{"id":9,"date":"2026-08-27T08:18:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T08:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shodokanaikido.uk\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-08-27T08:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T08:18:21","slug":"membership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shodokanaikido.uk\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"page-header\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"eyebrow\">Shodokan Aikido UK<\/div>\n    <h1>Membership<\/h1>\n    <p>How affiliation works, and what it gives you and your club.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<main>\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"section-block\">\n      <p>Membership of Shodokan Aikido UK is held through your local affiliated club. When you join a member club, your instructor registers you with Shodokan Aikido UK, giving you insurance cover, recognised gradings, and access to national seminars and competitions.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"instructors\" style=\"margin-bottom:56px;\">\n      <div class=\"instructor-card\">\n        <span class=\"dan\">Individual member<\/span>\n        <h3>Training at a member club<\/h3>\n        <p>Insurance, recognised Kyu\/Dan grading, and access to national seminars, courses and competitions.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"instructor-card\">\n        <span class=\"dan\">Affiliated club<\/span>\n        <h3>Registering your club<\/h3>\n        <p>Instructor accreditation support, use of the national syllabus, and a listing on the Find a Club directory.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"section-block\">\n      <h2>What&#8217;s included<\/h2>\n      <p>&mdash; Insurance cover for training, grading and competition<\/p>\n      <p>&mdash; A nationally recognised grading syllabus, from 6th Kyu through to Dan grades<\/p>\n      <p>&mdash; A structured pathway into competition and refereeing<\/p>\n      <p>&mdash; Access to national seminars, including visiting instructors from the Shodokan Honbu Dojo<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"section-block\">\n      <h2>How to join<\/h2>\n      <p>If you already train at an affiliated club, speak to your instructor about registering. If you&#8217;re starting out, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/shodokanaikido.uk\/?page_id=8\">Find a Club<\/a> to see clubs near you, or <a href=\"https:\/\/shodokanaikido.uk\/?page_id=10\">contact us<\/a> if you&#8217;d like help finding one, or want to affiliate your own club.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/main>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shodokan Aikido UK Membership How affiliation works, and what it gives you and your club. Membership of Shodokan Aikido UK is held through your local affiliated club. When you join a member club, your instructor registers you with Shodokan Aikido UK, giving you insurance cover, recognised gradings, and access to national seminars and competitions. Individual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shodokanaikido.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shodokanaikido.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shodokanaikido.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shodokanaikido.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shodokanaikido.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shodokanaikido.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13,"href":"https:\/\/shodokanaikido.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shodokanaikido.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}