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  • Ki Aikido Podcast

    30th Oct 2024

    Ki Aikido Podcast

    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…

  • Ki for Health Exercises

    29th Apr 2020

    Ki for Health Exercises

    Sensei Aitkenhead has made this short video of the Ki for Health Exercises. Its purpose is to encourage students to practise at home during these strange coronavirus times.

  • Ki Development Exercises

    10th Apr 2020

    Ki Development Exercises

    Sensei Aitkenhead has made this short video of the Ki Development exercises. It’s purpose is to encourage students to practise at home during these strange coronavirus times.

  • Aikido is for Everyone

    21st Aug 2018

    Aikido is for Everyone

    Sensei Walters has made this short video to emphasise that Ki Aikido is for everyone. It can be enjoyed by anybody, regardless of age or physical ability.

  • BBC Somerset Radio Aikido Interview

    20th Jul 2018

    BBC Somerset Radio Aikido Interview

    Simon Parkin is a radio host on BBC Somerset. In June 2018, he came to the Ki Federation of Great Britain’s Headquarters and interviewed several members about their aikido experience. This is an extract of those interviews taken from his broadcast on 20th June 2018 (9:00 to 12:00). This is audio only.

  • Fantastic Aikido Weekend

    10th May 2017

    Fantastic Aikido Weekend

    What a fantastic Aikido weekend.  I’ve just come back from Headquarters and would like to thank Sensei Margaret for teaching the 7th and 8th Dan course on Saturday, and then the advanced sword course on Sunday. It has all been a wonderful, exhilarating time. Advanced Sword Course, May 2017 7th and 8th Dan Group Course,…

  • Sensei Williams Course

    19th Apr 2015

    Sensei Williams Course

    Here is a great video of a Sensei Williams Course, from May 1987. It shows snippets of the course given on the occasion of the opening of the Alness dojo in Northern Scotland. It is 38 minutes in duration.

  • Suwari Waza

    21st Jul 2014

    Suwari Waza

    Suwari Waza is the practice of aikido from the seated (kneeling) position. This requires the ability to move around the mat while in that position. The Japanese word for this is Shikko, but we often call this knee walking – a very apt description. Here a young man from the Northampton Ki Aikido Club has the freedom of…

  • Junior Aikido

    7th Jul 2014

    Junior Aikido

    The qualities that we are trying to develop as adult Ki Aikido students are equally relevant to the development of children. Self-confidence, calmness, a positive and non-aggressive outlook are all qualities that will benefit a child when dealing with other children and adults. Of course there are other benefits to Junior Aikido – don’t forget they are doing…

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  1. Lochaber weekend course - 21st Jun 2025
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  5. Christmas course - 6th Dec 2025

Upcoming Dan Grade Courses

  1. Weapons Course - 8th Jun 2025
  2. Tanto course, 3rd Dan above - 8th Jun 2025
  3. Introduction To Ki Therapy Course - 28th Jun 2025
  4. 1st Kyu, 1st and 2nd Dan Group - 6th Sep 2025
  5. 6th, 7th, 8th Dan Group Course - 20th Sep 2025

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