Cocks Moors Woods Central Aikikai

Lessons are always very well structured, friendly taught to a high standard. The club has a good social side too and always encourages you to come along. Large mat area, showers, on site parking etc.

I’ve been training at Cocksmoors for 25 years. It’s been great training and a great social life. Both here and abroad. The standard of teaching both for adults and juniors is high. My daughter now trains there and my son will when he’s old enough.

Excellent Aikido club. My daughter has been attending for a number of years and loves it. The instructors are very experienced and have a great approach to teaching members of all ages and levels. Very welcoming and friendly environment. Can't recommend it enough.

Great nights training well done to all the students for there hard work.

I visit this dojo frequently over the years and I have always enjoyed my visits. Great instruction by all of the teachers.

Great place to train for adults and children to learn self-defence through aikido.

Good evening.do you accept a 3 yrs old girl?

The Club is friendly and welcoming. Able to cater for a wide range of abilities from beginners to experienced Aikido students.Mark Pickering knows his stuff and runs the club on a not for profit basis. So costs are kept as low as possible. Grading is available if wished, and as it is non competitive you can focus on improving yourself. They run regular courses with guest instructors and have strong links with other clubs at a local and national level. It is clear that he is teaching something he knows well, and loves. He is able to apply techniques to realistic real life situations and has the experience to know that it works when needed although like everything worth doing it has to be practised regularly. Beginners get black belt tuition and can work at their own pace. Over the years I have achieved things that i didn't think possible when I walked in as a beginner.If you are looking for something a bit different from the norm or you want to try something but don't consider yourself to be a martial artist I would recommend giving the club a go.

My two children and I have been coming to this club for a couple of months now.This is a great place! Very welcoming and friendly with a good mixture of beginners and advanced. There is always someone to practice with. Instructors have years of experience behind their belts and have thought many. They can easily assess your needs and suggest how you can improve and progress.The Cocks Moors Woods dojo cooperates closely with other similar places in Birmingham so there are often additional courses run between them allowing you to learn from other instructors and meet other likeminded people.

My boys love coming here, would definitely recommend