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INSTRUCTORS







Tom
Gambell

6th Dan
Gordon
Teekell

5th Dan
Noel
Amherd

2nd Dan

Linda
Andersen

2nd Dan

Adam
Howell

1st Dan

Kathleen
Bloom

1st Kyu


     Noel began his training with Paul Sylvain Shihan while on the East Coast. He joined East Bay Aikido after moving back to California in 1998. He currently holds the rank of Ni Dan (2nd Degree Black Belt) from the Aikido World Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.

     In addition to being an outstanding aikidoist, he is an initiated Ifa Diviner (Babalawo) of the Yoruba in Nigeria, West Africa. During 2001-04 he moved to Birmingham, England to study for his PhD in African Studies. While there he trained with several sensei, predominately David Packer Sensei.

     Noel teaches the 6:30 AM Early Morning Classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well as the Juniors' Classes on Tuesdays.


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