Robert Laiks – 6th Dan

Bob began training with Shiohira Shihan in 1974. He has also had the pleasure of training with a number of excellent Shihans including: Koichi Tohei, Shinichi Suzuki, Shizuo Imaizumi, Koretoshi Maruyama, Takeki Tsuboi, Yasuo Kobayashi, Fumio Toyoda, Rod Kobayashi, Harry Ishisaka, and others. He has been teaching for over 25 years, and currently teaches the Thursday class. He also practices Yoga.

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Amy Steiner – 6th Dan

Amy Steiner, 6th dan, began training in 1976 with Shiohira Shihan. She also trained with Koichi Tohei, Shinichi Suzuki, Fumio Toyoda, Shizuo Imaizumi, Koretoshi Maruyama, and others. She practiced Tai Chi with Ben Lo, yoga with Susan Brannum, and Pilates with Carie Matthias. She continues to practice these disciplines on her own. Her introduction to mind/body awareness training was from Swami Ganeshanad, a Crea Yoga master.

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Sean English – 4th Dan

Sean has been teaching Tuesday classes since 1997. He began training with Shiohira Shihan in 1990. He has also had the pleasure of training with a number of excellent Shihans including: Moriteru Ueshiba Doshu, Hiroshi Tada, Shinichi Suzuki, Shizuo Imaizumi, Takeki Tsuboi, and others. He is a practicing chronic pain therapist in the bay area. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 1987 with BA in Computer Science.

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Akio Tachibana – 3rd Dan

Began training in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2005. He moved to California and started training under Shiohira Shihan at the Mountain View Aikido Center in 2009. He currently trains at the San Francisco Aikido Center.