Welcome to Iwama Ryu

North West Aikido

Iwama Ryu North West is a non-profit organisation.

Aikido is a modern martial art developed in the middle of the last century by O-Sensei Morihei Ueshiba. Aikido was the result of his intensive study into the Japanese sword, stick and body arts which he rationalised and fused into a unified system of principles.

Practice in Aikido consists of weapons training, empty handed techniques, working with multiple attackers and all of the scenarios in between.

Sensei Paul Sparks, pictured with Hitohira Saito Sensei at the Tanrenkan Dojo, Iwama, April 2012.