INSTRUCTORS

Jacques Payet Shihan

  • Jacques Payetis the founder and head instructor of Aikido Mugenjuku. He holds the rank of Hachi dan (8th degree black belt) and was the longest serving foreign uchi-deshi (live-in student) of Shioda Gozo Sensei. Payet Sensei has been practicing Aikido for over 35 years and taught in multiple countries before founding Kyoto Aikido Mugenjuku in 2008. In addition to teaching the Adult General classes and the Kenshusei course, Payet Sensei continues to travel extensively teaching Aikido in many different countries.
  • * More information on Payet Sensei is available here on Payet Sensei’s Wikipedia entry

Aoi Kataoka
Yoshinkan Aikido 5th dan.

Peter Andersen
Yoshinkan Aikido 4th dan.

Atsushi Yasuda
Yoshinkan Aikido 5th dan.

Yuki Nishimura
Yoshinkan Aikido 4th dan.