Aikido Shudokan Headquarters, Heidelberg West, VIC

The style of Aikido is a dynamic and self-defence effective system of throwing, joint-locks, strikes and pinning techniques. It emphasises practical efficiency and is the style used to train women and anti-riot teams of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. There are no tournaments and it is not classed as a sport.

Size, weight, age and physical strength play only a small role in Aikido, also making it a uniquely suited option for women, children and older students. The Aikido Shudokan runs specialised children’s classes, and has a mix of male and female students and instructors.
Aikido Shudokan offers traditional Aikido classes in a full-time facility tailored specifically for teaching this martial art. There are mixed male and female adults classes as well as specialised kids classes but the school also regularly teaches at primary schools, high schools, universities and in corporations. We can adapt the content of what we teach to suit your needs, and can include teaching traditional Japanese culture and etiquette, self defence or management skills.

Aikido (the way of harmonising the energy of the universe) is first and foremost a martial art but it is also much more. At its most basic level Aikido is a system of throwing, joint-locking, striking and pinning techniques, coupled with training in the use of sword (bokken), staff (jo) and knife (tanto) techniques. Aikido was founded by Morihei Ueshiba in the early twentieth century and has now grown to be one of the world’s most popular martial arts. It places emphasis on practical efficiency, and is the style used to train women and anti-riot teams of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.

Size, weight, age and physical strength play only a small role in Aikido, also making it a uniquely suited option for women, children and older students.

As a form of Budo (the martial way), Aikido is more than a fighting art. It is a path of personal discovery and character improvement. The path on which you have taken the first…