SHIHAN

Yoshimitsu Yamada Shihan, New York Aikikai, In Memoriam

Akira Tohei Shihan, Midwest Aikido Center, In Memoriam

Mitsunari Kanai Shihan, New England Aikikai, In Memoriam

Sugano Seiichi Shihan, New York Aikikai, In Memoriam

Harvey Konigsberg Shihan, Woodstock Aikido

Paul Sylvain, In Memoriam

Claude Berthiaume Shihan, Aikido de la Montagne

Peter Bernath Shihan, Florida Aikikai

Donovan Waite Shihan, Aikido of Greater Philadelphia, In Memoriam

Andy Demko Shihan, New Castle Aikikai

Mike Abrams Shihan, New York Aikikai

Steve Pimsler Shihan, New York Aikikai

Robert Workoff Shihan, New York Aikikai

Rick Stickles Shihan, Aikido Schools of New Jersey, In Memoriam

Hal Lehrman Shihan, Aikido of Park Slope

Larry Bieri Shihan, Finger Lakes Aikido

Ariff Mehter Shihan, Aikido of Cincinnati

Eddie Hagihara, Long Island Aikikai, In Memoriam

Linda Lee Vecchio Shihan, Aikido of Cleveland, In Memoriam

Luqman Abdul Hakeem Shihan, Aikido School of Maghreb, In Memoriam

George Kennedy Shihan, Aikido Centers of Atlanta

Bernard Mulligan Shihan, Shodokan, In Memoriam

Michael Sheahon Shihan, Greater Hartford Aikikai

Henry Smith Shihan, Aikikai of Philadelphia, In Memoriam

Richard Stroud Shihan, MIT Aikido Club, In Memoriam

• 2013:

Dermot McDonald Shihan, Aikido Institute of Newfoundland

Raymond Farinato Shihan, Aikido of Fairfield County

Irvin Faust Shihan, Albany Aikido, In Memoriam

Douglas Firestone Shihan, Aikido of Westchester

Charlie McGinnis Shihan, Aikido of Cincinnati

Edward Peteroy Shihan, USAF Academy Aikido Club

Robert Saad Shihan, Aikido de la Montagne

Frank Wong Shihan, Aikido Curacao

• 2014:

T.K. Lee Shihan, Aikido of Houston, In Memoriam

Larry Levitt Shihan, Valley Aikido

Dennis Meno Shihan, Suncoast Aikido

Joseph Nemeth Shihan, Aikido of Nassau County

Gordon Sakamoto Shihan, Northern Virginia Aikikai

Peter Tamagni Shihan, Vineland Aikikai, In Memoriam

Darrell Tangman Shihan, Augusta Aikido Club

• 2015:

Penny Bernath Shihan, Florida Aikikai

Sioux Hall Shihan, Harvard Aikikai, In Memoriam

Yukiko Katagiri Shihan, Cornell Aikido Club

Yoko Okamoto Shihan, Portland Aikikai

• 2016:

Nelson Andujar Shihan, Nations Aikido

Steven Kaufman Shihan, Open Sky Aikikai

Grady Lane Shihan, Brevard Aikikai

Daniel Laurendeau Shihan, McGill Aikido

Giles Longpre Shihan, McGill Aikido

Yousuf Mehter Shihan, Aikido of Central New York

Walter Van Enck Shihan, Midwest Aikido Center, In Memoriam

Richard Wagener Shihan, Palm Beach Aikikai

• 2017:

Collins Smith Shihan, Bermuda Aikikai

Kazuho Nishida Shihan, City Aikido of Los Angeles

• 2018:

David Birt Shihan, Davis Aikikai

Glenn Brooks Shihan, Aikido of Scottsdale

Edmund Di Marco Shihan, Lake County Aikikai

Chester Griffin Shihan, Long Beach Island Aikikai

Eugene Monteleone Shihan, Suffolk Aikikai

Laura Jacobs Pavlick Shihan, Litchfield Hills Aikikai

Gentil Pennewaert Shihan, Newport Beach Aikikai

Gustavos Ramos Shihan, Miami Aikikai

Eliot Rifkin Shihan, Miami Aikikai

William Xavier Staub Shihan, Waianae Coast Aikido

Geraldin Tremblay Shihan, Waianae Coast Aikido

Arthur Wise Shihan, Evanston Aikido Center

• 2019:

Eugene Abarrategui Shihan, Aikido de la Montagne, In Memoriam

• 2020:

Musashi Numata, Princeton Aikikai, In Memoriam

• 2021

Damon Apodaca – Santa Fe Budokan

Patrick Hardesty – Kentuckiana Aikikai

Alicia Cordero Hardesty – Kentuckiana Aikikai

Stephan Jesberger – Mohawk Valley Aikido

Brian Mizerak – Kingston Aikido

Daniel Palmer  – Asheville Aikikai

Gail Skinner – Aikido of the Canyon Lands

• 2022​

Karen De Paola - Skylands Aikikai

Christina Dumlao - Gold Coast Aikikai

Julia Freedgood - Valley Aikido

Vu Ha - Boston Aikikai

Salvatore La Corte - North Coast Aikikai

Dennis Main - Aikido of Charlotte, In Memoriam

Robert Mason – Aikido of Dallas

Michael McNally - Hoboken Aikikai

Robert Toabe - MIT Aikido Club

Eran Vardi - Aikido of Ramapo Valley

Jerry Zimmerman - Aikido North Jersey​

• ​2023​

Stephane Janczuk, Aikido la Forge 

• ​2024​

Matthew Bagedonow - MIT Aikido Club

James Baker - Aikido of Norfolk

Knut Bauer - Centrail Illinois Aikikai

Philip Berrios - Aikido Chiheisen

Bruce Bookman - Tenzan Aikido

Javier Vazquez Bravo - San Juan Aikikai

Christopher Clark - Portland Aikido

Larry Graham - Kansas City Aikido School

James Graves - Southland Aikido

Motier Haskins - Fairfield Iowa Aikikai

Emmanuel Herzog - Florida Aikikai

Damir Jamsek - Austin  Aikikai

Rock Lazo -Kenosha Aikikai

Masako Nakatsugawa - Syracuse University Aikido Club

James Soviero - Aikido of Red Bank

Blue Spruell - Peachtree Aikikai Atlanta

Naomi Wentworth - Midwest Aikido Center

• ​2025​

Fabio Chirinos - Dairyukai Aikikai

Debra Crampton - New York Aikikai

Sharon Dominguez - New York Aikikai

Michael McNally - Hoboken Aikikai

Cong Nguyen - Summit View Aikido

Jonathan Reid - Aikido of Central New York

Christine Wong - Aikido of Santa Barbara

Paul Zimet - New York Aikikai