Welcome to South Austin Aikido

New sign up packages for the new year are available, just sign up for three months and receive a judo gi included in the price ($150.00). Also, if you are a friend of a current member, ask about our member special!!

The weapons arrived and exceeded our expectations on quality. we will be putting together another order this year so if interested, contact Chris Sims. The ebony weapons are of good quality and if we get enough people interested, the cost is 50% of the normal retail price. If you are interested in getting in on the order contact Chris at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it The weapons can be viewed at the following link www.arthagallery.com .  Thanks Chris for your assistance on the weapons order.

If you have not been to class in a while you will notice several changes. First, thanks to David Johndrow we have lights!! thats right no more training in the dark. We also have a new shomen which gives our training space a super nice atmosphere. Special thanks to Robert Goeking for his assistance in building the new shomen.

The Halloween Seminar was a lot of fun in Boulder. Jesse and I both attended. Saotome Sensei's message was to continue to train each day with discovery. Search for a feeling of connection and not just a technique. Jesse was a great hit as the people in Colorado had never seen a hybrid car.

See Picture to the left of Jesse with Saotome Sensei. Every time I saw Jesse practicing he was always smiling.

The new mats are here. We now have 800 square feet of mat for training or we can separate a small space if we need for new students to train on. Please come roll around and enjoy the expanded training space.

If you have something you wish to add to the web site, please contact me. Every one has had some experience with aikido which is of interest. So write your story and we will include it on the site.