Itai Doshin hosts a weekend of training with Larbi El Akel 5th Dan Aikikai, see Events for full details.

The phrase Itai Doshin may be represented as 'Many bodies, One mind'.

The aim of our club is to create an environment of openness in our attitudes to practise, accepting that many different approaches within the art exist of which ours is but one.

If you are a student of a different style or even a different art, please feel free to come and practise with us.
Having experienced the closed attitudes of some within UK Aikido, we believe that politics and personality should never interfere with an opportunity to train with like minded Aikidoka.

Hopefully you will find us enthusiastic and friendly, whether beginner or 10th dan, all we ask is the same attitude in return.

We would obviously require that visitors from other clubs can produce valid certificates of insurance before practise.