Welcome to the Home of Aikido Yoshinkan Brisbane Dojo. Here you will find the latest news and information on what is happening at the Dojo as well as upcoming events, video links, images and links to other sites.
For Dojo class times and information, please click on the Classes menu item on the left. For contact details, please click on the Contact Us menu item.
News & Events Archive
Teen's Class on TV
12 September 2009
During Totally Wild on Wednesday 16th September, Toasted TV on 10 will be showing a 3 minute excerpt called Spot On: Aikido.
This was filmed in July and will be shown around 7:30am in the 7:00am to 8:30 am episode of Toasted TV
Demo 2009 Award Winners
25 August 2009
Congratulations to the winners of awards at the Brisbane Yoshinkan Aikido 2009 Demonstration held last Sunday 23rd August 2009.
Jiyu-waza Award (two person)
1st Place
- Ryan Slavin & Kaido Mori
- Lawrence Monforte & Julian Ladd
- Brenton Bills & Ricky Truong
- Ryan Slavin
- Lawrence Monforte
- Mark Davies
- Mark Beverstock
New Teen's Aikido Class to replace Children's classes
14 July 2009
Starting after the August Demonstration, a new Teen class will begin; existing students from the Children's class can still attend as per normal, but new students will now be from the ages of 12-17 years. Contact Shuko Mori for more information on the changes on 07 3255 0155.
14th Annual Demonstration 2009
09 June 2009
Full details of the event can be viewed on the Annual Demonstration page of our website.
Brisbane Yoshinkan Aikido now on Twitter
01 June 2009
The Dojo is now on Twitter, updates from the website will also be posted to the the Twitter feed.
Follow us here
Click on the badge in the menu to go direct to Twitter
13th Annual Demonstration 2008
5 July 2008
Preparations are underway for the Dojo's 13th Annual Demonstration next month! Please mark this date in your calendar or, even better, link to our dojo Calendar using Google Calendar.
Full details of the event can be viewed on the Annual Demonstration page of our website.
Dojo Calendar on Google
January 2009
You can now view our Dojo Calendar using Google Calendar! If you're not familiar with Google Calendar, visit the Google Calendar site to find out more.
We have two calendars available, one for daily class times and one for monthly events. To find them, search for "aikido brisbane" in the Public Calendars.
Two New Video Clips
Monday 3 September 2007
Two new video clips have been added to our growing collection in the last few weeks. Click on the links below to view them.
New Video Clips
Wednesday 1 August 2007
Several new video clips have been loaded onto YouTube in the past few weeks. Click on the links below to view them.
12th Annual Demonstration
Tuesday 17 July 2007
Preparations are well under way for next month's 12th Annual Demonstration. Be sure to mark Sunday 26th August on your calendar so you don't miss this year's demonstration by Mori Sensei and the students of Brisbane Yoshinkan Dojo. The annual demonstration is always an entertaining event where the public get a chance to see first hand how the Dojo is progressing and watch some world class Yoshinkan Aikido in action.
Brisbane Aikidoka Clips Online
Saturday 24 March 2007
A number of clips from the Dojo's Brisbane Aikidoka DVD have been put online in YouTube.
To view the clips, click on the links below:
Jiyu-wazaWeapons Demonstration
For links to all of our online videos, click on the Video Clips menu option on the left.
Brisbane Aikidoka DVD
Friday 23 March 2007
The Brisbane Aikidoka DVD is now available. The DVD covers the history of Mori Sensei and the Brisbane Yoshinkan Dojo and also includes interviews and footage of Sensei performing Jiyu-waza and weapons techniques.
If you would like to own a copy of this DVD, please contact the Dojo at dojo@yoshinkan.info.
Back Online - New Host
Sunday 4 March 2007
We're happy to annouce we've completed the migration to a new hosting service. Unfortunately the changeover took the site offline for a few days and we apologise to anyone who may have been trying to reach us during this period. Now that we are back online however we hope to have eliminated the problems we've experienced over the last few months!
Video Clips Menu Option
Saturday 25 Nov 2006
As part of an ongoing effort to host all our video clips on YouTube, we have now added a Video Clips menu option on the left hand side.
Selecting this option will display a page with links to all of our YouTube hosted video clips were you can select and view them at your leisure!
Monthly Newsletters
Sunday 29 Oct 2006
The monthly Dojo newsletter can now be viewed online. Simply click on the Newsletter menu item on the left to go to the Newsletter page where you will see a list of all currently available newsletters.
You can also view the latest newsletter for November by clicking the image on the left.
New Demonstration Clip
Saturday 28 Oct 2006
Another Demonstration video clip has just been added to YouTube featuring Sensei with Brent Weston as uke.
Well worth watching!
Demonstration Clips Online
Thursday 26 Oct 2006
Several short video clips from the Demonstration DVD can now be viewed online at YouTube.
Click on the following links to watch:
- 2006 DVD Opening Clip
- Sensei Jiyu-waza with Emmanuel Economidis
- Sensei Jiyu-waza with Jason Economidis
- Sensei Jiyu-waza with Jason Williams
Share them with your friends and family!
Demonstration DVD
Wednesday 25 Oct 2006
We're pleased to announce the 11th Annual Demonstration DVD is now available! Although a few weeks overdue, we're confident everyone will be happy with the result. See Richard Diehm or Douglas Buchanan at the Dojo to collect your copy.
11th Annual Demonstration
Sunday 27 Aug 2006
On Sunday 20th August 2006, Aikido Yoshinkan Brisbane held its 11th Annual Demonstration at Sommerville House in South Brisbane. Thanks to everyone for a tremendous effort in helping to make the day a success.
Demonstration Awards
Sunday 27 Aug 2006
Congratulations to the following students for their award-winning displays in the Jiyu-waza and Renzoku demonstrations:
- Jiyu-waza Awards
- 1st - Jason Economidis & Eagle Kao
- 2nd - Ryan Slavin & Aaron Stewart
- Renzoku-waza Award
- Helly Conroy & Joseph Stuart
- Aubrey Bannah Award
- Matt Carpenter
- Ryan Slavin
- Mark Davies
- Jim Stanley
2006 Demonstration DVD
Sunday 27 Aug 2006
Production of the 2006 Demonstration DVD is well under way and we hope to have it available for purchase by late September/early October 2006.
Anyone wishing to purchase one (or more) will need to write their name on the order form now on the student notice board. Non-students can email us at the address on the Contacts page.