Masamunekan Dojo

Saint John Yoshinkan Aikido

 

Our Instructors and Staff


Chief Instructor

Sensei Wendell Black - 1st Dan 

Associate Instructor

Sensei Steve Nickerson - 5th Dan

Staff

Wendell Black

Rick Baker 

Rob Moran

Senior Students

Wendell Black - 1st Dan

Rick Baker - 3rd Kyu

Peter Breen - 1stKyu

Rob Moran - 1st Kyu

 

Aikido is a Martial Art of self-defense that is based on non-resistance rather than strength. An attack is never stopped; it is met and guided in a way that causes the attacker to be thrown by the directional force of his own attack. Aikido also employs a number of joint locking techniques. Although these techniques are extremely effective and can drive an aggressor to the ground immediately, they are not designed to break bones or cause injury.