A studiat aikido sub indrumarea mai multor maestri: Mitsuteru Ueshiba waka sensei (Aikikai Hombu dojo-cho), Fukakusa Motohiro sensei (8 dan aikido aikikai), Yokota Yoshiaki sensei (7 dan aikido aikikai), Kanazawa Takeshi sensei (7 dan aikido aikikai), Christian Tissier sensei (8 dan aikido aikikai), Jun Yamada sensei (7 dan aikido aikikai), Ulf Evenas sensei (7 dan aikido aikikai), Nagano Hiromichi sensei (8 dan aikido yoshinkan) si multi altii. Principalul maestru insa a fost Fujita Masatake sensei (8 dan aikiado aikikai), elev direct al fondatorului Morihei Ueshiba si secretar personal al acestuia, mult timp director al departamentului international al Aikikai Hombu Dojo urmat, dupa decesul acestuia, de Kobayashi Yukimitsu sensei (7 dan aikido aikikai – Hombu shihan).