Brighton Aikikai

We are proud to announce that Christian Tissier Shihan – 7th dan Aikikai – will return to the UK for a two-session, one-day course on Saturday 24th March at the Dartford Olympic Judo Club.

Session times are:

• 10:30 to 12:30
• 15:00 to 17:00

The price for one session is £25, or £45 for both. No pre-booking is required, but you can RSVP on our Facebook event page:

Registration starts at 09:30 on the day.

BAB insurance is required for UK practitioners, so please remember to bring your certificates!

PDF posters for distribution amongst your fellow aikidoka are available below:

• Tissier Flier (chocolate background)
• Tissier Flier (white background)

Directions to the venue are available on Google Maps.

Check out the video and photos of Tissier Shihan teaching last year!

EDIT: We hope you enjoy this new teaching video from last years seminar:

At long last the resident video-monkey has been able to edit down some of the footage from the Seminar with Christian Tissier back in February.

Rather than a fast-and-furious demo-reel, the video is a refresher of some of the techniques and principles taught during the day.

We hope you like it!

Congratulations to the following students who graded with instructor Rowan Thompson and visiting instructor Amyas Gilbert at Sevenoaks School Aikido club on Saturday 25th June:

• Naqib Rahman – 5th Kyu
• Huw Watts – 4th Kyu
• Michael Moore – 4th Kyu
• Muhsin Ogretme (adult helper) – 4th Kyu

The students did a short course with Rowan and Amyas both teaching and Conan Theobald helping out as uke. The course was followed with a short Q&A session and a formal grading.

The students performed very well grading with each other and Muhsin delivered a solid performance with Conan as uke.
-Rowan

Phil Rozier – 4th dan Aikikai – will host a course on Sunday the 31st of July at the Brighton Judo Club in Dorset Gardens.

The course will run from 11am to 4:30pm with a short break. The price for the course is £15, no pre-booking required.

A PDF poster for distribution amongst your fellow aikidoka is available.

Directions to the venue are available on Google Maps.

Check out the highlights video from the previous course:

Looking for Aikikai Aikido in Devon? Check out our sister club run by Rick Smaridge, 4th dan Aikikai, who takes classes at the Karate Academy in Newton Abbott.

Here’s a new video of Rick in action:

Thanks for dropping by! We hope you find the site easy to navigate, but have prepared a few links you may like to check out straight away:

About our club:

• About us
• Where we practice
• Videos

Aikido on the web:

• Aikido on Wikipedia
• What is Aikikai Aikido?

Eva Ries: ikkyu

Ruth Goodall: gokyu

Michal Nemec: gokyu

Congratulations to all.

Thanks to all who attended the course on Saturday! We’ve thrown together a highlights video – check it out on YouTube.

There will be a kyu grading on Friday evening at 2000hrs in place of the normal class.  Please talk to Nik/Phil if you wish to grade, the normal examination fee of £10 will apply.

Depending on how many candidates we have, hopefully we will get some practice in as well – see you there!

Congratulations to our friends and gracious hosts, Kritonas Christoforou and Elena Markitani, who passed their 3rd kyu gradings under Phil Rozier at the weekend course hosted by Cyprus Aikikai.

Congratulations also go to their students who passed 5th kyu gradings. The excellent level and attitudes reflect on their teachers and show that the club has both a strong foundation and great potential.

Much thanks go to Kritonas and Elena for their fabulous hospitality:

We hope to see you again soon!