News and Events
New Class Schedule: Tues 5 pm
Friday 5 pm
Location: Right across from Murdochs on 7th (at the MMA School)
instructors
A.I. with Doshu (deceased), (the son of the founder of Aikido, M. Ueshiba), and the current Doshu, Hombu Dojo, Japan
A.I. Lieber, (AKA Yahe Solomon) 6th dan, Shidoin (Certified Teacher) Aikido, 2nd dan Iaido, Chief Instructor of Sei Chu Kan, has 37 years of aikido training, 24 years as an instructor.
Yahe/AI started training aikido at age six with Dr. M. Nakazono and his son, Dr. K. Nakazono. After graduating from the Kototama Institute in 1984, with a Doctor of Oriental Medicine (acupuncture) degree, upon the recommendation of Dr. Masahilo Nakazono, he travelled to San Diego to further his study of aikido under Professor TK Chiba, a direct student of the founder of aikido (who is known as O'Sensei).
He completed the kenshushei (intensive training) program as an uchideshi (live in student) with Professor T.K. Chiba in San Diego, CA.
Sensei also apprenticed as an uchideshi in Hombu Dojo (the headquarters school for aikido) in Japan for almost three years under Mr. K. Ueshiba, the son of the founder of aikido (O'Sensei).
He ran the Connecticut Aikikai dojo in New Haven, CT for ten years after Juba Nour (Shihan, 6th dan) passed it to him. He is the father/stepfather of three children.
Yahe/AI is an acupuncturist and maintains a practice in Bozeman. : see here for more information.
Kelly Burns Solomon, 2nd dan Aikido, has been training in aikido since 1992. She trained as kenshusei, a special intensive training program in aikido, zazen (meditation) and iaido (sword drawing) with Professor T.K. Chiba (8th dan) in San Diego, CA. She also trained under Shihan M. Murashige at the San Diego dojo. She is the mother of three children; one in college!
Links: www.birankai.org