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.
Instructors certified by the Aikikai Hombu Dojo,
with a high technical and human level.
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.
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 practicing Aikido in 1997. In 2002, she became an Uchi Deshi at New York Aikikai, where she trained intensively for one year, and regularly visited Yamada Sensei at his dojo. She frequently travels and attends seminars around the world to continue her training, including at the Aikikai Headquarters in Tokyo. She is the founder of Kihon Dojo and currently teaches at Taipei Budokai.
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.
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.
