SHIHAN

(Shihan requirements)

as of 1/2021

• Yoshimitsu Yamada Shihan, New York Aikikai

• 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

• 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

• 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:

• Spiros Koyanis, Two Rivers Aikikai

• Musashi Numata, Princeton Aikikai

  • 2021

• Damon Apodaca – Santa Fe Budokan

• Patrick Hardesty – Kentuckiana Aikikai

• Alicia Cordero Hardesty – Kentuckiana Aikikai

• Stephan Jesberger – Mohawk Valley Aikido

• Brian Mizerak – Woodstock Aikido

• Daniel Palmer  – Asheville Aikikai

• Gail Skinner – Aikido of the Canyon Lands

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