Aikido Shusekai Instructors
Nick
Walker Sensei has been teaching Aikido for over
a quarter of a century.
His innovative approach to the art draws upon his training in a number
of different aikido styles and in a wide range of other disciplines,
including zen, yoga, somatic psychology, qigong, butoh, and physical
theatre.
Walker Sensei is a longtime core member of the experimental theatre group Paratheatrical Research, and appears in the group's documentary films Crux and Orphans of Delirium, and in various indie feature films, including The Greater Circulation and The Invisible Forest.
Walker Sensei holds a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from California Institute of Integral Studies, and is currently doing graduate work there in somatic psychology. He is a speaker and activist for the Autistic Rights Movement, and conducts aikido trainings for various groups, including at-risk youth and the adults who work with them. He is the founder of Aikido Shusekai and the chief instructor of the main Aikido Shusekai dojo in Berkeley, California.
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Andrew
Reichart Sensei began training with Nick Walker
Sensei in 1987, and was one of the founding members of Aiki Arts and Aikido
Shusekai. He is the founder and chief instructor of the Aikido Shusekai
dojo in Los Angeles.
Philip
Huang Sensei began training under Nick Walker Sensei
in January of 2001. He has worked extensively in the health education
and HIV prevention field, as a counselor, teacher, and group facilitator
for teens, gay men, sex workers, and immigrants. His fiction writing has
appeared in numerous anothologies, including Charlie Chan is Dead II,
Best Gay Asian Erotica, TakeOut: Writings from Queer Asian
America, and Fresh Men: New Queer Voices.
Tracy
Held Sensei co-teaches
the Youth Aikido Program at the Berkeley YMCA. She has been practicing aikido
with Nick Walker Sensei since January 2004. She also practices iaido sword
work with Andrej Diamantstein Sensei and qigong with Willow Lune. She is
currently studying theater with Michael Torres and opening an acupressure
massage practice in the East Bay.
Lisa
Stenmark Sensei co-teaches the Youth Aikido Program
at the Berkeley YMCA, and moonlights as a professor of Religious Studies.
Eric
Zuckerman Sensei has
been training with Nick Walker Sensei since 1996. In addition to his black
belt rank in Aikido, he has earned a brown belt (2nd kup) in Tae Kwon Do
Chung Do Kwan. He received a B.A. in Psychology from SUNY Albany in 1992,
and is currently pursuing a Masters of Science in Human Resources Management,
with a focus on workplace conflict resolution, at Golden Gate University.
He lives in Berkeley with his wife, Beth, and their two cats.
Jason
Greenlaw
Sensei began
training in Aikido with Nick Walker Sensei in early 2001, earning his black
belt in 2006. He has also studied with Kayla Feder Sensei of
Aikido of Berkeley. In addition to Aikido, Jason practices Yoga and in early
2008 completed a teacher training program (RYT certification) in Anusura
Yoga with Sianna Sherman. Jason is interested in further exploration of
how these two arts compliment each other and in seeking integration both
within these practices as well as in life outside the mat.
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