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IKEDA Hiroshi Shihan
Hiroshi Ikeda began the study of Aikido in 1968 while a University student in Tokyo. In 1975, Saotome sensei left Japan for Florida, where Ikeda rejoined him in 1976 as his uchi deshi. In 1980, he moved to Colorado to found the Boulder Aikikai, an associate of Saotome sensei's Aikido Schools of Ueshiba. He is still principle instructor there, and also travels extensively in the U.S. and Europe to give seminars. He currently holds the rank of 7th dan through Mitsugi Saotome Shihan and the Aikido World Federation (Hombu Dojo).
More than 30 years after his arrival in the U.S., Ikeda sensei still works very closely with Saotome sensei, who has told us that he regards Ikeda sensei as his natural successor.
