Sensei Alan Johnston of the Gravesend club has been practising for over 50 years, and teaching for 30 years of that. Sensei Alan Johnston of Gravesend Ki Aikido Club. When did you start Ki Aikido? I started Ki Aikido as a Youth in 1974 when I was 14, at the East Kilbride club in Scotland under…
Sensei Gurinder Singh, teacher at the Epsom Ki Aikido club, has recently taken on the role of grading officer for Kyu gradings. He brings a kindness to the gradings that ensures the grading applicants are able to drop their nerves and perform at their best. When did you start Ki Aikido? I started Ki Aikido…
I started Aikido on 5th March 1998 at Brixton Ki Aikido club with Sensei Ros Davies. As a young adult I was looking for something but did not know what. I tried Tai Chi, Capoeira, and Tomiki Aikido. Every time I went on the mat, I was completely overwhelmed and over-powered by the other students,…
How long have you been practising? I have been practising Ki Aikido for almost two years now, and I have the intention of practising for another three hundred years. Kat of the Edinburgh club What made you want to try Ki Aikido? I’m a naturally peaceful person who, as a kid, when asked what…
I started Aikido over 30 years ago, I’m a 6th Dan black belt and it has been a constant in my life from the day I started. I met my husband through Aikido too! Aikido has given me a regular opportunity to exercise both my body and my mind and it’s taught me not to worry…
Linda This Aikido story has been provided By Linda Zak from the Muswell Hill Club. My husband was a long time practitioner of Ki Aikido and was attending classes in Muswell Hill. Previously, I had some training in Karate when in my twenties. Recently I had some practice in Tai Chi. I was curious about…
David Rae This article on “What’s your Principle?” has been provided by David Rae from the Paisley-Elderslie club. The difference between Ki Aikido and other martial arts is the focus on uniting mind and body. This is quite an important difference. I first joined a Ki Aikido club way back in the 80s. I practiced…
Sensei Stephen Woolfall, with his students at the Panteg Ki Aikido club. In 1974 I had my first Aikido lesson. I was fourteen and I believe that at that time there was only one Aikido organisation, with Sensei Williams in charge. I could be wrong, but then there was no internet to check. Following the…
Portrait of Bristol Patchway Ki Aikido Club members. Sensei Andrew Vickery I first started Ki Aikido in 1992 at Clifton Club in Bristol. The teacher, Sensei Robert Iles, was a fellow workmate, who has became one of my best life long friends. When I started I’d never heard of Aikido or Ki but I went…
This Ki Aikido podcast was generated by Google’s Notebooklm product. Sensei Carl Myers is the teacher at the Brighton and Shoreham club. He entered the Ki Federation website address into this application to see what it would make of our website. He did not enter any bias, or suggestions, as to what the application should…
