History

 The club has had a long and rich history. Consistently teaching to a high standard, many students have attained the rank of black belt, and gone on to teach Aikido themselves.

 Originally organised in 1967 as extra training time for the Hamilton Hill Aikido Club, the first Aikido dojo in Scotland, the club quickly grew in numbers and established an identity of it's own.

 The club has had a number of influences throughout it's development. Having been affiliated with the Aikikai of Great Britain, under sensei Kazuo Chiba, and Ki no Kenyukai, under sensei Koichi Tohei (through the Ki Federation of Great Britain), the instruction at the club represents a deep and wide understanding of the principles of and Aikido and mind/body unification.

 In 1984 the club left the Ki Federation and therefore the Ki no Kenyukai. Since that time the club has been unaffiliated with any organisation and continues to teach to a high standard the principles of SHIN SHIN TOITSU DO(unifficaton of mind and body) and SHIN SHIN TOITSU AIKIDO (Aikido with mind and body unified) as taught by sensei Koichi Tohei.