Aikido (合気道) club in Haywards Heath Sussex following the teachings of Gozo Shioda (塩田 剛三) through Renshinkai (錬身会) and Tsutomu Chida Sensei (千田 務)
Aikido (合気道) is a traditional Japanese martial art with its origins dating back nearly a thousand years to the early days of Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu (大東流合気柔術). Aikido is the martial art of the Tokyo Riot police and is taught to all Tokyo policewomen as self defence.
We are members of Renshinkai Japan (錬身会) and follow the teachings of Tsutomu Chida Sensei with close links and regular visits to Japan. Chida Sensei was Gozo Shioda's (塩田 剛三) longest serving uchi-deshi (内弟子) an apprenticeship served living and training in the dojo full time. From this and his continued long training he has developed a teaching style that offers clear concise teaching without the chance of misinterpretation.
We run our club under the same principles as Renshinkai Japan spreading the teachings of Gozo Shioda (塩田 剛三) as a non profit club.
