British Aikido Board

The National Governing Body for Aikido in the United Kingdom.
Aikido is a martial art founded by Morihei Ueshiba, that focuses on harmonising with your opponent, it can be practiced as a sport, self defence and an art using hand to hand and japanese weapons.

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The British Aikido Board seeks to:-

Represent the majority of bona fide organisations practicing aikido in the United Kingdom.
Support, encourage and promote the highest standards of aikido within an environment of mutual respect for offering styles practiced.
Raise awareness of the value of aikido not only as a contributor towards healthy living, but also in the development of adults, young people and children, without regard to race, gender or creed.

The British Aikido Board operates primarily through its member Associations. There are 43 currently Full Member Associations with 5 Associate and Probationary Member Associations of regional and national status, who each retain their independence, both technically and financially, with a combined membership of some 5,000 , which includes 1216 instructors holding current Coaching Awards.

The Board is recognised by Sport England , as the only governing body for aikido in the United Kingdom and is a member of the Sport and Recreation Alliance.

The Board seeks to further the advancement of all styles of aikido and to establish and monitor standards of safety and behaviour for practitioners of aikido.

The Board advises member Associations on all relevant UK and European legislation and procedures and develops appropriate policies and codes of practice.

Other services provided include:-
• Insurance cover, for members, instructors and Associations.
• Promotion of a Nationally recognised Coaching Scheme in conjunction with UK Coaching / Sport England.
• Organising a National Courses.
• Supporting initiatives to encourage the teaching of Aikido in schools.
• Publishing Newsletters and specialist information bulletins eg. Safeguarding and Coaching.

The Board has completed a number of initiatives, arising from the work of their major Governance Audit and through the adoption of a wide range of recommendations, contained in their Aikido Development Plan will support their key objective of encouraging all Aikido groups to join together under this “Aikido umbrella”.

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The BAB has launched the BAB Coaching Online Learning Site at https://elearning.bab.org.uk/ the BAB CL1, CL2 and CL3 Units are available for you to take online.

If you wish to apply for a BAB run coaching course please login below and complete the form, The BAB Administrator will then email your CLO for confirmation of your associations agreement. if you need assistance logging into this system please contact us on coachingadmin@bab.org.uk.Note: The easiest way to complete the application is to go to your membership record and login form there.

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Name Association	Course Required Course Type	Zone Others	Date Applied	CLO Appr,d	View Edit
Marco Germadnik Kobayashi Aikido Dojos	BAB Assessment Day Level One AD-1	Zone : 1 Yes	23-Oct-23	No
Imran Khan United Kingdom Takemusu Aikido Federation	BAB Assessment Day Level One AD-1	Zone : 3 Yes	10-Oct-23	Yes
Graeme King Chichester Aikido Association	BAB Assessment Day Level Two AD-2	Zone : 2 Yes	11-Aug-23	Yes
Jake Birkett KSMBDA Kolesnikov School	BAB Assessment Day Level Two AD-2	Zone : 1 Yes	29-Oct-19	Yes
Adrian Punt Traditional Aikido Alliance	BAB Assessment Day Level Two AD-2	Zone : 9 Yes	05-Dec-22	Yes
Yann Golanski Shodokan Aikido UK	BAB Assessment Day Level Two AD-2	Zone : 8 No	05-Jun-23	Yes
Elaine Batchelor Shodokan Aikido UK	BAB Assessment Day Level Two AD-2	Zone : 8 No	06-Jun-23	Yes
Marc George-Wright Shin Gi Tai Aikido Society	BAB Assessment Day Level Two AD-2	Zone : 4 Yes	11-May-23	Yes
Scott Luckham Chichester Aikido Association	Fit for Purpose C2-6	Zone : 2 Yes	29-Oct-19	Yes