Manchester Budo Club

03/08/2021

Sadly, the Manchester Budo Club is no longer in operation. Several of us have continued to train at Chushin Aikido, Merrimack. You can redirect any inquiries to Erik DiVietro, the instructor at Chushin Aikido.

07/29/2020

The Manchester Budo Club has not been able to meet since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The YMCA is not permitting any type of contact exercise. At this time, we have no idea of when we might be able to start training together again.

05/01/2019

The club is on the ground in Denver for testing with Seiji Tanaka Shihan!

12/01/2018

Tomiki News - December 2018 -

Perhaps the greatest value to TAA membership is access to grading under a curriculum that we strive to maintain at the highest standards. When you receive TAA grade, you can be assured that you are being graded at the same level as Tomiki practitioners around the world. All grading registration is...

09/01/2018

Tomiki News - September 2018 -

You can visit our Events page for updated information of the next events. We are excited to offer a number of events on both West Coast and East Coast, in addition to our array of regular events (like May @ the Modokan and the Ohio Juniors event - stay tuned for updates on those!) and the 2019 WSA...

06/04/2018

Tomiki News - June 2018 -

During my first few years practicing Aikido, I was considered a difficult uke. When being uke for gedan-ate I would step back if the initial kuzushi wasn’t to my standards. When being uke for tenkai-kote-hineri, I would wait until the wrist lock was correct (and often painful) before falling. When...

03/02/2018

Tomiki News - March 2018 -

Kongo Dan Taisen will be adapted to the changes proposed at the 2017 World Championships - replacing women’s tanto tai sabaki with women’s tanto randori.

09/13/2017

Tomiki News - September 2017

The 1st WSAF World Championship kicked off in London on Friday, August 18, and was comprised of youth, junior, cadet and adult competitions. On Saturday, the games continued with the senior competitions and in the evening the youth, junior and cadet award ceremonies. Finally, Sunday completed the ad...

09/11/2017

Tomiki News - June 2017

The first WSAF Open Championship kicked off in London on Friday, August 18, with Yudansha testing and youth, junior and cadet competitions. On Saturday, the games continued with the senior competitions and in the evening the youth, junior and cadet award ceremonies. Finally, Sunday completed the adu...

06/02/2017

TAA Quarterly Update, June 2017 #2

The annual event at Moe Stevens Shihan’s dojo was a huge success with over sixty participants from Ohio as well as North Carolina, Maryland, Florida and New Hampshire. This represents one of the largest events at the Modokan in recent memory. 

05/12/2017

Erik already holds a nidan through Tomiki Sport Aikido Association USA and Kaze Uta Budo Kai. This was a test to have Tomiki Aikido of the Americas recognize...