Dan Promotions Mailed to Aikikai

December 15th, 2025

Applications sent to Aikikai Hombu Dojo on December 15th, 2025 for registration of dan rank. Congratulations to all!

1st Dan:

Augusta Alday - New York Aikikai

Walter Araya Rojas - Peachtree Aikikai Atlanta

Amanda Bae - New York Aikikai

John Beckworth - Grinnell Aikikai

Helen Bibilouri - New york Aikikai

Lia Borrelli - Aikido of Amherst

Thierry Boudemaghe - Alamo Area Aikikai

Frédéric Bourgouin - Dairyukai Aikikai

Robert Breen Jr. - Aikido of Red Bank

Kimbuu Dang - Aikido Center of Jacksonville

Roberto De Lima Barreto - Aikikai Shinka Dojo

Brian Flanagan - Greater Hartford Aikikai

Scott Ford - Aikido of Red Bank

James Frankiewics - Kitsap Aikido

Richard Gilkes - Pinellas County Aikikai

Brian Gleed - Florida Aikikai

Nicolas Irep - Aikido de la Montagne

Wade Kackstetter - Southland Aikido

Sebastien Magnan - Aikido la Forge

Filippo Marchetti - Notting Hill Aikikai

Matthew McCorry - Kitsap Aikido

David McKoskey - Twin Cities Aikido Center

Ellen Murphy - Tenzan Aikido

Huytom Nguyen - Peachtree Aikikai Atlanta

Tommy Noonan - Open Sky Aikikai

John Orozco - Florida Aikikai

Alexy Pemberton - Notting Hill Aikikai

Zabihullah Ibn Ismail Abdur Rahim - New York Aikikai

Israel Alejandro Torres Arbolaez - Miami Aikikai

Ysehwa Yin - Peachtree Aikikai Atlanta

2nd Dan:

Hans Rudy Alapini - Aikido de la Montagne

Justin Baram-Blackwell - Tenzan Aikido

Bobby Bisram - Albany Aikido

Alan Cohen - New York Aikikai

Victor Eng - New York Aikikai

Leandro Estrada - Peachtree Aikikai Atlanta

Osiris Gomez - Gold Coast Aikikai

Jorge Gonzalez - Gold Coast Aikikai

Nick Hatsiandrou - Aikido of Fairfield County

Khalid Ikdimne - Casablanca Aikikai

Margie Ikeda - Tenzan Aikido

Stephen Koehler - Twin Cities Aikido Center

Jeff Lorenz - Pinellas County Aikikai

Laetitia Macchi - Aikido la Forge

Ashton Medina - Florida Aikikai

Dillon Poole - New York Aikikai

Gilles Prepoint - Dairyukai Aikikai

Katherine Reuther - Twin Cities Aikikai

Fernando Rosado - Gold Coast Aikikai

Sergio Santiago - San Juan Aikikai

Dwight Sparkes - Aikido Institute of Newfoundland

Jerome Tracy - Albany Aikido

3rd Dan:

Maxim Bushmakin - Boston Aikikai

Benoit Charra - Dairyukai Aikikai

Richard Chong - Albany Aikido

Cindy Chu-Velez - New York Aikikai

David Cole - Aikido of Cincinnati

Brian Cox - Albany Aikido

Adam Di Angelo - Aikido of Red Bank

Eric Evenson - Twin Cities Aikido Center

Michael Foster - Savannah Aikikai

Jack Freund - Aikido of Charlotte

Eric Giroux - Dairyukai Aikikai

Kiley Haftorson - Alamo Area Aikikai

Lawrence Howard - Albany Aikido

Nicholas Katzenberger - Aikido of Red Bank

Asha Leitner - New York Aikikai

Adam Lewis - New York Aikikai

Claudio Lopez - Florida Aikikai

Stan Lumish - Aikido of Red Bank

Judy Narvaez - Albany Aikido

Holly Nesbeitt - Boston Aikikai

Aleksey Nuzhnov - New York Aikikai

Kayleigh O'Connor - Boston Aikikai

Kyle Park - Mount Saint Vincent Aikikai

Susannah Rodriguez - Albany Aikido

Natalia Safronenkova - New York Aikikai

Robert Schriver - New York Aikikai

Luc Senatus - Dairyukai Aikikai

Chelsea Trengrove - Boston Aikikai

Reynante Valenzuela - New York Aikikai

Donovan White - Albany Aikido

Eduardo Yasui - Aikikai Shinka Dojo

Marina Yerovinkina - New York Aikikai

4th Dan:

Silvio Jose Da Silva - Aikikai Shinka Dojo

Brad Edwards - Florida Aikikai

John Graham - Aikido of Fairfield County

Catherine Lefebvre - Boston Aikikai

Chris Rauh - Florida Aikikai

Neil Ruggles - Florida Aikikai

Monica Sasaki - Florida Aikikai

Gene Sowles - Aikido of Cincinnati