Rickmansworth Yoshinkan Aikido Club

Aikido will develop your fitness and mental well being through being in harmony with your opponent and surroundings, it is also a very effective and sneaky self defence! Students of all abilities can train in our Dojo. Beginners are especially warmly welcomed.We encourage other Dojos and martial arts to come along and try the Yoshinkan Style of Aikido. Aikido can be traced back to the Japanese 9th century. It was during the feudal society that the aiki system of techniques were developed.Many generations passed and eventually a man called Yoshimitsu trained in the art and devised many of his own moves by watching a spider skillfully trap a large insect in its web! His style was called Aikijutsu.The art was passed in secret to other generations and eventually reached a man called Sokaku Takeda, who played a major role in the foundation of modern Aikido. One of Takeda's students was Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of modern Aikido.