SAA Instructors | Instructors at South Austin Aikido |
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| Written by Todd Kammerer | |
| Friday, 30 March 2007 | |
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Jay Lindholm
Jay Lindholm Sensei began his martial arts training in 1981. Following two years of training in a street fighting system “Kajukenbo”, he then spent eight years training in Tae Kwon Do. Lindholm Sensei taught at his own Tae Kwon Do school in Dallas, for two years prior to moving to Austin, Texas in 1989. Lindholm Sensei started his aikido career in 1989 which has continued through today encompassing 22 years of consistent aikido practice. Lindholm Sensei regularly attends training seminars with both Ikeda Sensei and Saotome Sensei to bring ideas and training methods back to the dojo. His motto is “just start wherever you are and get better from there.” Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Todd Kammerer
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Tommy Kammerer
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Tim Schmelter
Tim Schmelter started his aikido career in 2003, after seeing a Japanese martial arts demonstration at Disneyworld and deciding that he needed to work on an art that could help his Jedi Knight training. From that beginning, he has trained consistently with Lindholm Sensei, and attended regular seminars with Saotome Shihan, Ikeda Shihan, Hofmeister Sensei, and Heiny Sensei, among many others. He focuses his training on posture, structural integrity and mind/body/spirit unification in aikido, but has yet to lift a rock using the Force. Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Darrell White
Darrell White started his Aikido career in 2001, training with the US Naval Academy's Aikido Club in Annapolis, Maryland. His initial study was under the instruction of George Meyer sensei, a direct student of Saotome Shihan. Darrell was initially drawn to this ASU Aikido dojo because of its emphasis on weapons training - an interest since his college experiences in European fencing and brief studies in Kendo and Iaido. Darrell moved back to Austin in 2005, quickly finding a home in the Austin dojo and its community. Darrell makes his living as an executive in the information technology field, leading large scale software development projects for the government. His classes focus on basic, foundational principles and Aikido movements. Darrell often uses his classes to explore the applicability of Aikido principles - non-violence, blending, conflict resolution, self-control, centering and balance - to the challenges and conflicts we find in the world outside the dojo.
Jesse Spears
Jesse's first formal martial arts training was in Jhoon Rhee Tae Kwon Do, in college, with Master Steve Powell. After 3+ years of study (over 5 year period) he wandered away from Tae Kwon Do and dabbled in various martial arts, sports, and recreational fighting styles throughout the late 80's and 90's (Fencing, Archery, Won Hop Loong Chuan, Amtgard, Jiu Jutsu, Jeet Kun Do). He also practiced meditation, deep breathing and worked on centering and controlling his Chi throughout the 90's. Later on, he studied Tai Chi for a bit before discovering Aikido in 2002. He has been practicing Aikido steadily ever since. Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Stephen Hughes
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