Fiona Blyth
6th Dan Instructor
Fiona Blyth, Rokudan (6th dan) and Hombu-recognised Shidoin, has over forty years of aikido practice in the United States, England, and France. She began her training in 1983. A close and direct student of the late Mitsunari Kanai Sensei at New England Aikikai (Cambridge, Massachusetts), she played an integral role in the development and teaching of the beginner curriculum and taught beginner and mixed-level classes for many years. Under Kanai Sensei’s mentorship, she taught regularly at New England Aikikai and also served on a teaching rotation at Portsmouth Aikido, New Hampshire. Fiona Blyth has taught seminars internationally throughout the United States, England, Europe, and South America. She continues to train and teach in Europe and the United States and is the initiator of the Women International Aikido Course in southwest England. Her aim for the March Aikido course is to bring aikidoka of diverse backgrounds and affiliations together for sincere training, mutual learning, and shared enjoyment on the tatami through dedicated practice.
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