Welcome To The Open Aikido Association, London

The OAA is a traditional aikido association. Founded in 1990, in 2002 as part of Kobayashi Dojos UK we were honoured to be appointed as official UK representatives of Aikido Kobayashi Dojos, Japan. Kobayashi Dojos UK now have dojos in London and Bristol (Ten Chi Kan Dojo and Fudoshinkan Dojo).

We follow the Aikido Kobayashi Dojos syllabus and style – combining fun with good, hard practice.

Our Yudansha gradings are held annually under the direction of Hiroaki Kobayashi Sensei, 6th Dan. As part of the Kobayashi Dojos extended family, we hold regular international seminars and welcome visiting aikidoka from all around the world and from many styles.

Beginners class

There  are currently a few places left on our Wednesday Beginners Class. All interested in training with us please contact me.

Dew to the limited places available allocation will be on  first come first serve basis.

Course with Joe Bowen 4th Dan

Saturday 12 November, we’ve scheduled a one day Aikido workshop at the Yongsan Aikikai in the Medway Community Centre in Huntingdon

Dan and Kyu syllabus

Here you can download the current Kobayashi syllabuses, both PDF files.
Dan grade syllabus
Kyu grade syllabus
Dan Test 2012 (A4)Kyu Test 2012 (A4)

Congratulations Urban Aldenklint Shihan!

We have just learned that Urban Aldenklint Sensei has been awarded Shihan by Kobayashi dojo. Congratulations!
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Zoltan’s massage classes

Zoltan is not only a nice guy to train with, but also a massage / moviment therapist. We publish his flyer below.
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Back To Three Nights A Week

Unfortunately due to a fall off in numbers, we are having to cancel Monday evening classes for the medium term at least. We will review this in the New Year and hopefully be able to reopen Monday’s at some stage.

Kobayashi Hiroaki and Urban Aldenklint Sensei in Bath

A few photos from another great aikido weekend in lovely Bath.
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New extra classes in London OAA

Along the lines of, ‘If you build it they will come’…

Well so many are coming that we need an extra night just to fit everyone in. So from November 5th we are now running classes 4 nights a week in the dojo. We’ve added Monday nights to our regular training schedule. Same time, same place, quite similar people.

This either means you have extra choice (and extra value of course) or you can train 4 times every week and reduce your exposure to non-aikido things.

Kobayashi Shihan in Bath

Excellent and very inspiring course by Kobayashi Shihan in Bath. 4 days of fun and sweat. Very good attendance, with lots of people from many different associations. Exhausting and exhilarating.

Congratulations to Michael for passing nidan on the course!

Thanks to Jeff and everyone for all their hard work organising everything.
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Misc photos

In and around the dojo.
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