Welcome to the Aikido Club
of the University of Ulster at Coleraine
Welcome to our new website. We are a club training in a traiditional style
of Aikido at the University of Ulster at Coleraine.
Aikido is a relatively modern Japanese martial art developed by Morehei
Ueshiba sensei in the 20th Century based on many more ancient arts he had studied. It can
be used for self defence, and aims not to use lethal force against an attacker.
The word can be split into three pieces :
Ai means "harmony",
Ki means "energy, or spirit",
Do means "the way, or path".
Aikido can be studied by people of all genders and ages.
You can look at our introduction for more
information on the origins of Aikido.
Practice
is open to beginners as well as experienced aikidoka, and the details for training times
are available on the training page.
For those students already studying at the club, the grading
syllabus as available for your inspection and/or download.
