Chief Instructor

Vu X Ha, Rokudan (6th degree) has been a practitioner of aikido since 1989 and was a close and direct student 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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Instructor

Shakoda Neil, Yondan (4th degree), began practicing in the fall of 1992 in Portland, OR, and moved to Boston, MA, in 2001 to study Aikido and Iaido under the late Mitsunari Kanai Sensei. Shakoda has taught basics and mixed level classes at New England Aikikai and Two Rivers Aikikai in Portland, OR, and continues to train at seminars throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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