traditional ueshiba-style aikido
relaxed, friendly atmosphere
qualified, black-belt instruction
no competitions
adult students only
suitable for both sexes and all ages

The Fudokai Aikido Dojo practices a traditional Ueshiba form of Aikido in Norwich, Norfolk, UK.

Our teaching is based around the premise that the techniques of Aikido are not an end in themselves but exist to teach and practice the principles underlying Aikido.

Classes

Monday 7:15 - 9:15 p.m.
(bank holidays excepted)
The Owen Barnes Room
New Costessey Centre
Breckland Rd., New Costessey
Norwich NR5 0RW

The Fudokai Aikido Dojo is a member of Shobu Aikido UK and thereby also a member of the British Aikido Board - the body recognised by the Sports Council for the administration of Aikido in the UK.

Thinking of joining us?

News and Notices

Class Cancellations

There will be no classes on the following dates:-

2012

2^nd January 2012 - New Year Bank Holiday
5^th March 2012 - Blood Donor Session
9^th April 2012 - Easter Monday
7^th May 2012 - Early May Bank Holiday

Posted by Alan 1 year 33 weeks ago, last updated 4 weeks 1 day ago

Shobu Aikido Courses for 2012

There are announcements for the dates of various courses on the SAUK events page.

There are few details at the moment, simply dates and locations, presumably acting as place holders for planned courses.

Posted by Alan 7 weeks 3 days ago, last updated 7 weeks 3 days ago

BAB Coach Level 1 Course

From the BAB web page ...

Coach Level 1 Course

3rd - 4th February 2011

Thanet Dojo
Zion Place
Margate
CT9 1RP

See the BAB web page for further details and a contact if you are interested.

The BAB's requirements for coach have changed and you now only need to be Aikido 1st Kyu - previously this was 1st Dan - to be a coach.

Any member of 1st Kyu or above who does not yet have a Coach Level 1 award should seriously think about attending this or another course.

Posted by Alan 7 weeks 3 days ago, last updated 7 weeks 3 days ago

Closed for Christmas

Ok, that's it. We're now closed for the Chrismas break and the next class will be on

Monday 9th January

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish a Merry Christmas to all our students, both past and present, as well friends of the Fudokai Aikido Dojo and to hope we all have a Happy (and prosperous) New Year.

Posted by Alan 9 weeks 1 day ago, last updated 9 weeks 1 day ago

Items for sale

Wendy Tidder has passed on some items of clothing she's gathered together while clearing out John's Aikido gear.

She's asked me to offer them to members of the Fudokai and all she asks is that you make a donation to Cancer Research in lieu of payment for any item you take.

Only clothing so far - there will be books at a later date - I'll let you know.

Posted by Alan 10 weeks 10 hours ago, last updated 10 weeks 10 hours ago

(Pre) Christmas Meal 2011

Ok, so it's well before Christmas but, with losing the Owen Barnes room to the Blood Transfusion Service this week, I thought it a good idea to bring forward the club's traditional Christmas dinner.

At least by having a club dinner at this time means we're not competing with all the other clubs, work's dos etc. for tables so I had no problems booking a table at the Malaysian Delights in Norwich for a large group. The other advantage of the timing is that some of the club's members work in catering or other businesses which become extremely busy in the time leading up to Christmas and have great difficulty finding the time to get along to the meal.

Posted by Alan 13 weeks 6 days ago, last updated 13 weeks 6 days ago

Abidal in UEA news

One of our more recent students, Abidal, is a foundation student at UEA and has been the subject of a small piece of publicity for UEA, concluding with a posting on YouTube

As part of it Rachel Watkins came along to one of our classes to photograph and film Abidal (and he rest of the club) in action.

Posted by Alan 14 weeks 5 days ago, last updated 14 weeks 5 days ago

Sad death of Paul Mitton

I've just received an email to say that an old Aikido friend, Paul Mitton, has died recently.

At the moment I don't have full details except that he died from pancreatic cancer on the 9th of November I believe.

Paul was the founder and leading light of the Bath Aikido Society, known as "Furo Ryu Aikido" (which translates as Hot Bath Aikido - giving some insight into Paul's mischevious character).

Paul was a regular attender at the NAF Summer Schools in Warminster, living in his little VW camper van.

He was always fun to train with, indeed, Paul was definitely one of those who trained "with a joyful heart".

Posted by Alan 14 weeks 5 days ago, last updated 14 weeks 5 days ago