Victoria Aikido Centre
690 Sumas Street V8T 4S6 Victoria, BC, Canada

Victoria Aikikai has a new shoe rack! Many thanks to Rob Freeman for dedicating his time, materials, and talent in creating this during pandemic downtime. We'll miss practicing with you, now that you're not based here anymore, And we look forward to seeing you on the mats when we can have seminars again.

Congratulations to our new yellow belts Teranjot & Katia! Keep up the good work.

Dedicated members with dedicated Sensei practising even in rainy conditions.

Sunday morning Bokken practice has been a wonderful opportunity all summer. Thanks to our sensei, Scott McPhail.

Well done Noelle! Another class credit for you!

Keep up the great work Antoine and Florence. 2 home credits for Antoine and 1 for Florence.

Well done Noelle! Another class credit for you!

Nice work girls! One hour each of practice earns you each a home study credit.

Well done on an hour of home practice today Sophie. Keep up the great work. You’re close to your purple belt now. One class credit!

Keep up the great work Antoine and Florence. 2 home credits for Antoine and 1 for Florence.

2 hours of home practice. Great use of the trampoline Ella. 2 class credits for you. You rock.

This 6 year old is unstoppable. Rosalie did 3 hours of home practice today. 3 class credits!

Nice work girls! One hour each of practice earns you each a home study credit.

4 hours of home practice is incredible Raphael. 4 class credits for you. Amazing.

4 boots of home practice today is amazing Florence. You go girl! 4 class credits.

Well done on an hour of home practice today Sophie. Keep up the great work. Youre close to your purple belt now. One class credit!

2 hours of home practice. Great use of the trampoline Ella. 2 class credits for you. You rock.

Excellent work Antoine. 4 hours of home practice today??!! Amazing! 4 class credits for you.

Well done on an hour of practice today Rosalie, and with your big sister Florence assisting you. One class credit for each of you, plus an ITP credit for Florence.

This 6 year old is unstoppable. Rosalie did 3 hours of home practice today. 3 class credits!

4 hours of home practice is incredible Raphael. 4 class credits for you. Amazing.

OUT-TAKES....Apparently Ella doesn’t know how to defend herself from a wrist grab combined with strangulation and stepping on her foot. LOL.

4 boots of home practice today is amazing Florence. You go girl! 4 class credits.

Excellent work Antoine. 4 hours of home practice today??!! Amazing! 4 class credits for you.

Well done on an hour of practice today Rosalie, and with your big sister Florence assisting you. One class credit for each of you, plus an ITP credit for Florence.

OUT-TAKES....Apparently Ella doesnt know how to defend herself from a wrist grab combined with strangulation and stepping on her foot. LOL.

Great work on your Junior Black Belt training Ella, and a tough technique here: Ushiro Katatedori Kubejimi Sankyo Omote! And two hours practice! Congrats on 2 class credits.

Wow! Youre on fire today with 2 hours of practice at home Sophie! 2 class credits!

Two more hours of class at home today? Amazing! Two more class credits for you Raphaël!

Congratulations on another amazing three hours of class credit today Florence. Youre unstoppable!

Another 3 hours of practice today. WOW! 3 class credits Antoine. Way to go!

Wow Antoine! 3 hours of practice at home! And so nice to see families training together - thanks Christine!So thats THREE class credits for you. Keep up the great work.

Well done Raphael! 2 hours of practice at home! That means TWO class credits for you. Keep up the great work.

Well done Noelle! Your form and posture is getting so strong! Keep up the great work. One class credit!

Introducing our new stripe system for belt rank progress! Thank you to Big Rock Aikido for helping us get set up with this. Heres how to place them, on the side of the belt that does not have the name tag. @ Victoria, British Columbia

On Saturday we had our first socially distanced Kids Aikido Weapons Class and Family Picnic, at Elk Lake. We had over 20 families out and were able to have a great event while keeping our social distance. We had a one hour weapons class followed by a recognition ceremony with many many certificates, written tests, belt stripe promotions and patches handed out. We then had a picnic dinner with everyone bringing and eating their own food. Seeing each other was joyful and healing. It was a huge success. Thank you to all who came. We will do it again.

Rosalie has the eye of the tiger, with mega focus! 6 years of awesomeness.

Raphael cleaned up during the recognition ceremony with the most awards and certificates! Well done!

Saturdays Socially distanced Kids Aikido weapons class and family picnic, at Elk Lake rowing club.

A view from inside the socially distanced circle....we had an amazing time at the outdoor Kids Aikido Weapons Class and family picnic.

Great form Noelle. One class credit to you for an hour of home practice! Keep up the great work!

Well done Steve Erickson Sensei. Thanks for being an ambassador for Aikido in Canada!

Well done Ella. Two days in a row of home practice! One more class credit!

Great job Ella. Very nicely executed Hanmi Handachi waza. Once class credit!

Another great weapons practice on Sunday morning. Expressing our inner Jimi Hendrix: Hey Gun, where ya going with that Jo in your hand...

We just reached 500 Likes for our Facebook page, and 519 Followers. Thanks everyone for making this happen!

Enjoy our latest installment to the Kids Aikido Home Tutorials series: 31 Jo Kata. https://youtu.be/hsQ4h0wAuRo

Great job Raphaël and Rosalie. Another class credit for you!

Sunday weapons practice with ample physical distancing with Scott Sensei, Sunday May 31. Wish you were there!... Tony. ( photo credit: Barb W.)

Although from another dojo, this video makes some great points about the benefits of Aikido for kids. Do you know any kids in your community that could use some exercise , socialization and a positive outlet during this pandemic? Why not tell them about our online program for kids?!

The complete 31 Jo Kata. Impressive Ella! One class credit for an Hours practice at home today.

The Marois family is truly unstoppable these days. Rosalie and Raphael did two hours at home and Antoine did 3!! Class credits for all of you. WOW! @ Victoria, British Columbia