiment in breaking boards](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/03/892/) - A little unconventional - but great to see someone (Ian ) putting aikido to the test and finding it comes up trumps. Physics (www.aikidorepublic.com/aikiphysics) says there is the power of a lawn owner in dropping the centre just a few centimetres - and here it is in action. don't try this at home kids ;)
- [The Aiki Smorgasboard](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/03/the-aiki-smorgasboard/) - Today we teeter on the edge of the 3rd generation Aikido, that is, there isn't the access to direct students of O'Sense, by and large. Also many of the boundaries to training widely, such as being locked within rigid hierarchal structures have started to soften or disappear, though there are bastions of expertise, ( and
- [Getting an Internal Strength Baseline](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2013/02/getting-an-internal-strength-baseline/) - A few weekends I managed to get down down for an Internal Strength workshop at Steve Seymours Sensei's dojo in Balmain, led by Michael Dreyer Sensei (a student of Bill Gleason Shihan and IS affectionardo). Aikiweb.com in recent times has seen an increased focus on this approach and essence in Aikido, so much so its
- [Aikido Yuishinkai - Shaken, not Stirred](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2012/12/aikido-yuishinkai/) - Aikido Yuishinkai - Shaken, not Stirred* This past week we learnt that Maruyama Sensei will be reducing his international seminar touring schedule next year, and unfortunately this means he won't be visiting Australia in 2013. In the same week Williams Sensei also stepped down from his role as International Chief Instructor of Aikido Yuishinkai. Wot
- [Jutta reflects on a home invasion](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2012/11/juttas-reflection-son-a-home-invasion/) - Dear Aikido Friends, Sometime ago you may have heard of the home invasion of Edwin and Jutta and the ensuing altercation. It was well reported in the media initially and followed up here, there was also considerable discussion in the Aikido community. Both Edwin and Jutta are well known in Brisbane aikido circles having practiced for
- [Special Class: Personal protection and core strength, Dec 4th 6:30pm+](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2012/11/personal-protection-and-core-strength-dec-4thspecial-claspersonal-protection-and-core-strength-dec-4th/) - Special Guest Class Catherine Schnell Sensei, Tuesday December 4th 6:30p - 7:30p An introduction to Personal Protection 7:45p - 9:30pm Aikido and the Core Location: across the road at the Hamlyn Harris Pavillion, Mt. Gravatt Show Ground www.aikidorepublic.com Its our pleasure to announce that long time budo buddy Catherine Schnell Sensei will be visiting our
- [An Aikido Conversation in Melbourne](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2012/11/an-aikido-conversation-in-melbourne/) - This past week I found myself in Melbourne for work and had opportunity to catch up with budo buddy Catherine Schnell Sensei at the Aiki-Centre, whom i met quite a few years ago during a Budo tour of Melbourne (See trip report Budo Bums Aikido in Melbourne here). During the course of that nights regular
- [Actioning ACT](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2012/10/actioning-act/) - I like to read, and I read from a wide spectrum of sources. Over the past 12 months I have been reading a lot about ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. The basis of ACT is that we find it challenging to find harmony and happiness in our lives when we constrict the space around our
- [Opening an aikido dojo: Working the numbers in Brisbane and beyond](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2012/10/opening-an-aikido-brisbane-dojo/) - Our dojos been running a few years now (d!oh forgot the birthday), so part memory lane, part curiosity here's a look at possibilities and how we are going so far . There are more than 20 aikido dojos in Brisbane. Its quite a large number (I've only gotten around to maybe 1/2 of them), but
- [Three Pillars of Aikido Yuishinkai](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2012/07/three-pillars-of-aikido-yuishinkai/) - Three Pillars of Aikido Yuishinkai A few months ago we learnt that Michael Williams Sensei was stepping down in many of the roles within Aikido Yuishinkai, though he remains our international chief instructor. In Australia, Williams Sensei has always been there at the front leading our aikido practice, and so the news was quite a
- [Shobu, Shobu](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2012/07/shobu-shobu/) - I've just spent the week in the USA just outside of Boston for a sports technology conference. After some scouring of the web I discovered William Gleason Sensei's Shobu Aikido dojo which seemed like too good an opportunity to miss and get a taste of something quite different. Fortuitously following the conference Gleason Sensei was
- [Kuzushi on Contact - Ronin Shugyo Tuesday 26th June](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2012/06/kuzushi-on-contact-ronin-shugyo-tuesday-26th-june/) - On contact with Uke the conflict is over - the rest of aikido Kata is just exploration!. Kuzushi is a term for where Uke's balance is taken and broken, where ukes centre is gathered and held. The techniques of Aiki are explorations of taking balance with pushing and pulling, and then leading Uke through movement
- [I got my Black Belt, now what?](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2012/06/i-got-my-black-belt-now-what/) - Being awarded a black belt in any martial art is often seen as a mark of proficiency. A black belt in some schools can take over ten years to achieve. Black belts today can be something of a commodity handed out in less than a year in some of the most commercial of dojo, in
- [Business and Pleasure in Japan](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2011/12/business-and-pleasure-in-japan/) - Visiting Japan brings with it the pleasure of seeing old and new friends again, some indulgence in my favourite hobby of aikido (a kind of energy minimisation problem in a martial context) and the very serious business of sports and sports engineering. Last month was my most recent trip which might be of mild intrest.
- [Core strength, internal strength and Aiki](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2011/09/core-strength-internal-strength-and-aiki/) - Last week we looked at some core strength exercises as a major component of our warmups and integrated it into normal practice waza as well. Its something I'd like to pursue for the next little while and see how it goes. Ever since the winter camp I've been ruminating on an aspect of aikido called
- [Inside the shell of Kata](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2011/06/inside-the-shell-of-kata/) - Some thoughts from last weeks practice…Aikido practice is based on paired practice of techniques, which are the Kata of the art. Uke and Nage have defined roles. This differs somewhat from our perception of Kata gathered from arts like Karate, Taekwondo etc where Kata is usually a series of movements done solo. Our Kata are
- [Daito-Ryu with the Takumakai](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2010/12/daito-ryu-with-the-takumakai/) - Last weekend a few of us attended a Daito-Ryu day seminar with Grant Periott sensei and seniors from Tweed Takumakai ( http://aikinsw.com/ ), hosted by Redlands Aikido Yuishinkai ( http://www.redlandsaikido.com/ ). It was the first of what is hoped to be an ongoing dialogue and certainly was helpful in gaining further insights into Daito-Ryu, the
- [Internal Strength, Daito Ryu and Aiki](https://aikidoinsydney.com/2010/09/internal-strength-daito-ryu-and-aiki/) - Having spent the past few weeks using weapons to understand aikido technique and developing appropriate power in the art (see beat them with a stick), its time to put the weapons away for a while. While we keep the body alignment, positioning and something of the intensity of mind we start to see something of

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- [TFT origins of atemi-jutsu](https://aikidoinsydney.com/tft-origins-of-atemi-jutsu/) - Tim Larkin was excluded from SEAL training in San Diego through injury. He was subsequently tasked with sourcing the best close quarters combat system he could find. He introduced Jerry Peterson’s SCARS training into the SEALs. After leaving the military he repackaged the information for civilian use as Target Focus Training (TFT). He continued presenting
- [Andrew Sunter](https://aikidoinsydney.com/aikido_in_sydney_instructors/andrew-sunter/) - Head of School, Aikido in Sydney Andrew Sunter began training in aikido in 1989. He holds dan ranks from three schools of aikido and received 6-dan from Koretoshi Maruyama Sensei (a direct student of the founder of aikido), who he often accompanied to seminars nationally and internationally. Having trained in both hard and soft styles
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- [About us](https://aikidoinsydney.com/about-us/) - Aikido in Sydney began in Crows Nest in 1999 at the urging of two of Andrew Sensei's early mentors, the late Iwao Tamura from Tokyo and Michael Williams from Byron Bay. Aikido in Sydney was founded as a place to practice being ‘the best we can be’ through the study of the way of aiki in
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- [Sydney Systema](https://aikidoinsydney.com/martial-arts-sydney/sydney-systema/) - Systema is a relatively new art to Australia and to Sydney bearing a striking similarity to Aikido. It comes from the Russian military traditions rather than Japan though.
- [Tai Chi Sydney](https://aikidoinsydney.com/martial-arts-sydney/tai-chi-sydney/) - The "Internal chinese arts you find in Sydney like"Tai Chi, Chi Kung, Bagua and Hsing share many concepts similar to Aikido. All can be said to be internal martial arts focusing on the cultivation of Ki (Chi as it is known in the Chinese tradition). Whilst Tai Chi etc.. are predominately a solo art form,
- [Ninjutsu Sydney](https://aikidoinsydney.com/martial-arts-sydney/ninjutsu-sydney/) - Many of the techniques of Aikido and Ninjitsu have a remarkable similarity owing to this shared history but today have different focuses. A key difference though is that Aikido techniques finish by controlling or subduing the opponent rather than disabling them in a traditional combative sense.
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- [Sydney Jujitsu](https://aikidoinsydney.com/martial-arts-sydney/sydney-jujitsu/) - Did you know Aikido is a school of Jujitsu? The ancient martial arts of Japan were clan based and known as Koryu arts practiced only by the samurai class.
- [Sydney Judo](https://aikidoinsydney.com/martial-arts-sydney/sydney-judo/) - Aikido, its close to old school Judo, incorporating the rich weapons, strikes and joint locking techniques many of which have been removed from Judo.
- [Sydney Hapkido](https://aikidoinsydney.com/martial-arts-sydney/sydney-hapkido/) - Hapkido is a Korean martial art that originated from Japan. Hapkido bears a striking similarity to Aikido
- [Sydney Boxing](https://aikidoinsydney.com/martial-arts-sydney/sydney-boxing/) - Boxing and Kickboxing would seem to be as far removed as possible from Aikido, however common ground is to be found. Both arts feature light footwork and develop an awareness of distance from your opponent, However whilst the focus in boxing is on striking, Aikido chooses to subdue the opponent using their strength. Aikido is
- [Aikido Courses](https://aikidoinsydney.com/aikido-courses/) - Aikido in Sydney conducts regular short courses in aikido and related activities. These courses are introductory in nature and provide an overview of our aikido, self defence and weapons curricula. We provide demonstration and mini classes for schools, 1/2 day workshops and four-week courses. You can do them at our place or if there are
- [Aikido Syllabus](https://aikidoinsydney.com/aikido-syllabus/) - The dojo is a school environment of formal instruction from a teacher. Our syllabus supports our learning environment through structure and techniques for understanding ‘Aiki’. We use the prisms of modern science and combative to help interpret and enrich this practice. (See more here) Classes include hitoriwaza (solo practice), kumiwaza (paired practice), jiyuwaza (free technique
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- [Aikido Techniques](https://aikidoinsydney.com/aikido-syllabus/aikido-techniques/) - Listed below are some of the traditional techniques that are practised in our dojo. There are many more variants on these techniques. Many techniques can be done in kotai level (static), juntai level (leading or intermediate) and ryutai level (moving). Some techniques can also be practised both in omote (appears) and/or ura (hidden). Omote and
- [History of Aikido](https://aikidoinsydney.com/aikido_history/) - key teachers in Aikido in Sydney history, morihei ueshiba o-sensei, koichi tohei sensei, koretoshi maruyama sensei, michael williams sensei
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