Category Archives: Aikido

New mats have arrived.

At last, we have received our new mats! We now have 48 Shogun Supermats, thanks to a grant from Sport England Small Grants Programme. We’d like to thank all the people who came to the dojo at 8am, ready to help unloading … Continue reading

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Robert Mustard Sensei @ Genryukan Aikido

On Tuesday, our little club was honoured to play host to none other than Robert Mustard Sensei (7th Dan). We crammed 24 people into the dojo for the 2 hour session. Many of the participants had not met Mustard Sensei … Continue reading

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Robert Mustard Sensei coming to Genryukan Dojo!!!!!!!

Genryukan students have got seriously lucky here. What a coup for our little dojo! We are pleased to announce confirmation that Robert Mustard Sensei (7th Dan Yoshinkan) is coming to teach at Genryukan Dojo. This special class will be on … Continue reading

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New venue for Genryukan Aikido dojo!!

I am really pleased to announce that the Genryukan Aikido dojo is moving to a new venue, the Clarendon & Westbury Community Centre. It is located in Belgrave Road, off Folkestone Road in Dover. Training there will start from the 22nd … Continue reading

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New badges for Genryukan Aikido

Badges have been ordered for my new Aikido club, based on the this original design (left). They should be dispatched by the end of september… Fingers crossed, they will look awesome! Just a reminder that Genryukan Aikido holds lessons every … Continue reading

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First training night!

Yesterday was the grand opening of Genryukan Aikido and it went pretty well! It took place in the main hall of the Dover Leisure Centre (Dover, Kent). We were lucky to have an excellent turnout of about 25 people, shame … Continue reading

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New Aikido club opening in Dover, Kent

I’m opening a new aikido club is opening on Monday 22nd June with the help of Gowaryu & Katsujinken Aikido clubs. The new club is called “Genryukan” Aikido, Genryukan meaning  “Practical flow”. We will be training every monday from 22nd … Continue reading

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Training at Gowaryu Aikido

A quick video of a training session at Gowaryu Aikido in Ashford, Kent [youtube]5DN5plWkj7c[/youtube]

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Will teach aikido for doughnuts…

Getting ready to get out and distribute leaflets for the new club… Did I mention there’s a new Aikido club in Dover? www.genryukan.co.uk

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Tomiki Aikido Katas

Here are a few videos of me performing some Aikido kata a while ago Randori no kata, with Jim Dempster [youtube]FDvBhnPDnUc[/youtube] Koryu Dai San, with Jim Dempster [youtube]QKt1t_A1ehk[/youtube] Koryu Dai Yon, with Tom Davey [youtube]y3MiuLX7Q3A[/youtube]

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