About the dojo

History

Our association was formed in March 2002. It is a small association of autonomous Aikido clubs centred around Bath practising traditional Aikido. Bath Aikido club was founded by in 1977. Influential teachers have included Bob Brebner, John Cornish, Minoru Kanetsuka, Nobuyoshi Tamura and Pierre Chassang.

Style

Current influential teachers include two of Tamura's 6th dans (Stephane Benedetti from Spain and Malcolm Shewan from France) and Yamashima 7th dan from the Aikikai Hombu in Tokyo. We strive to put on three weekend seminars annually, each led by one of these three excellent teachers.