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 her the opportunity to train with the late Yamaguchi Sensei and other notable masters.
Suzuki Sensei currently is based in Los Angeles, and directly oversees several dojos in her network in the USA and the UK. She travels extensively throughout the world, teaching at dojos outside of her affiliation, as well.
Her mission is to foster inclusion in the Aikido world, rather than division and to increase Aikido’s popularity among youth and those in their 20's and 30's.