Ikeda Shihan is the Founder and Chief Instructor of Boulder Aikikai in Boulder, Colorado. He currently holds the rank of 7th Dan through the Aikikai World Headquarters (Hombu Dojo). When circumstances allow, Ikeda Shihan travels extensively as a guest instructor, conducting Aikido seminars at doj...

Numata Sensei has over 50 years of experience in Aikido and Iaido. He brings a fresh and down-to-earth teaching style to our Virtual Dojo community.
Broadcasting from his dojo in Japan, Numata Sensei utilizes taped lines, right/left markers and other simple but innovative tools to illustrate move...

Since her return to the United States, Linda Holiday has focused on the transmission of Aikido in her native California as well as teaching seminars in the United States, Europe, and Africa. Complementing her training in Japan with academic study in the West, she received a BA in Japanese and Chi...

Jan Nevelius Shihan, 7th dan, is a Swedish Aikido teacher who is based in Vanadis Aikido Dojo in Stockholm and teaches seminars internationally. He has been dedicated to his practice of Aikido since the mid 1970’s.⁠
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Jan Sensei studied for several years in Japan at Aikikai Hombu Dojo in the 1980...

Kayla Feder Sensei, 7th dan, Aikikai, is the dojo cho at Aikido of Berkeley. In 1973 at the age of 9, Kayla Sensei fell in love with Aikido and has been dedicated to growing in the art and training continuously for 48 years. For the first 20 years of her practice, she was greatly inspired by trai...

Lia Suzuki Sensei began Aikido in 1982. She is a senior student of Yoshinobu Takeda Shihan and National Director and Founder of Aikido Kenkyukai International USA.
For nearly 10 years, she lived and trained intensively under Takeda Shihan in Japan. Suzuki Sensei’s experience in Japan also gave he...

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