Welcome to the Chishin Dojo Website

Welcome to our website, we are a small, friendly and open-minded Coventry Aikido Club. Chishin Dojo was formed in June 2007 with Hiroshi Ikeda sensei kindly giving us our name and interpreting this as "know one's self, one's heart; to (get to) know another person's heart - to connect heart-to-heart." We are located in the heart of Coventry, in the City Centre.

Two of our teachers share a common connection through a sadly missed local teacher - Tom Moss (6th Dan) who passed away in 2003. We have a friendly, welcoming atmosphere in the club and try to maintain the feeling we all felt whilst Tom was still alive. It's hard to define our Aikido style but hopefully we're progressing toward the feel of Hiroshi Ikeda sensei who is one of the few teachers trying to take Aikido to new heights. Recently we have also added Jin development to our classes after spending some time looking at the basics of internal strength skills with Mike Sigman. Jin is the main focus on our Tuesday night class.

Please feel free to come along and watch or join any of our classes – they are all open and everyone is welcome. Your first 2 weeks are free and we will cover your insurance for you. The best way to experience Aikido is to step onto the mat and have a go yourself, so please get in touch.

We welcome students from all associations no matter your grade or style.

^{a member of Aikido for Daily Life and affiliated to the British Aikido Board}