Aikido Galleries
2012 January Open Day (196)
27 Jan 2012
A demonstration and have-a-go session to encourage new members to start early in the year.
2011 ASC anniversary seminar (573)
1 Sep 2011
A collection of pictures from our 20 Anniversary Seminar. Photo credits: Dion Manson, Hemi, Keith Comer, Odette Stokes
2011 sac 39 (14)
26 Jul 2011
2011 January Open day (20)
26 Jan 2011
Held at the Burnside Dojo
2010 end of year seminar (14)
12 Nov 2010
Takase Shihan took our end of year seminar, the day before our end of year grading.
2010 Southern Aikido Connection Issue 38 (11)
12 Oct 2010
20th Anniversary training (42)
1 Oct 2010
An enjoyable class to celebrate ASC's 20th anniversary.
2010 Spring Seminar (100)
12 Sep 2010
Rosso Fernandez Sensei (6th Dan) was the special guest at our September Spring Seminar.
2010 mid year singapore trip (177)
9 Jul 2010
Gradings and training in Singapore.
2010 Mid Year Kyu Gradings (155)
11 Jun 2010
2010 Mid Year Yudansha Gradings (149)
11 Jun 2010
Shodan applicant: Cecilia. Nidan applicant: James. Sandan applicants: Eric and Peter. Photo credits: Arthur de Beun.
2010 Kids Mid Year Seminar (16)
28 May 2010
A special three-class seminar taught by Brent Beaumont Sensei (5th Dan). This was a first for the kids group, to have an instructor come from Auckland, specifically for these classes rather than a kids grading.
2010 National seminar (87)
5 Mar 2010
A collection of pictures from the 2010 New Zealadn National Aikido Seminar, celebrating Takase Shihan's 40th year of aikido training in New Zealand.
2010 January open day (22)
28 Jan 2010
Pictures from the demonstration portion of the 2010 open day. It was followed by a "Have-a-go" session where around 50 of the observers jumped on the mat with club members to try out their first aikido pinning technique.
2009 Southern Aikido Connection Issue 35 (5)
17 Dec 2009
2009 kids end of year grading (86)
27 Nov 2009
Photos covering the warm-ups, the kids class (with a technique each from Andrew, Irene, and Shane) and the grading.
2009 End of year Grading (178)
22 Nov 2009
Photos from the end-of-year grading for the Seniors.
2009 Southern Aikido Connection Issue 35 (9)
27 Oct 2009
2009 Spring seminar - Yamashima Shihan (174)
26 Sep 2009
The Aikido Shinryukan Canterbury 19th anniversary seminar, guest instructor: Yamashima Shihan. Photo credits: Warren and Miria.
2009 Singapore seminar (177)
29 Aug 2009
2009 What Now pics (7)
29 Jul 2009
The What Now crew, from the popular kids tv show, came to a kids class to promote "Press Play" - keeping active in the community.
2009 Mid year kyu gradings (183)
4 Jul 2009
2009 Mid year yudansha gradings (215)
3 Jul 2009
Photo credits: Paul McKeown.
2009 kids mid-year grading (180)
19 Jun 2009
Pictures from Brent Beaumont's pre-grading class, as well as the grading itself.
2009 Andrew's Brisbane Seminar (9)
19 May 2009
Weekend seminar at the Brisbane Aikikai Gecko Dojo.
2009 Takase Autumn Seminar (20)
1 May 2009
2009 Southern Aikido Connection Issue 34 (12)
25 Apr 2009
2009 Informal Auckland Gasshuku Pics (24)
23 Feb 2009
The national aikido seminar is a great chance to hang out and enjoy the training. Some people are so dedicated they train even outside of the regular classes.
2008 ASC 33 (16)
12 Dec 2008
Pictures for the Aikido Shinryukan Connection Issue 33.
2008 Summer dawn training (36)
5 Dec 2008
Dawn training at Waimairi Beach, Christchurch. Sunrise at 5.45am. Photo credits: Sarah.
2008 end of year yudansha gradings (82)
29 Nov 2008
2008 end of year brown belt gradings (58)
29 Nov 2008
2008 end of year white belt gradings (41)
29 Nov 2008
2008 Takase End of year pre-grading Seminar (38)
29 Nov 2008
2008 End of year kids grading (95)
22 Nov 2008
2008 IAF pictures (8)
12 Oct 2008
2008 Tanabe, Japan (74)
6 Oct 2008
2008 Yamashima Spring Seminar - Colin's Pics (228)
25 Sep 2008
Photos of the Aikido Shinryukan Canterbury Spring Seminar with Yamashima Shihan. Photos by Colin Pearson.
2008 Yamashima's general class (16)
7 Sep 2008
Yamashima Sensei was not content just to take all the seminar classes on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, he took extra classes, open to everyone, every day he was in Christchurch. This is a gallery of pictures taken at the Burnside dojo on Monday, the day before leaving to go to Wellington.
2008 Yamashima Sensei pre-seminar classes (7)
3 Sep 2008
Yamashima Sensei is the guest teacher for the ASC 2008 Spring Seminar. With a few days to go before the weekend gasshuku he wanted to get some training in, so took some regular classes. Photo credits: Warren.
2008 Andrew in Singapore (6)
24 Aug 2008
2008 Southern Aikido Connection Issue 32 (27)
1 Aug 2008
Pictures for the Southern Aikido Connection newsletter, issue 32 (Winter 2008)
2008 July Kidsfest Classes (3)
16 Jul 2008
A few pictures from one of the three kidsfest classes run during the school holidays.
2008 Brown belt grading: Mid year (20)
26 Jun 2008
2008 White belt grading: Mid year (39)
26 Jun 2008
2008 Black belt grading: Mid year (71)
26 Jun 2008
First pictures from the yudansha grading June 2008.
2008 Southern Aikido Connection Issue 31 Action Pictures (15)
22 Apr 2008
Action pictures for the Southern Aikido Connection newsletter, issue 31 (Autum 2008)
2008 Southern Aikido Connection Issue 31 (26)
21 Apr 2008
Pictures for the Southern Aikido Connection newsletter, issue 31 (Autum 2008)
2008 Instructor Pictures (10)
31 Dec 2007
Recognise any of these fine folk?
2007 Southern Aikido Connection: Issue 30 (12)
19 Dec 2007
Pictures for the Souther Aikido Connection newsletter, issue 30 (Summer 2007).
2007 End of year aikido grading - kids (61)
25 Nov 2007
The gradings for all the kids kyu grades. Excellent behaviour, excellent gradings, and a fun class taken by Takase Shihan afterwards.
2007 End of year aikido grading - white belts (53)
25 Nov 2007
Students going for their white belt grades - 6th, 5th and 4th kyu
2007 End of year aikido grading - brown belts (57)
25 Nov 2007
Students going for their brown belts - 3rd, 2nd and 1st kyu
2007 End of year aikido grading - yudansha/black belts (70)
25 Nov 2007
The black belt gradings - students going for their shodan (first black belt) and yondan (4th black belt)
2007 October brown belt proficiency tests (66)
10 Oct 2007
An Aikido proficiency test for the brown belts. Another chance to look at posture and techniques before the grading :) Photo credits: Warren and Kahu.
2007 Christ's College Aikido demo (7)
9 Oct 2007
A short Aikido demonstration at Christ's College. Photo credits: James.
2007 Spring Anniversary Aikido Seminar - Day 3 (86)
29 Sep 2007
Photos from day three of the 17th Anniversary Seminar. Sensei: Andrew Williamson (6th Dan), Kevin Allen (4th Dan), and Garry Crooks (3rd Dan). Photo credits: James.
2007 Spring Anniversary Aikido Seminar - Day 2 (79)
28 Sep 2007
A selection of photos from day two of the Aikido Shinryukan 17th Anniversary Seminar, held at the Pages Road dojo in Christchurch. Sensei: Andrew Williamson (6th Dan), Kevin Allen (4th Dan), and Simon Puffett (4th Dan). Photo credits: James
2007 Spring dawn training (85)
1 Sep 2007
A spectacular sunrise as a backdrop for our annual Spring dawn training session. Aikido weapons class taken by Garry. Photo credits: Sarah.
2007 August proficiency tests - brown belts (79)
28 Aug 2007
Another fun night being thrown around! This is a selection of the students going for their 3rd, 2nd, and 1st kyu grades. Photo credits: Sarah.
2007 August proficiency tests - white belts (15)
24 Aug 2007
A selection of the students going for their 5th and 4th kyu grades. Photo credits: James.
2007 mid year grading - Yudansha (73)
27 May 2007
Yudansha gradings, which are the applicants going for the various black belts. This year we had three shodan (first black belt), one nidan (second black belt) and two sandan (third black belt). Photo credits: James.
2007 mid year seminar (64)
25 May 2007
Our regular pre-grading seminar, hosting by Takase Shihan (7th Dan). Photo credits: Fitz.
Auckland Gasshuku 2007 (30)
8 Mar 2007
Some more pictures from the NZ Aikikai Gasshuku, held during the weekend of 10 - 11 March 2007. Guest instructor was Sawada Shihan, 7th dan, from Kimori Dojo in Nagoya.
2006 End of year grading (14)
26 Nov 2006
Grading 2006 mid year - Yudansha (36)
11 Jun 2006
Grading 2006 mid year - 3rd, 2nd, 1st kyu (78)
11 Jun 2006
Grading 2006 mid year - 6th, 5th, 4th kyu (56)
10 Jun 2006
2006 Auckland Gasshuku - Part 1 (60)
1 Mar 2006
The first part of the 2006 New Zealand National Aikido Gasshuku. The guest instructors included Seki Shihan (Director of Instructors from Tokyo Honbu) and Sawada Shihan (Kimori Dojo in Nagoya)
2005 End of year grading (97)
26 Nov 2005
The 2005 end of year Aikido grading, white belts, brown belts, and yudansha. Photo credits: Paul McKeown.