Howick Aikido Dojo

Congratulations to our students on their new kyu grades:
- Francis Davy: Sankyu / 3rd Kyu
- Helen Perry: Nikyu / 2nd Kyu

And congratulations to our yudansha too:
- Dylan Carruthers: Nidan
- James Milne: Nidan

Your new grades reflect a lot of work and commitment, keep it up!

Our thanks to Alex sensei for the excellent workshop. The Howick Dojo members who attended had very much enjoyed the workshop and learned a lot.

Thanks also to the organisers for putting together the workshop.

A huge thank you to Alex Pearson Sensei for flying up from the Deep South and delivering an amazing workshop yesterday. Alex demonstrated his teaching chops with a well structured and paced 4 hour session that had something for everyone - from Gokyu to Godan.

We look forward to the next session Alex Pearson!

Another excellent gasshuku has finished. Our thanks to the organisers for their hard work, and the shihan for their instructive classes

The official Aikido Shinryukan 56th Annual International Gasshuku photo

This weekend we are honoured to have Nobuo Takase Shihan, Etsuji Horii Shihan and Miyuki Kumazawa Shihan impart a little of their Aikido knowledge on us - day 1 was amazing - and am sure day 2 will be equally as enjoyable.

We would also like to recognise the 128 aikidoka that came together to make this event possible - friends from around the motu, from Queensland and Melbourne, Singapore and Japan - thank you!

Happy New Year!

Our first class of 2026 is on Sunday 18 Jan led by Craig sensei

We look forward to seeing you all on the mat!

Congratulations to Ziriu Wang on your Howick Dojo 6th Kyu internal grading and certificate, we look forward to seeing your Aikido develop!

Congratulations to our Howick Aikido Dojo students on the most recent grading!

Marius achieved 1st kyu, and Leon (bottom right) achieved 4th kyu.

Well done and keep it up, big gradings are next!

Happy New Year to all! 🥳

A reminder that our first class of 2025 is 5pm on Sunday 19 January

See you there!

Good luck to all candidates grading today!

Leon - 5th kyu
Francis and Bob - 4th kyu
Vittorio - Sandan

🎉 Congratulations to our newly graded Aikido students! 🥋
Francis Davy - Gokkyū (5th Kyū)
Leon Milne - Rokkyū (6th Kyū)

Well done, and we look forward to seeing you continue to grow in your Aikido👏

It was a great meeting a few days ago with Howick Dojo’s Technical director, Sensei Kevin Allan, 6th Dan.Thank you, Sensei Kevin, and we look forward to having you on the mat.