Instructors

\"Aikido Sensei Guy Hagen
Sensei Hagen is the dojo cho (head instructor) for the USF Aikido Club, and holds the ASU Aikido rank of yondan (4th degree black belt). He is a direct student (deshi) of Shihan Mitsugi Saotome and John Messores Sensei. He has been training in martial arts since 1980, holding rank in several styles including shodan (1st degree black belt) in Shorin-Ryu Karate. He has studied Taoist Tai Chi and Lokhupbafa for over ten years, and has added Vinyasa Ashtanga Yoga to his studies in 2006.
\"Aikido Sensei Gary Clementi
Sensei Clementi holds the ASU Aikido rank of sandan (3rd degree black belt). He began his training in Yoshukai Karate in 1973, followed by Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido. He actively trains in numerous martial arts including Kun Tao, Tai Chi, Kali, and others.
\"Aikido Sensei Daryl Schrader
Sensei Schrader holds the Aikido rank of godan (5th degree black belt). He began his study of martial arts in 1963, taking his first Aikido lesson from Shihan Koichi Tohei in 1967. He has black belt ranks in a half-dozen styles, including 9th degree black belt (Hanshi) in Shorin-Ryu Karate. Sensei Schrader is also a senior instructor at the Aikido Schools of Ueshiba of Sarasota.
"Sensei Sensei John Murray
Sensei Murray holds the Aikido rank of nidan (2nd degree black belt).
"Sensei Sensei Meredith Abel
Sensei Abel holds the Aikido rank of shodan (1st degree black belt). She began her Aikido studies in 2003, and also holds the rank of nidan (2nd degree black belt) in Wado Ryu Karate-Do.