Dave Barber 3rd Dan BAB Coach Level 1

Yonkyo technique being applied by Dave

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John Brooke 2nd Dan, BAB Coach Level 1

I started aikido from 1983-1987 under Sensei Andrew Baird. Then I moved away and got involved with other things.

When I was living in Sheffield in 2004 I started aikido again at the Sheffield Hallam University Club which was nearby and I felt I needed to exercise more. I very quickly found that I still loved practising aikido under the teaching of Sensei Roger Grant and though considerably older I found that practice made me much more supple and the aikidoka were very friendly.

In 2007 I moved back to Manchester and found that my first teacher Andrew had a club in Altrincham, so I turned up one Sunday night and have just got more and more involved from then on.

I gained Shodan in November 2015 and I enjoy teaching but am very aware that there is so much more I have to learn myself. I am very grateful to all of the Sensei I have studied under and the aikidoka I have practised with. I think that the best attitude to have on the mat is that everyone has something to teach me and it is up to me to be open to this.

Ni dan awarded July 2019

 

All Lancashire Aikikai instructors hold Coaching Qualifications of the national governing body the BAB

 

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