Roxana Grămadă
5th Dan Instructor
Roxana has been practicing aikido in Romania since 2002. As of 2004, she has been studying with Sensei Sorin Despa 6 Dan Aikido Aikikai, and with Sensei Mihaita Deleanu 5 Dan Aikido Akikai, under the technical direction of Shihan Yukimitsu Kobayashi 8 Dan Aikido Aikikai.
She regularly participates in international seminars led by Shihan Tsuruzo Miyamoto 8 Dan Aikido Aikikai, Shihan Yoko Okamoto 7 Dan Aikido Aikikai, Shihan Takanori Kuribayashi 7 Dan Aikido Aikikai, Shihan Makoto Ito 7 Dan Aikido Aikikai, Shihan Toshio Suzuki 6 Dan Aikido Aikikai, and Shihan Yuji Oyama 6 Dan Aikido Aikikai.
She has traveled to Japan to experience aikido concepts and practice in their authentic form.
Since 2015, Roxana has been an instructor at Hakken Dōjō, together with her brother, Sensei Dan Grămadă 5 Dan Aikido Aikikai dojo cho, and shidōin at Roxana Grămadă Dōjō since 2023. Both dojos are members of Aikikai Romania.
Roxana Grămadă is a messaging strategist and the founder of Becoming Words, a positioning studio for brilliant yet undiscovered minds. She frequently writes online and in print media about aikido and its benefits.
