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.
