ABOUT US

Technical
Committee

Our Technical Committee is made up of
Instructors certified by the Aikikai Hombu Dojo,
with a high technical and human level.
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YESID SIERRA

Director – 6th Dan

He began his study of Aikido in 1988 under the tutelage of Sensei Luis Aldana. He constantly visits the NY Aikikai and seminars to follow the teaching of his former sensei, Yoshimitsu Yamada. He founded the Kihon Dojo in 2004.

ANTONIO ARIAS

6th Dan

Director of Aikido No Tsunagari. His Aikido is classic and effective.

AGUSTÍN MANZANO

6th Dan

He began his study with the late Shihan Miguel Moreno. He founded the Manzano Dojo in Mérida and Progreso. He has traveled to Japan on several occasions teaching in some dojos in that country and has participated as a speaker at All Japan Aikido.

OLEG GORFINKEL

6th Dan

He began his Aikido practice in Canada in 1988. He was a direct student of Osamu Obata Shihan and Fran Turner Sensei. In 2000 he founded Tentokai Xalapa.

BIBIANA PENAGOS

5th Dan

She began his Aikido practice in 1997. In 2002 she was Uchi Deshi at New York Aikikai for six consecutive months and frequently visited Yamada Sensei in his dojo. She constantly travels and attends seminars around the world to continue his training including the Aikikai headquarters in Tokyo. She is founder of the Kihon Dojo.

JASON PFOHL

4th Dan

He began studying Aikido at the age of twelve with Paul Sylvain Sensei and Lorraine Diane Sensei in Massachusetts; He was uchi-deshi for two years in San Diego, California with Shihan Kazuo Chiba. He founded the historic center Aikido dojo in Oaxaca in 2016.