White Oak
Aikido Aikido in
Reading Berkshire
and Aikido on
Powys, Shropshire,
Herefordshire Borders
offering classes in the
Japanese martial art of
Aikido since 1991
Haydn Foster
Sensei teaching Aiki-jo at the Aikido Summer
School in Durham in 1995:
Haydn Foster Sensei teaching
Aiki-jo at the Aikido Summer School in Durham in
1997:
Haydn Foster
Sensei teaching Kumitachi at the Aikido
Summer School in Durham in 1998:
Haydn Foster Sensei teaching
Tainohenko and basic movements at the Aikido
Summer School near Bucknell in 2006:
Haydn Foster Sensei teaching
Aiki-ken at the Aikido Summer School near
Bucknell in 2009:
...and
finally: Aikido at The Hut dojo near
London, the birthplace of Aikido in the
UK, probably shot in the early 1960s,
followed by a demonstration by some early
UK Aikidoka - Watch out for a young Haydn
Foster Sensei.
Thanks to Henry
Ellis Sensei for the following
information: 0:06 - M Noro
Sensei with uke Lennie Ballard
1:15 - Noro Sensei with Andy Allan
(left) and Peter Dowden (right)
3:30 - Rei with M Nakazono Sensei
5:23 - Ken Williams Sensei
6:35 - H Foster Sensei.
All the early dan grades were there, it is
just difficult trying to identify them.
Watch
our Aikido video here!
Not what you'll be doing
when you start, but sometimes our more
senior grades like to show off a bit!
Find out more about getting
involved in the martial art of Aikido in
Whitton and Aikido in Reading:
Home page of White Oak Aikido UK Info
for Beginners - some more details about
Aikido and what to expect if you come along to
either our Reading or Whitton dojos.
Or please
Contact
us if you have any questions about Aikido
classes in Reading or Whitton.