Essex Aikido Dojo

Present day Shoshinkan senior instructors Shaun Hoddy 6th  Dan 六段  BASAA/Zen Eikoku Tomiki Aikido Renmei,Aikido Development Society/BAB, 5th Dan  European Aikido Association JAA, 1st Dan Tai-Ho-Jutsu. & Greg Barton 4th Dan 四段   were both founder members and have been practising and teaching Tomiki Aikido since 1975.

Shaun Hoddy & Greg Barton

.Shaun Hoddy has been a student of Dr Lee Ah Loi Shihan 7th Dan Tomiki Aikido JAA, 7th Dan Iai-do ZNKR, 7th Dan Jodo ZNKR and Ken Broome 6th Dan since 1980 and has competed both nationally and internationally in both Kata & Randori.

Adrian, June, Shaun with Dr Lee Ah Loi 1988 European Championships

Dr Lee is the worlds highest ranking female Tomiki Aikidoka and spent time in Japan studying under the instruction of Kenji Tomiki 9th Dan and Hideo Ohba 9th Dan the founders of the Tomiki/ Shodokan system of Aikido. Dr Lee is recognised as a world-renowned authority on Koryu Kata

Sensei Shaun Hoddy is one of the few Tomiki Aikidoka in the U.K who have taken a technical examination to the level of 5th Dan (Go-Dan).

 Sensei Shaun Hoddy & Sensei Greg Barton have attended various courses and seminars under the instruction of Itsuo Haba 6th Dan, Takeshi Inoue 6th Dan, Senta Yamada 6th Dan, Tsuneko Miyake 6th Dan, Fumiaki Shishida 8th Dan, Tetsuro Nariyama 8th Dan & Hideo Ohba 9th Dan

   MASTARR National Training Programme Certification recognised by CIEH, HSE, City & Guilds

   British Aikido Board & MASTARR Coach Qualifications 

 BAA, JAA, EAA ZETAR Dan Grade Certificates (Two large JAA Certificates signed by Mrs Tomiki) 

Lineage of Shaun Hoddy & Greg Barton