I first became interested in martial arts as a nineteen-year-old, back in 1976. It wasn’t something I had gone looking for, but by chance my brother had started going to a kung fu class and…
Practising bokken at Splot farm Many years ago, in the mid 1980’s, when I was 19, I lived for two years in Tokyo, working as an au-pair. I loved it, I loved exploring the culture,…
When did you start Ki Aikido? October 2021 – I joined the introductory course with my partner and a girl we were fostering at the time. What made you want to try Ki Aikido? I…
When did you start Ki Aikido? The first time I started Ki Aikido was from 1996-2000 at the Piccadilly club with Sensei Bob Fletcher. I took 10 years out, and restarted in 2010 with my son, who was…
James Knight started Aikido in 1993. When work took him abroad for a few years, he opened his first club in a university in southern Thailand. Later, back in Britain, he ran the Cambridge Ki…
In the very early days of my Aikido journey I was attending an area course that was being hosted by the Bath club at Bath Spa University. The day was being taught by Sensei Williams and…
Aimee Edridge is a Youth member of the St. Albans club. She recently had a big, public breakthrough in her confidence which she writes about. When did you start Ki Aikido? I started as a Junior…
Sensei Carl Myers of the Brighton and Shoreham Ki Aikido Club, now 57, gives us his experience of studying Aikido. When did you start, and what made you want to try aikido? I started Aikido…
Sensei Greenley is a member of the Ki Federation’s Committee, and has been running the Muswell Hill club in North London for 40 years. He was awarded his 8th Dan in 2025. When did you…
Sensei Pete Bailie is often found at the headquarters reception desk, welcoming members to the day’s course. He travels down from Bristol to do so, where he is teacher at the Bristol Redland Ki Aikido…
