White Oak Aikido Aikido in Reading Berkshire Aikido on Powys, Shropshire, Herefordshire Borders offering classes in the Japanese martial art of Aikido since 1991 ...the way of the warrior ...the way of harmony Caversham Heights Methodist Church Hall, 74 Highmoor Road, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire RG4 7BG Whitton Community Hall, Penybont Road, Whitton, Knighton, Powys LD7 1NP Chirbury Village Hall, Salop Road, Chirbury, Montgomery SY15 6BH

Aikido Weapons Training The weapons taught at White Oak Aikido in Reading, Chirbury and Whitton are mainly based on those taught by Saito Sensei (Iwama). Weapons training forms an important part of our Aikido training and is included in the gradings from 5th kyu upwards. We use three kinds of weapons in our training: Bokken (wooden sword) - Aiki-ken Jo (short stick) - Aiki-jo Tanto (usually a wooden or rubber knife) A list of the main training techniques is given below. Bokken 7 suburi 7 awase 3 'alternative' awase 5 Kumi Tachi Happo Giri Tachi dori Ki mu subi no tachi Kata O Sensei - meditating before a bokken demonstration. Jo 20 suburi 8 awase 10 kumi jo 31 kata 31 kata partner practice 13 kata 13 kata partner practice Jo dori Jo randori Jo training outdoors. Tanto Tanto dori. Tanto dori - disarming an attacker armed with a knife.

 

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Contact Reading Aikido: Email Reading Aikido Phone Reading Aikido 07743 301199 --------------------------------- Contact Whitton Aikido: Email Whitton Aikido Phone Whitton Aikido 07880 501302 ---------------------------------------- Contact Chirbury Aikido: Email Chirbury Aikido Phone Chirbury Aikido 07880 501302 -----------------------------------  N.B. You must be over 18 to train.

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 Chirbury, 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 our Chirbury, Reading or Whitton dojos.
Or please Contact us if you have any questions about Aikido classes in Chirbury, Reading or Whitton.

...and here's some pages about the past - Aikido in the old days

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