Chet Valley Aikido

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ONE DAY TAKEMUSU AIKIDO INTENSIVE with Johnny Jacobsen, 5th Dan Aikikai & Michael Ormerod, 4th Dan Aikikai

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Date: 3rd October 2026

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Location:

Claxton Village Hall, The Street, Claxton,
Norwich, NR14 7AS

Johnny Bio:

Johnny began training at Copenhagen Aikido Club in 1990. He studied with Lars Landberg, Torben Dyrberg, Ethan Weisgaard, and Keith Barger, and attended several seminars with Saito Sensei throughout the 1990s. In 2007, he helped start Frederiksberg Aikido Club, where he trained for seven years while continuing his practice in Copenhagen. He visited Japan in 2009 and 2012 to train at Hombu Dojo. In 2014, he returned full-time to Copenhagen Aikido Club, and the following year began traveling to camps with Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros. He trains with Lewis 12–14 times a year and has also spent periods as a soto deshi in Spain. He is a long-standing member of the teaching team at Copenhagen Aikido Club.

Michael Bio:

Michael began training in 2005 at age 15 in the UK. He trained widely across Europe and completed an intensive period in Iwama (Japan) with Hiroki Nemoto Sensei (7th Dan). In 2016 he began a full-time ‘live in’ apprenticeship with Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros (7th Dan); training daily, teaching in the Takemusu Aikido Motril Dojo and assisting at international seminars. The Takemusu Aikido Online Dojo began in 2020 to support daily practice, which has continued every weekday morning since. In 2024, Michael received the rank of 4th Dan - and he serves as Technical Director for Chet Valley Aikido.

His motto for Aikido training is Samuel Beckett’s:

“Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better.”

Contact Details:

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Kaitenage is known as the rotary throw.
In the text “Budo“ (1938), O’Sensei Morihei Ueshiba describes kaiten as a turn and transform movement.

We unbalance uke by controlling his head and his arm, accessing his center. As uke continues to move forward, we drop down lowering Uke’s head as we sweep the arm vertically up. The availability of the atemi with the knee to Uke’s face addresses correct positioning.

Project outward, not downward, for safe ukemi. Refrain from pushing, extend out with the center and step through. As well, be careful to connect to uke’s center when we project. We are not throwing through the arm only, so the circular move is slightly elliptical. Connection should engage the back and center.
Throw through the body.

G. Breeland, 6th dan