Instructors

Alec Corper Sensei
Chief Instructor, Itten Suginami
Alec Corper Sensei has more than 40 years of experience training in both Japanese and Chinese internal and external martial arts…
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Walter Vendel Sensei
Yondan, Aikido
Walter Vendel (b.1962) began martial arts at the age of 15 with Taekwondo and continued for 3 years studying Wado Ryu karate…
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Brent Hire Sensei
Godan, Aikido
Brent Hire Sensei (b.1971) has been a longtime student and instructor of budo. At age 5, Hire Sensei began studying karate followed by Tae…
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Richard Bastiaans Sensei
Sandan, Aikido
Richard Bastiaans Sensei started Aikido in 1999. He received his Sandan in 2017 from Seiji Ido Shihan.
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Manolo Logroño Sensei
Sandan, Aikido
Manolo Sensei has been practicing Aikido for more than 20 years. He trained in Gandía and Torrent with Gonzalo Carratala Sensei…
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Hilje van der Vliet
Instructor, Aikido Juniors
Hilje Sensei started training aikido in 1998 under the guidance of Suganuma Sensei. In 2005 she made a clear move to the line of Aikido as being developed by Alec Corper Sensei.
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Marcel de Beus
Instructor, Aikido Juniors
Marcel Sensei began Judo as a young child and then made the switch to Aikido as a teenager…
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