Bury Aikido

18/04/2026

🥋 Coming up soon, up in Preston Aikido Sakura Dojo Lancashire Aikikai 's next general course. See you all there 🌻🥋

18/03/2026

Congratulations Luke on his successful 3rd kyu grade! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

07/03/2026

'Once having experienced 'Aiki', the body acquires a feeling of what is a good way to be thrown. Then one starts to feel very unpleasant if thrown by different methods. It feels very unnatural, and the body rejects this.

In the beginning, we don't see the difference, but when our own level gets higher, the difference becomes clearer, and finally the body rejects all the other techniques with a feeling as if to say, "Such a way to throw will not work on me".'

- Tatsuo Kimura (from his book 'Transparent Power', on why throwing senior training partners can feel difficult) 🥋✊

05/03/2026

** IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT **

Bury Aikido will be closed on the evening of Wednesday 18th March 2026. Club members are instead invited to train at our sister club, Marple Aikido, where they can also be part of a grading which will be taking place. 🥋✊

02/03/2026

Check this and see you there

🥋Nearly there! Lancashire Aikikai is hosting a Free special welcoming taster and training session for International Women's Day at Trafford Aikido - All genders are welcome and it will be a chance to try something new, have fun, get fit and meet new people and if you're already in training then you'll have fun training with all of us 🥋
For more information, visit:
https://iwd.lancashireaikikai.org/

12/04/2025

Interesting session with 3 generations of one family together!

19/11/2024

Omosa in action…

15/05/2024

A good night tonight with friends from Marple and a grading…congratulations to Irene who was awarded 3rd Kyu after a very impressive performance.

02/01/2024

Thank you for your birthday wishes…but I don’t feel any older than yesterday! 😑

19/10/2023

Alan Ruddock (1944 – 2012) was one of the few people who got the opportunity to train with O Sensei Ueshiba Morihei. He was the only Irishman to...