Aikido South Sydney in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia | Martial arts school

Aikido South Sydney

Locality: Balmain, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 425 212 992

Address: PCYC South Sydney, 638 Elizabeth Street 2016 Balmain, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.aikidosydney.com/

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25.01.2022 1984, I think. Recognise anyone?

25.01.2022 What you looking at?

25.01.2022 Awesome training on Dan Harden's material this morning, lead by the very capable Michael Dreyer. Thanks Michael, a great tune up leading to the Aussie assault in Hawaii with Dan in December.

25.01.2022 It's done! Two weeks of training wrapped up. So much to practice and clearly defined principles to follow. Awesome instruction Bill Gleason Sensei, thank you! Also thanks to Ann Reeki for the use of AikiLife dojo today. Beautiful dojo, thanks.

24.01.2022 Kanpai Tengoku dojo.

23.01.2022 What a fantastic weekend. Wonderful teaching from Suzuki Sensei, 11 excellent gradings, and connections that extended beyond just training.

22.01.2022 Disciplines with common principles. It is very difficult to learn coordinated whole body movement. Reflexively the upper body will take charge. The arms tend t...o move separately from the legs. The feet may move but the hips may stay stagnant. If we are strong we can do techniques 'successfully' for quite some time. However, in the face of injury, contending with a bigger/stronger Uke, or simply, due the aging process, we may eventually have to revise our approach. Better balance, a good sense of proprioception, and body coordination can all be learned in time with practice and focused awareness. Eventually, when finely tuned, the fingers and toes, nose and center all simultaneously point/move in the same direction. Advanced practioners may send their chi out in a certain direction before the body follows. See more

22.01.2022 Last ever evening class at Balmain dojo after 31 years! An amazing milestone. But never fear, Wednesday evenings will be at Redfern PCYC next year, and Balmain Saturdays will continue on!

21.01.2022 Fantastic training today with Yasuyuki Suzuki Sensei. Soft and powerful movement. Congratulations to Zolst, Frank and John for completing good shodan gradings

21.01.2022 Dan Harden taking ukemi for Hiroshi Kato - Dan will be back in Hawaii this December: December 10th - 12th & 14th - 15th Sangenkai Hawaii Workshop with Dan Harde...n in Kona, Hawaii https://aikidosangenkai.org/news.html

20.01.2022 No word to describe Bill's instruction today but sublime! Building up from basic principles to knife technique (which just showed us how badly we apply our principles!). Fantastic representation from all kinds of Aikido styles; Aikikai, Iwama, Kokikai, AKI, and others. All here to claim the knowledge that is rightfully theirs as Aikidoka

20.01.2022 Thanks Rachael Crompton for use of White Wolf dojo tonight for Bill Gleason Sensei. Fantastic training again in a nice intimate setting.

19.01.2022 Beautiful evening in Canberra. Nice to have a few bevvies and talk Aiki stuff

19.01.2022 Tonight's class was on basic structure and putting the principles into the movement of the structure. This is a warm up to the weekend as we will be doing more technique, so Bill Sensei wanted us to ensure we have the structure and principles in play.

18.01.2022 Five points for where the love in the room is....

17.01.2022 Wonderful start to the New Year with a special guest appearance by Stewart Letford, AKI Australia founder. Stewart is retired and lives on the Gold Coast

17.01.2022 Had a lovely after party at Tengoku dojo to wrap up the farewell to the dojo. Some lovely reminiscing, some poetry and Scot even sang a song! Farewell dear dojo. It's been wonderful- lots of memories and and teachings by Mike Macgregor Sensei

17.01.2022 Well, karaoke night was a success...although I think Stando, Fiona and Veronica enjoyed it a little too much....

17.01.2022 Today we had our annual get together for Aikido Kenkyukai Australia. Normally it is a training at Mittagong, but this time each dojo got together and joined by Zoom. Aikido South Sydney came together with Aikido West Ryde. Steve Seymour lead the first session then each dojo taught for a short period. Surprisingly it actually worked well and everyone enjoyed it. Thanks Jeff Standen and Aikido Sydney.

16.01.2022 Roy Goldberg Sensei demonstrating at The Martial Arts Symposium in New Hampshire this past weekend.

16.01.2022 RIP Masao Ishii Sensei, 7th Dan, student of Seigo Yamaguchi Sensei. An excellent aikidoist who provided very clear and practical explanations of aiki and technique. All of us in AKI Australia benefited from your guidance and mentoring, Sensei. We will miss you, may you rest in peace. http://aikidocanberra.com//in/masao-ishii-sensei-interview

15.01.2022 Last day of training with Hiroshi Yamamoto Sensei. Good review of hombu technique. Thanks Hiroshi Sensei. And well done Rachael on your shodan

15.01.2022 Very soft and sensitive training tonight working on the connected body. Thanks to Jeff Standen for hosting tonight. Great crew to work with.

13.01.2022 Farewell to Tengoku dojo! 22 years of wonderful AKI history and Mike Macgregor's awesome teaching. Thank you for all those wonderful memories Mike! We look forward to Laurie and you opening a dojo in Bungendore.

13.01.2022 We're settling into our new Wednesday night training at South Sydney PCYC, Redfern, now that people are back from overseas trips....come and visit! All welcome! Wednesdays 6:30-8:30pm (Saturdays are still at Balmain). PCYC South Sydney... 638 Elizabeth St, Redfern NSW 2016 (02) 9319 4240 https://maps.app.goo.gl/8H365yHx8j3a7JdS7 See more

13.01.2022 At the Sangenkai Hawaii workshop. Photo of an Edo period Sekiguchi-ryu mokuroku on the bottom.

12.01.2022 Some very nice gradings today. Congratulations to Gaby, Chris, Don, Andrew, George, Gus, Jude, and Veronica. And of course those who graded on Friday, John, Zsolt and Frank.

12.01.2022 Good to have Michael Dreyer leading the class this morning. Excellent emphasis on structure and rotation

11.01.2022 "If you try to create power..your judgement will err..."

11.01.2022 Tonight was my last night training at PCYC South Sydney. In two weeks time I will be moving to Lennox Head near Byron Bay. Hirano-san will be taking over as head instructor. His martial knowledge combined with the internal power concepts we have been working on will be an excellent combination. I'm sure students will thoroughly enjoy the training and learn lots. Thanks to everyone for turning up, and especially to Steve Seymour for instructing.

11.01.2022 Never give up!!!

11.01.2022 Great interview with Christopher Li about 'internal power' https://www.aikidosangenkai.org//interview-chris-li-inter/

10.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT7HdGFBP-s Following on from this mornings discussion here is a small you tube clip on a sumo wrestlers diet, training and how they store body fat.

10.01.2022 Great to have Hirano san back from Japan. A wonderful morning's training

09.01.2022 nice tip for keiko. balance trainning

09.01.2022 The flyer for upcoming Easter camp in Canberra. Please share with those interested.

09.01.2022 This group just keeps getting better in helping each other to try and learn the true aiki movements Bill Gleason Sensei is teaching us.

09.01.2022 Congratulations Rachael Crompton! Finally got graded to Shodan. About bloody time Rach! Well done, great job.

08.01.2022 Finally! Happy to announce that according to NSW Government rules we can restart training, subject to a COVID-19 Safety Plan. We will be restarting Wednesday night training, 7-8:30pm, from 15 July 2020 at PCYC South Sydney, Redfern. Time to dust off the gi, get out the bokkens, tune up the body and get back into it! Please come along and support us!

08.01.2022 Really interesting new blog from Alan Beebe. https://trueaiki.com/stuff-the-ueshiba-said/

08.01.2022 Nice post from Rachael Compton of White Wolf Dojo about Bill Gleason Sensei' s training in her dojo last night

07.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR0Ju98Jv-0&t=1031s Reposting again the you tube video of the yi jin jing we practiced earlier today.

07.01.2022 Fantastic weekend training with the Newcastle group. Thanks Gaby, Christopher, Mario Amanda and Takota

06.01.2022 Huh! Check out the homepage for Aunkai. It's a picture taken at the NZ seminar a few years ago and includes AKI practitioners Ando, Paddy, Steve and Nigel. https://www.aunkai-tokyo.jp/en/

06.01.2022 Wonderful demonstrations and explanations from Gleason sensei.

06.01.2022 Thanks to Michael Nash for making the effort to come to Sydney and catch us up with Dan Harden's latest teachings

06.01.2022 Great turn out for West Ryde's 10 year celebration. Congratulations Jeff and John on a wonderful milestone. Thanks everyone for making the effort to come from all over the place..

05.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch In interesting you tube video to watch on internal arts.

05.01.2022 ....and another video.

04.01.2022 Fantastic video of Thomas Myers explaining myofascia. Check out the elasticity and plasticity explanations from 29 minutes to 32 minutes. Clearly shows what we're working with as the basis for internal power generation and transmission. Also explains how we can expand and thicken the myofascia to transmit more power. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOzsDItW7Bs

04.01.2022 Training is picking up! Nice to see the return of some old faces tonight. A good night's training with a good crew. And thanks to Hirano Sensei for chipping in on the instruction. New participants are always welcome. Come along and learn how to always break your opponent's balance, apply effortless power, and make techniques effective.

04.01.2022 Some pictures from this morning 's workshop with Michael Nash

03.01.2022 Congratulations to Rachael Crompton - now a 3rd Dan in Daito Ryu. Congratulations!

02.01.2022 Fantastic to see old faces last night and catch up on good times, combined with excellent instruction from Steve 'Aikido Sydney' Seymour.

02.01.2022 Thank you Mika Perala for taking the time out of your holiday to share your aiki and IP knowledge. Wonderful training with you. Here's to the Swedes!

02.01.2022 Bill Gleason - Summer Camp

01.01.2022 Thank you Suzuki Sensei. Thanks also to Challenge-san, Mr Ishii, for making the journey from Japan