Chief Instructor

Vu X Ha, Rokudan (6th degree) has been a practitioner of aikido since 1989 and was a close and direct student both of the late Akira Tohei Shihan in Chicago, IL, and Mitsunari Kanai Shihan in Cambridge, MA. In 1995, Ha spent two summer months studying Aikido in Japan.  Throughout the year, he continues training with master instructors (Shihan) from the U.S. Aikido Federation Technical Committee and Aikido World Headquarters (Hombu), nationally and internationally. He is also practitioner of Iaido, (Godan; 5th degree) the Japanese martial art drawing and cutting with the sword. Contact Vu Ha.
Photo credit: Jaime Kahn
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Instructor

Fiona Blyth, Godan (5th degree), has been a practitioner of Aikido for more than 25 years in the U.S., England, and France.  A close and direct student of the late Mitsunari Kanai Sensei at New England Aikikai in Cambridge, MA, she was an integral part of developing and teaching the beginners curriculum with Kanai Sensei.  She taught beginner and mixed level classes for many years at the New England Aikikai. She has taught seminars in the United States and England, and continues to train in Europe and the States.

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Additional instructors (in alphabetical order)

​Max Bushmakin
Chris Condon
John Donnelly
Jesse Funaro
Mike Hewitt
Rachel Levison
Shinji Muraki
Shakoda Neil
Holly Nesbeitt
Kayleigh O'Connor
Guillermo Taccioli
John Tawa

Takenoko instructors (kids' program)

Eriko Atagi
Holly Nesbeitt
Kayleigh O'Connor
John Tawa