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Tony Russell-Ward

Tony Russell-Ward

2 Forres Avenue

Sheffield

S10 1WG

Tony was responsible for starting the first Aikido dojo in Sheffield in the early 70s which then was located at the Sheffield Judo Club on Bradfield Road in Hillsborough.  Later, during 1979, they moved to the Grindstone Public house at Crookes and it was in the February of that year that a young David Fielding and Nick Baker came to start Aikido. The club was then called Sheffield Tomiki Aikido Club and had some 35 regular members and we met on a Tuesday night and a Saturday afternoon with the Police Dojo on a Wednesday evening which is still the case today.  The dojo has strong links with Japan and Tony regularly journeys there to further his own knowledge.

Tony has a personal Budo profile with a long list of prominent Japanese Sensei’s.  He started to practice Judo back in 1964 at the age of 14 and Aikido in 1970 at the age of 20.