Robert Nadeau (aikidoka)

Robert Nadeau (born March 10, 1937) is an American aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan and master teacher(Shihan) in the Aikikai. He is well known as a pioneer in the energy and awareness aspects of aikido, having dedicated his life's work to understanding and translating these principles handed down by Ueshiba into fields beyond aikido, including psychotherapy, personal development. Nadeau began training in martial arts at the age of 16 and began studying Aikido with American instructor Robert Tan. After Training in Japan with the founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba, from 1962-1964 Nadeau returned to Northern California and opened a series of martial art schools sharing space with first Professor Sig Kuferat and later Richard Bunch through whom he has had on-going contact with several notable Ju-Jitsu schools and which eventually led to the formation of the California Aikido Association. He is one of three division heads of the California Aikido Association and is also the founder and head instructor of City Aikido of San Francisco, Aikido of San Jose, and Aikido of Mountain View, CA. Nadeau has taught workshops in the United States, Switzerland, Israel and New Zealand.