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.