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.

Welcome to the British Aikido Board

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 34 currently Full Member Associations with 19 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 805 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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British Aikido Board Dev Site

The BAB has soft launched the BAB Coaching Online Learning Site at https://elearning.bab.org.uk/ the BAB CL2 and CL3 Units are slowly becoming available for you to take on this site

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.

Name Application Date Zone  Course Order    
CL 1
Assessment
CL 2
Assessment
CL 3
Assessment
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Coach Tutor
Assessment
Name
Association		 Course Required
Course Type		 Zone
Others		 Date
Applied		 CLO
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Amy Billett
Aikido Development Society		BAB Assessment Day Level One
AD-1		Zone : 1
Yes		07-Dec-23Yes
Ann Billett
Aikido Development Society		BAB Assessment Day Level One
AD-1		Zone : 1
Yes		28-Jul-22No
Susanna Abbott
North London Aikido Dojo		BAB Assessment Day Level One
AD-1		Zone : 1
Yes		14-Jul-23No
Amy Billett
Aikido Development Society		BAB Assessment Day Level Two
AD-2		Zone : 1
Yes		07-Dec-23No
Amy Billett
Aikido Development Society		BAB Assessment Day Level Two
AD-2		Zone : 1
Yes		15-Apr-23No

BAB Assessment Day Level Two
AD-2		Zone : 7
No		01-Jun-23No
Elaine Batchelor
Shodokan Aikido UK		BAB Assessment Day Level Two
AD-2		Zone : 2
Yes		07-Jun-23Yes
Stephen Billett
Aikido Development Society		BAB Assessment Day Level Two
AD-2		Zone : 1
Yes		28-Jul-22No
Ann Billett
Aikido Development Society		BAB Assessment Day Level Two
AD-2		Zone : 1
Yes		28-Jul-22No
Stephen Billett
Aikido Development Society		BAB Assessment Day Level Two
AD-2		Zone : 1
Yes		13-Jul-23No
Amy Billett
Aikido Development Society		BAB Assessment Day Level Two
AD-2		Zone : 6
Yes		07-Dec-23No
Amy Billett
Aikido Development Society		BAB Assessment Day Level Three
AD-3		Zone : 1
Yes		10-Jul-20No
Ann Billett
Aikido Development Society		BAB Assessment Day Level Three
AD-3		Zone : 1
Yes		10-Jul-23No
Philip Benge
United Traditional Aikido		BAB Assessment Day Level Three
AD-3		Zone : 1
No		05-Jun-23No
Scott Luckham
Chichester Aikido Association		BAB Assessment Day Level Three
AD-3		Zone : 1
Yes		07-Jun-23Yes

BAB Assessment Day Level Three
AD-3		Zone : 1
Yes		15-Apr-23No
Stephen Billett
Aikido Development Society		BAB Assessment Day Level Three
AD-3		Zone : 1
Yes		21-Oct-23No
Adam Billett
Aikido Development Society		Coach Level 1
C1-0		Zone : 1
Yes		10-Jul-23No
Amy Billett
Aikido Development Society		Coach Level 2
C2-0		Zone : 1
Yes		18-Dec-23No
Adam Billett
Aikido Development Society		Coaching Children &Young People
C2-1		Zone : 1
Yes		28-Jul-22No
Adam Billett
Aikido Development Society		Communication
C2-2		Zone : 1
Yes		04-Dec-23No
Adam Billett
Aikido Development Society		Managing Risk
C2-3		Zone : 1
Yes		21-Oct-23No
Amy Billett
Aikido Development Society		Managing Risk
C2-3		Zone : 1
Yes		04-Dec-23No
Adam Billett
Aikido Development Society		Fit for Purpose
C2-6		Zone : 1
Yes		04-Dec-23No
Adam Billett
Aikido Development Society		Inclusive Coaching
C3-2		Zone : 1
Yes		28-Jul-22No
Stephen Billett
Aikido Development Society		Association Coach Tutor Level 1
T1-1		Zone : 12
No		21-Oct-23No

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