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 Somatic Psychology, zen, yoga, butoh, and physical theatre. He is the founder and most senior instructor of Aikido Shusekai, and the chief instructor of the Aikido Shusekai dojo in Berkeley, California.

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 Neurodiversity and Autistic Rights Movements. In addition to his regular Aikido classes, he conducts trainings in Aikido-based conflict resolution strategies for various groups, particularly marginalized and at-risk populations and the people who work with those populations.

Walker Sensei is a longtime member of the transformational physical 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.