Featuring 
Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan and
Mary Heiny Sensei 
Sept 12-15, 2019

                                                     Seattle Bridge Guest instructors:

Michael Friedl,  7th Dan
Friedl Sensei began his Aikido training in 1972 under Clyde Takeguchi Sensei in Madison, Wisconsin. Friedl Sensei became a live-in student (also known as a uchi deshi) for Takeguchi Sensei from 1975-1977 in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1978 he established a dojo in Burlington, Vermont. He relocated to Ashland, Oregon in 1979 and started a small club. Friedl Sensei affiliated with Frank Doran Sensei in 1979 and has been a student of Doran Sensei since that time. Friedl Sensei was uchi deshi for Saito Sensei in Iwama, Japan from 1981-1983. There he studied weapons intensely and the Iwama style of weapons remains a strong influence in his weapons style to this day. He returned to Ashland in 1986 and started a dojo in 1987.  In July of 1994 Aikido of Ashland opened it’s doors to dojo members. Friedl Sensei is a member of the Teaching Committee of the California Aikido Association.  Aikido of Ashland is one of the dojo in Division 2 of the California Aikido Association (CAA).  Friedl Sensei has also studied Shorei/Kempo Karate and Tai Chi.

Kimberly Richardson, 6th Dan
Richardson Sensei began her Aikido training at Naropa Institute in 1978 and shortly thereafter moved to Seattle to train with Mary Heiny Sensei. Determined athleticism, psychotherapy practices and energy awareness skills are key elements of her spirited teaching. Kimberly Sensei has studied throughout the U.S., Canada, and Japan most notably with Anno Shihan, Saotome and Ikeda Shihan, Terry Dobson and Tom Read Senseis. Richardson Sensei has acted as chief instructor at the Apple Computer Aikido School in Cupertino, CA and at Seattle School of Aikido. As an adjunct faculty member at Antioch University for ten years she taught “Aikido as Martial Art and Spiritual Practice”. In 1995 she founded Two Cranes Aikido in Seattle.    

Greg Mock, 5th Dan
Greg Mock began his study of Aikido in 1972 with Frank Doran Sensei at the University of California at Santa Cruz, where he also trained under Mary Heiny Sensei and Linda Holiday Sensei. Later, he became a founding member and instructor at North Bay Aikido in Santa Cruz. Greg is also a longtime student of Saotome Sensei. After moving to the Washington, DC area in the mid-1990s, he trained with Saotome Sensei and taught at Aikido Shobukan Dojo until moving to Seattle in 2010. As a consultant for the United Nations Development Programme, Greg analyzes and writes about successful models of sustainable development in the developing world.

Lee Crawford 6th Dan
Crawford Sensei began her aikido training in 1980 under the direction of Akira Tohei Shihan at the University of Wisconsin Aikido Club.  After relocating to Seattle in 1988, she became the Assistant Chief Instructor for George Ledyard Sensei at Aikido Eastside in Bellevue, WA. In 1995 Crawford Sensei opened Aikido Northshore in Kirkland, WA.  She has trained extensively under the direct instruction of Mitsugi Saotome Shihan and Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan. Crawford Sensei also includes Kevin Choate Sensei and Patty Saotome Sensei as having strong influences on her aikido. 
In 2014 Crawford Sensei was awarded the Ueshiba Juku designation by Saotome Shihan.  This honor identifies those who are in a direct line of succession from O'Sensei  through Saotome Shihan.