Hopefully our aikido club will encourage people to be free to explore principles
and applications safely and without the fear of causing offence.
Our club name evokes this spirit in that it is about being open, having no ego or
preconceptions and being free within one’s self to develop as a student on the path
of Aikido, open to fresh ideas and approaches within the basic principles underpinning
all Aikido.
In setting up our club we have tried to be open and democratic in our dealings with
everyone and it is our hope that it will continue in that way. We have no time for
politics or personal jealousies or any of the other things that can sour a club.
We want to give people space and help them to learn as we have done and continue
to strive to do. We will set high standards and encourage our students to attain
them in their own time and at their own pace.
Hopefully in future times our students will come back to teach us!
“ it became apparent that we needed to move on and run our own club, we needed a
clear pathway to follow and decided upon the ZETAR group run by sensei Shaun Hoddy
6th dan. “
I've enjoyed training a great deal since I started and hope to continue to do so.
I left my previous club in June, 2009 to explore and develop my Aikido further and
have joined up with Sensei Julian and Sempai Paul to create our new club, Mushin
no shin Aikido.