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Moments from the mat

Training, weapons, demonstrations, and the trips to Iwama and Tokyo that shaped how we practise. Tap any photograph to open it.

稽古 Training

Training and seminars

Ordinary evenings at the dojo, and the seminars that bring the dojos together: fundamentals, pairs work, and the falls that come with them.

Paired sword practice, kumitachi. Photograph by Sheree Porter Takayasu Sensei taken by both shoulders, ryokata tori, at the North Sydney dojo. Photograph by Sheree Porter Bruce Choy holding a nikyo pin Bruce Choy applying yonkyo Takayasu Sensei teaching, the class at work on the mat Takayasu Sensei explaining to the class seated around the mat Bernie Seow applying gokyo at the Surry Hills dojo Jennifer Chiu holding a yonkyo pin Training at a seminar at the Ku-ring-gai dojo Shihonage at a seminar at the Ku-ring-gai dojo Kokyu ho at the North Sydney dojo Abe Lau throwing with hanmi handachi iriminage at the Surry Hills dojo Abe Lau applying shihonage at the Surry Hills dojo Adam Cole Clark applying ikkyo at the Surry Hills dojo Ian Thomson applying sankyo at the Surry Hills dojo Ian Thomson throwing with iriminage at the Surry Hills dojo Len Shenfield holding a sankyo pin at the Surry Hills dojo A training session at the North Sydney dojo, the class watching a pair work A full mat of pairs training at the North Sydney dojo Takayasu Sensei throwing with kokyu nage at the Surry Hills dojo Uke taking a high fall Andy E applying shihonage at the Surry Hills dojo Gasshuku at the North Sydney PCYC Geoff Hadden working hanmi handachi at the North Sydney dojo Derek Minus striking shomen atemi at the North Sydney PCYC Takayasu Sensei entering for a throw A grading in progress at the North Sydney dojo Chris holding a nikyo pin at the Surry Hills dojo Marcos Goncalves applying an extreme kokyu ho at the North Sydney dojo Takayasu Sensei working suwari waza beneath the kamiza Takayasu Sensei throwing with koshi nage at the Surry Hills dojo, uke clear of the mat Takayasu Sensei teaching a yokomen entry from suwari waza at the Surry Hills dojo Uke thrown high while the class watches Marcus Liang applying kotegaeshi at the Surry Hills dojo Sze Ding throwing with iriminage at the Surry Hills dojo Roman Pesko against three attackers, sannin gake, at the Surry Hills dojo

武器 Weapons

Sword and staff

Bokken and jo belong to the same practice as the empty-hand work, indoors and out.

A ken seminar at the North Sydney dojo Students working through the forms together at a ken seminar at the North Sydney dojo Sunday weapons practice in the park Takayasu Sensei finishing katate gedan gaeshi with the jo at a seminar at the Ku-ring-gai dojo Takayasu Sensei in hasso kamae with the jo at a seminar at the Ku-ring-gai dojo Jo kata at a grading at the Surry Hills dojo Takayasu Sensei and Adam working kumitachi at a gasshuku at the North Sydney PCYC Paired sword practice, kumitachi Kumitachi at Sunday weapons training in Redfern Park Kumitachi at the North Sydney dojo Tim Yeung working kumitachi variations at the North Sydney dojo Richard Robertson taking the sword, tachidori, at the Surry Hills dojo Geoff Hadden and Luke Simons working kumitachi at the Surry Hills dojo A bokken inscribed with the kanji of the Aiki dojo and Saito Sensei's given name, Morihiro Takayasu Sensei and Peter Bolt working kumitachi on the beach at Tanabe

祝 Occasions

Gatherings and celebrations

Group photographs, promotions and gradings, dinners, and the occasions the association marks together.

Ian Thomson Sensei receiving his 6th Dan certificate from Takayasu Sensei The group at a jo seminar at the Ku-ring-gai town hall Sake shared in a circle on the mat after the first training of the new year Ian Thomson Sensei with his 6th Dan certificate, beside Takayasu Sensei Takayasu Sensei with his 7th Dan certificate Dan promotions at the North Sydney dojo, certificates laid out on the mat Celebrations at Morioka with Hidaka Sensei's group A toast raised at dinner in Japan Takayasu Sensei's seventieth birthday dinner The group outside an izakaya at the farewell party of the 2024 trip to Japan A speech at the farewell party in Morioka, Japan

日本 Japan

Iwama and beyond

Iwama first of all, where the tradition was kept, and everywhere else in Japan that training has taken the association.

Group photograph outside the Iwama dojo, Saito Sensei seated at the centre Group photograph inside the Iwama dojo, Takayasu Sensei seated at the centre A print from the Iwama years: the group inside the dojo with Takayasu Sensei Weapons practice in the yard at Iwama Saito Sensei and Takayasu Sensei outside the dojo at Iwama Group photograph in the dojo at Iwama during a visit to Japan Members of the association outside the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo Outdoor weapons practice at Morioka A demonstration at the annual festival of Kumano Hongu Taisha Takayasu Sensei talking with Inagaki Sensei at the Iwama dojo A group photograph inside the dojo at Iwama A group photograph inside the Iwama dojo, beneath the portraits on its walls The group outside the dojo at Iwama The class seated in Abe Sensei's dojo in Osaka Takayasu Sensei with senior instructors in Kyoto Group photograph at the Butokuden in Kyoto A seminar at the Morioka Budokan The seminar at the Kyoto Butokuden in 2024 Group photograph at the Tanabe dojo A gift presented at the Tanabe dojo Takayasu Sensei teaching a class at Abe Sensei's dojo in Osaka Takayasu Sensei demonstrating a shoulder pin at Abe Sensei's dojo in Osaka Hirosawa Sensei giving an impromptu demonstration Takayasu Sensei with Hidaka Sensei and senior students in Morioka after training Group photograph after training beneath the cherry blossom in the grounds of Morioka castle, jo in hand Walking to the Morioka Budokan in hakama on a wet morning Weapons practice on the beach at Tanabe Group photograph at the Aiki Jinja

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