David Nobuhiro Ito
Aikido 6th Dan
Dojo-cho
Aikido Chief Instructor
Kaicho - Aikido Center of Los Angeles Kyokai
Executive Director – Furuya Foundation
Ken Watanabe
Aikido 6th Dan Shihan
Iaido 5th Dan
Senior Instructor - Shihan
James Doi
Aikido 6th Dan Shihan
Iaido 4th Dan
Senior Instructor - Shihan
Board member - Furuya Foundation
Stan Sung
Aikido 3rd Dan
Aikido Center of Los Angeles Kyokai - President
Aikido Center of Los Angeles - President
Aikido Assistant Instructor - Fukushidoin
Furuya Foundation - President
Maria Murakawa
Aikido 5th Dan
Aikido Assistant Instructor - Fukushidoin
Yoga In The Dojo Instructor
I would say aikido has been a major part of my journey of self-development. I’ve always wanted to do martial arts since I was a kid, but I was too shy and scared to start. Then I discovered Zen meditation while visiting Japan as a college student. Read the rest of this bio here: Maria Murakawa Sensei
Michael Van Ruth
Aikido 5th Dan
Iaido 4th Dan
Aikido Assistant Instructor - Fukushidoin
Iaido Assistant Instructor
Board Member - Furuya Foundation
Bill D’Angelo III
Aikido 5th Dan
Aikido Assistant Instructor - Fukushidoin
Iaido Assistant Instructor
Board Member - Furuya Foundation
Gary Illiano
Aikido 4th Dan
Aikido Assistant Instructor
I have always been interested in the martial arts. As a child I loved to watch Kung Fu with David Carradine. In the fall of 1982, I learned that a waitress at the restaurant where I was working was a black belt in Aikido.
I didn’t know anything about Aikido. Maureen began to talk about a Japanese gentleman named Ueshiba who was a master in martial arts, but who was troubled about what it meant to defeat an opponent.
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Mark Ty
Aikido 4th Dan
Aikido Assistant Instructor
Children’s Class Instructor
Board Member - Furuya Foundation
James Takata
Aikido 4th Dan
Aikido Assistant Instructor
Board Member - Furuya Foundation
Victor Gonzalez
Aikido 2nd Dan
Aikido Assistant Instructor
Head of testing committee
Andrew Loviska
Aikido 2nd Dan
Aikido Assistant Instructor