Belfast Shodokan Aikido

Belfast Shodokan Aikido welcomes you to this website and hope it will serve as a helpful guide to our club and give you an insight into Shodokan Aikido. Shodokan Aikido (昭道館合気道) is a martial art and style of aikido founded in 1967 by Kenji Tomiki (富木 謙治). Our style places more emphasis on free-form randori sparring than most other styles of aikido. The training method requires a balance between randori (being on the receiving end of a controlled attack) and the more stylised kata training along with a well-developed set of training drills both specific for randori and for general aikido development. The participation in actual shiai (competitive randori) very much depends on the individual, it is encouraged but not compulsory.