16/07/2025
Ever wondered how best to care for your wooden weapons? Join us for our first-ever Weapons Workshop on Sat 26 Jul! Learn the art of maintaining bokken, jō, and tantō, plus finish your own beautiful Tasmanian oak jō to take home. Half-day intensive with hands-on practice — perfect for serious practitioners who want their weapons to last. Limited to 10 participants.
Weapons Workshop: Sat 26 July
Weapons are an integral part of aikido and several other martial arts. This half-day, practical workshop will cover their use, care, and maintenance, and you can finish your own jō from raw material to keep. Admin Place: Aikido in Sydney dojo, Chapel Lane, Alexandria NSW 2015Time: 10.00 am to 1.00...
27/08/2024
Here's a video my dear friend and collaborator Fiddler Dan made for me. What do you think of the video? Would you like to see more of this kind of content?
Violent crime in Sydney and Personal protection
A short video about personal protection from Aikido in Sydney https://aikidoinsydney.com
20/07/2024
https://aikidoinsydney.com/2024/07/save-the-day-sat-27-july/
SAVE the Day: Sat 27 July
We still have a few places open for our next program on Saturday 27 July. SAVE the Day is an evidence-based, experiential program that empowers you with the knowledge and skills you need to survive the most important five seconds of your life. In a single day we will teach you how to save your own l...
19/09/2023
https://aikidoinsydney.com/2023/09/save-the-day-sat-23-sep/
SAVE the Day
In a single day we teach you how to save your own life, or the life of someone you care about, by using the tool of violence effectively.
14/07/2023
https://aikidoinsydney.com/2023/07/save-the-day-jul-sep-2023/
SAVE the Day: 2023 dates
Announcing our first post-pandemic SAVE the Day live training: learn to use the tool of violence to save your own life or the life of someone you care about.
20/10/2022
Great to catch up with many old friends, make a few new ones, and present this award to a very dear friend, Michael Williams
Aikido Village – An Aikido Village for Everyone
What started as online classes hosted by Shako dojo with guest speakers from around the country during COVID, has started to grow into something more. Something of an experience of the wider community… an Aikido Village if you will. Many of us have a yearning for old-style village life: a communit...