Robert Nadeau,
Shihan
Robert Nadeau Shihan with O Sensei, 1964
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Robert Nadeau,
7th Dan, began
his martial arts training in the 1950's,
studying judo, karate, and defensive tactics as a police officer in Redwood City, Ca. In the 1960's he left police work, traveling to Japan to study with Aikido
founder Morihei Ueshiba. Over several years he received
personal
guidance from O' Sensei in the philisophical and energy aspects
of
Aikido. Throughout the 1970's and 1980's his work brought Aikido
concepts
into the fields of psychology, body work, and the healing
arts. Nadeau Shihan
has been a major influence in the development of
Aikido in the United States
and on many of today's Aikido
instructors. His approach to martial arts
training transcends
technique to give students something applicable to life
and and aid to
self transformation.
Nadeau Shihan gives periodic seminars in meditation and
energy awareness
at the Esalen Institute and at other Dojos. He is
particularly interested
in the spiritual aspects of the art, or using
Aikido as a process of
expanding consciousness.
Nadeau Shihan co-founded the Aikido Association of Northern
California,
which is affiliated with Hombu Dojo, World Aikido
Headquarters. He teaches
at City Aikido
of San Francisco and
at Aikido of Mountain View.
He also teaches seminars around the world
