Click image to enlarge. @David ColwillWe promised gradings and we don’t disappoint. They’ve been set for Saturday 21st February at the normal timeslot. Practice will be focused on preparing for them in the run up so please do your best to attend if you would like to grade.
The gradings themselves usually follow a syllabus at [...]

Dave has the personalised and ever so cool certificates from the last set of gradings.
It took a little while longer than usual this year to find someone to write the Japanese names, dates and ranks, but if you take a look at the example of a sankyu (3rd class) certificate below, we think you will [...]

I just thought that I would post up a little introduction to the grades/belt system that we use in aikido. This is an issue that often causes some confusion and is the source for questions when new people start training.
Typically aikido clubs use the kyu system. This means grade, rank or class in Japanese. However, [...]