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 Robert Nadeau and Jack Wada at Doshu Seminar, March 2004 |
 Wada, Bermingham, Concepcion, Silvey from black belt tests Nov, 2003 |
Robert Nadeau - Shihan - Founder of Aikido of San Jose - holds the rank of 7th degree black belt and studied with the founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba. He has been studying and teaching both Aikido and meditation for over 35 years. Nadeau-Shihan teaches regularly at City Aikido in San Francisco and Aikido of Mountain View. More about Robert...
Jack Wada - Shihan - is currently both chief instructor (dojo-cho) and the supervisor (kan-cho). He started in 1969 under Robert Frager and Robert Nadeau senseis while in his last year at UC Santa Cruz. Teaching since 1974, Wada-Shihan holds a 7th-degree black belt. The rank was awarded by World Aikido Headquarters (Hombu) in Tokyo. Wada-Shihan also has taught Aikido for the Human Performance department at San Jose State University, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and through the honors program at West Valley Community College in Saratoga, California. Wada-Shihan is also available for private instruction in aikido. More about Jack...
Harry Concepcion has studied with Jack Wada-sensei since 1988 and currently holds the rank of 5th degree black belt (go-dan). He occasionally teaches the adults class on Sunday. More about Harry...
Frank Silvey, a 4th degree (yon-dan) black belt, began his studies in San Francisco, CA in 1972 with Takashi Kajiwara and Mel Stewart. In 1981 Frank began his studies with Jack Wada-sensei. More about Frank...
Michael Brown, 4th degree (yon-dan) black belt.
Steven Tsao, 3rd degree (san-dan) black belt.
Mark Tucker, 1st degree (sho-dan) black belt.
Mike Driscoll, 1st degree (sho-dan) black belt.
