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We're very proud that we have a large number of regular classes to offer each week and each month. There are no "secrets" in Aikido. Very simply: with good instruction the more you train the better you will be. We encourage students to train as often as they can.

As a tribute to that we keep track of each month's top trainer, and their name is displayed on the Burnside dojo notice board, with the other last 12 months top trainers.

Last 12 months

Top trainer Month Class count
Gary Crooks January 2012
Magdalene Huang/Gary Crooks December 2011
Magdalene Huang November 2011
Cecilia Silea October 2011
Cecilia Silea September 2011
Cecilia Silea August 2011
James Toth July 2011
Andrew Williamson/Terry Mah/Cecilia Silea June 2011
Zeb Moerua May 2011
Magdalene Huang April 2011
Odette Stokes March 2011
Magdalene Huang February 2011

Getting top trainer four times in 12 months entitles the recipient to three months free training.

All time top trainer

Special mention goes to the people who give up their life for a whole month, to get the top of the top trainers.

  • Kahurangi Bronsson-George - 59 classes - October 2008
  • Ben Hayward - 57 classes - October 2005
  • Shane Goodwin - 52 classes - May 2002

It is possible to beat this record but you need to pick your month to try.

Training archive

Top trainer Month
Odette Stokes January 2011
Terry Mah/Magdalene huang December 2010
Mikkel Scholer November 2010
Mikkel Scholer October 2010
Terry Mah September 2010
Terry Mah August 2010 45
Magdalene Huang July 2010
Terry Mah June 2010 33
Cecilia Silea and Terry Mah May 2010
Terry Mah April 2010
Elissa Mah July 2009 31
Cecila Silea June 2009 25
Andrew Williamson May 2009
Miko Franzmayr and Andrew Williamson April 2009
Terry Mah March 2009
Miko Franzmayr February 2009 27
James McNeill January 2009 30
Elissa Mah and James McNeill December 2008 22
Elissa Mah and James McNeill November 2008
Kahurangi Bronsson-George October 2008 59 - New Record!
Toshiyuki Sugiyama September 2008
Kahurangi Bronsson-George August 2008
James McNeill July 2008
Yvonne Wansink June 2008
Kahurangi Bronsson-George May 2008
Kahurangi Bronsson-George April 2008 42
Terry Mah and Gary Crooks March 2008
Colin Grealy February 2008
James McNeill January2008
Gary Crooks December 2007
Gary Crooks November 2007 28
Gary Crooks October 2007 26
Paul MacIntosh September 2007 38 + seminar
Paul MacIntosh August 2007 37
Gary Crooks July 2007
Paul Macintosh June 2007
Andrew Lau May 2007
Paul Macintosh April 2007
Alex Palmer and James McNeill March 2007
Alex Palmer February 2007
Andrew Williamson December 2006
Elissa Mah November 2006
Colin Grealy October 2006
Alex Palmer September 2006
Alex Palmer August 2006
James McNeill July 2006
Alex Palmer June 2006
Lingwen Kong May 2006
Mariann Matay April 2006
Yvonne Lee March 2006
James McNeill February 2006
Gary Crooks January 2006
Elissa Mah December 2005
Alex Palmer November 2005
Ben Hayward October 2005
Elissa Mah September 2005
David Lim August 2005
Ben Hayward July 2005
Andrew Williamson June 2005