North Sydney
Saburo Takayasu Sensei · 7th Dan
Shop 1/156 Pacific Highway, North Sydney NSW 2060
合気道 Takemusu Aiki Association
The way of harmony.
Practised in Sydney.
Traditional Iwama-style Aikido, taught as the Founder passed it down, through Morihiro Saito Sensei to our dojos across Sydney. A martial art, and a lifelong study, since 1980.
和 Why Aikido?
Aikido is not a technique to beat down the enemy. It is a way to harmonise the world and make all mankind one family.Morihei Ueshiba, O-Sensei · Founder of Aikido
Rather than meeting force with force, the practitioner steps off the line of attack, blends with the motion and resolves the encounter. It is unique among martial arts in that it lets people of any size or strength defend themselves, and find a calmer way through conflict on and off the mat.
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Non-aggression 和
Aikido teaches defence, not aggression. A technique may open with a strike to draw out the attack, but its purpose is to resolve the encounter, never to injure.
02
Non-resistance 柔
Timing, positioning and balance over strength. Blend with force instead of opposing it.
03
Non-competition 道
There are no tournaments. Partners alternate roles so each learns both sides of every technique.
系譜 An unbroken line
From Iwama to Sydney
Our Aikido is taught exactly as O-Sensei refined it in his Iwama dojo, carried forward teacher to student, for over a century. We keep to the traditional method: rigorous basics, weapons and empty hand studied as one art, in the form Morihiro Saito Sensei → taught at Iwama and passed to the teachers who founded our association.
The Founder
Morihei Ueshiba
O-Sensei · 1883–1969
Founded Aikido and the Aikikai, completing the integration of empty-hand and weapons technique at Iwama.
Aikikai Hombu →
The Keeper
Morihiro Saito
9th Dan Shihan · 1928–2002
O-Sensei's student of 23 years and headmaster of the Iwama dojo, who preserved the art intact.
Memorial site →
In Australia
Saburo Takayasu
7th Dan Shihan · Chief Instructor
Founded the Takemusu Aiki Association in 1980 and leads it today from North Sydney.
His teaching →武産合気 The Association
Takemusu Aiki Association
Established in Sydney in 1980 to support and promote the Aikido of the Founder's own Iwama dojo, as passed on by Morihiro Saito Sensei. We are a non-profit, non-partisan community. Students of any style are welcome to train with us.
For over four decades the association has demonstrated at the Sydney Matsuri, the Sydney Opera House and the Cowra Sakura Matsuri, and hosted teachers from Japan including Saito Sensei himself.
About our Aikido →道場 Our dojos
Where we train
Ku-ring-gai
Derek Minus Sensei · 6th Dan
Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, 1186 Pacific Highway, Pymble NSW
稽古 On the mat
Moments of practice
見学 Observe a class
There is a place for you on the mat.
We welcome anyone genuinely drawn to the art and willing to train sincerely. In keeping with tradition, we invite you to watch a class first, so you can see how we practise and meet the people you would train alongside. Visitors are always welcome.
Traditional Aikido · Sydney