Cape Town Aikido

SAVE THE DATE!
Summer seminar in December 2026 with Jan, hosted by Cape Town Aikido

Great aikido, no jet lag from Europe and South Africa is the perfect summer holiday destination while it's cold and dark in the Northern hemisphere -- what's there not to like?!

Pro Tip: Come for a holiday before the seminar. We are happy to help you plan your trip. December is high-high season in Cape Town, so pls book early...

Another fantastic seminar with Julia Wagner.
Thank you Julia and we look forward to learning from you in 2026

Please join us in welcoming Julia Wagner for another exciting aikido seminar at Cape Town Aikido in early 2025.

Dates & Times:
Fri 31 January 6 to 7.30pm
Sat 1 February 10am to 12 noon & 3pm to 5pm
Sun 2 February 10am to 12 noon

The fee is R250 per session or R1,000 for the entire seminar. Anyone paying the full seminar fee qualifies for attending the first of Julia's kashima sessions ⬇️ for free!

Julia (5th Dan Aikikai) started Aikido 27 years ago with Matthias Lange and has been training in Hamburg ever since. Her development was significantly influenced by Christian Tissier Shihan and his students, including Pascal Guillemin. The late Anita Köhler († 2018) holds a special place for Julia, having influenced both her aikido and her sword work. She has found further important teachers in Jan Nevelius Shihan and Jorma Lyly, who are now a great inspiration to her. Julia’s special interest is in combining clear form with intensive contact. Central points are communication as well the efficiency of the principles. Julia has been an instructor at Aikido Zentrum Hamburg for over a decade and she regularly teaches seminars at other dojos.

As usual, if you’d like to be there but are struggling with money, come and talk to us?

Look forward to seeing you all on the mat very soon!

Looking for unwavering intention & perfect clarity of mind, just like a cloudless sky on a brilliant sunny day? Then diarise joining us for *Julia Wagner's summer kashima bokken series*.
Julia will be introducing us to kashima bokken in a once-a -week outdoor evening series, starting on Thu 16 January at 5.30 to 7pm at Greenpoint Park. We are planning to have 5 sessions and the fee is R100 per session.

Julia (5th Dan Aikikai) started Aikido 27 years ago with Matthias Lange and has been training in Hamburg ever since. Her development was significantly influenced by Christian Tissier Shihan and his students, including Pascal Guillemin. The late Anita Köhler († 2018) holds a special place for Julia, having influenced both her aikido and her sword work. She has found further important teachers in Jan Nevelius Shihan and Jorma Lyly, who are now a great inspiration to her. Julia’s special interest is in combining clear form with intensive contact. Central points are communication as well the efficiency of the principles. Julia has been an instructor at Aikido Zentrum Hamburg for over a decade and she regularly teaches seminars at other dojos.

As usual, if you’d like to be there but are struggling with money, come and talk to us?

“Aikido was making me way more confident,” she says. “Since my reactions got quicker, my balance was better and my coordination improved. I had a real understanding of my own body and it became a metaphor for how to be in life; how to avoid attack without hurting the other person.”

One is never too old to start aikido 🙂 and at Cape Town Aikido we don't train in a way that you end up with a split lip 😉

A new start after 60: I fought off four attackers – and earned my aikido black belt Morag Warrack, 68, was so shy it took her a year to pluck up the courage to take her first aikido lesson. Now she’s giving them

Better late than never 😁
Seminar at Cape Town Aikido with Jan Nevelius from Vanadis Aikidoklubb in December 2024.
Amazing learning and fab times with old and new friends 🥰

We are still around -- just had been looked out of our FB page for more than a year 😝
Join us for practise Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 7 to 8am.

If you want to try out Aikido for the first time, join us on Fridays -- those are our beginner focussed classes 🙂

All details also on

Cape Town Aikido Cape Town Aikido is an Aikikai affiliated dojo (an Aikido school) practising in the style of Kiyosawa Sensei, Endo Sensei and Nevelius Sensei.

When the stars align perfectly: A wonderful seminar with Julia Wagner, Cape Town Aikido's 10th birthday and full moon, all on the same weekend :)
Thank you to Julia for all the fantastic learning and fun and thank you to everyone who joined, trained and celebrated with us!

"[Mother Theresa] says 'We do not great things, only small things with great love.'
Outside my door is a rock engraved with this saying. As I come and go from my house, I am reminded that if I pay attention to what is around me, I can become sensitive to the 'small things,' the fluctuations and nuances that appear and disappear in a moment. Appreciation of the richness of the moment extinguishes our sense of impoverishment. Perhaps we will discover that what arises in its place is the practice of love, and this practice of love will set us free."
Wendy Palmer "The Practice of Freedom"

Our beloved friend and teacher, Wendy Palmer, passed away on Friday. Thank you, Wendy, for all the rich moments, the love and the freedom you taught and shared with us. You will always be present in our hearts and in our practice ❤️