Brisbane Aikido Republic

Brisbane Aikido Republic

Welcome to Brisbane Aikido Republic, listing over 20 Brisbane Aikido dojo of many aikido styles you will find in Brisbane and around Australia too. Also some aikido resources, what we hope is some interesting aikido related material,  research from Brisbane's Griffith University and a commentary on the art of Aikido Yuishinkai as well. 

aikido n.  A Japanese art of self-defence, from Jap. ai "joining" + ki"energy or spirit" + do "way, art,"

re·pub·lic n.  A group of people working as equals in the same sphere or field 





come to Japan in May




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"Don’t fight. Use ki. 
Don’t resist. Take ukemi.", Koretoshi Maruyama, 
Founder Aikido Yuishinkai 
advice for training

"Your aikido will only improve when your concept of aikido improves"
Kenjiro Yoshigasaki
Soke, Ki Society Internationale

"In your training do not be in a hurry, for it takes a minimum of ten years to master the basics and advance to the first rung. Never think of yourself as an all-knowing, perfected master; you must continue to train daily with your friends and students and progress together in the Art of Peace." 
Morehei Ueshiba, 
Founder of Aikido
from the Art of Peace, J. Stevens





Blog 2010

  • Aikido and reality Aikido and reality. Its an interesting association. At some level most come to the aikido dojo wanting to learn skills to deal with violence, yet our practice is quite removed ...
    Posted 2 Mar 2010 21:47 by Daniel A. James
  • Farewell Yasuko Maruyama Its with great sadness that we learnt this week of the passing of Yasuko-san. We remember her for her gentle kindness and big heart. A frequent visitor to Australia ...
    Posted 16 Feb 2010 16:23 by Daniel A. James
  • Shionage Part III - Bunkai (Application of kata) One of the explorations of David Brown Sensei is to look at the bunkai of aikido kata, that is the practical application. Some of the ideas here are that shionage ...
    Posted 13 Feb 2010 04:45 by Daniel A. James
  • Shionage Part II - A Weapons perspective Its a poorly kept secret that aikido has its origins in weapons and weapons techniques. For the samurai the sword was a primary weapon and if you could apply those ...
    Posted 13 Feb 2010 04:41 by Daniel A. James
  • Shionage - Intro and Part I Syllabus Shionage, O'Sensei said aikido is 90% atemi, and he was right but we can't start there we have to work our way up with aikido basics - shionage is ...
    Posted 14 Feb 2010 15:24 by Daniel A. James
  • Ukemi everything you were afraid to ask ukemi skills -  A collection of short articles, videos from near and far thanks Paul and Gabby and yet others scrounged from the web on the topic of ukemi. Perhaps a ...
    Posted 30 Jan 2010 05:42 by Daniel A. James
  • Aikido Friendship Seminar May 2-4 Invitation to attend an Aikido Friendship Seminar Matsusaka, Japan May 2-4, followed by a cultural tourhttp://japan2010.ozaikido.comIn late 2008 Hashimoto Sensei sent a letter of ...
    Posted 13 Jan 2010 16:46 by Daniel A. James
  • Ryutai - The elusive Freestyle Aikido practice Ryutai  - Freestyle AikidoRyutai level aikido is the highest level of techniques examined in our grading syllabus (though we get to see the senior dan grades start to cut loose ...
    Posted 13 Jan 2010 20:10 by Daniel A. James
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Blogs from 2009