O’ Sensei Murihei Ueshiba

Murihei Ueshiba (December 14, 1883 – April 26, 1969) was a martial artist and founder of the Japanese martial art of Aikido. He is often referred to as “the founder” Kaiso or Ōsensei, “Great Teacher”.The son of a landowner from Tanabe, Ueshiba studied a number of martial arts in his youth, and served in the Japanese Army during the Russo-Japanese War. After being discharged in 1907, he moved to Hokkaidō as the head of a pioneer settlement; here he met and studied with Takeda Sokaku, the founder of Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu. On leaving Hokkaido in 1919, Ueshiba joined the Ōmoto-kyō movement, a Shinto sect, in Ayabe, where he served as a martial arts instructor and opened his first dojo. He accompanied the head of the Ōmoto-kyō group, Onisaburo Deguchi, on an expedition to Mongolia in 1924, where they were captured by Chinese troops and returned to Japan.

Shoji Nishio Shihan

Shoji Nishio’s lifetime of accomplishments included numerous rankings and honors in Japanese martial arts including 8th dan in Aikido, 7th dan in Nihon Iaido Zendoku, 4th dan in Kodokan Judo, 4th dan in Shindo Shizen Ryu Karate as well as training in Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo (staff) and Hozoin Ryu Yari (spear). He received the Budo Kyoryusho award from the Japanese Budo Federation for his lifetime contribution to the development and advancement of Aikido throughout the world.

Ichiro Shishiya Shihan

Ichiro Shishiya Born in 1947 in Tokyo, Shishiya Sensei started judo when he was a sixth grader in elementary school at the Sugamo Police Dojo. In 1963, when he was in his third year of junior high, he joined the Sugamo Kenshyukan Dojo headed by Noboru Ishibashi Sensei, and started his aikido training under the instruction of Shoji Nishio Shihan. In 1966, he started training at the Hombu Dojo as well. After graduating from Dokkyo University in 1970, he spent several years as a salary man before establishing his own computer system engineering company in 1979. Since then, he has been juggling work and teaching aikido.

Saeed Zarrinderakht Shihan

Shihan Saeed Zarin Derakht was born in 1966  in Tehran. He was interested in sports and martial arts that led him to do sports like boxing, karate, jujitsu and freestyle wrestling. He migrated to Japan in 1990 and got acquainted with aikido in 1994.

Mohammad Vatannia Sensei

Sensei Mohammad Vatan Nia was born on 27 July 1986. He entered the university after high school and graduated in civil engineering. His sport activities began in 1991 in the field of swimming and he could achieve the provincial championship in this field. In 2005, he began training the art of Aikido with Sensei Rafati in Higer sport center in Tehran. After a year because of the closure of the Higer sport center, he passed a short time training with Sensei Arabsorkhi and again resumed training with Sensei Rafati in Shahid Chamran (Bowling abdo) sport complex.