Forty-Five Years of Dedicated Aikido Practice
Sensei Jean-René Leduc has devoted his life learning about Aikido's principles.
Biography
Jean-René Leduc began his aikido training with William Gleason Sensei in 1980 in Boston while also studying Macrobiotic way of living and principles of Ying and Yang in daily practice. In 1987 Leduc moved to Japan to deepen his aikido studies with Yoshinobu Takeda Sensei, founder and chief instructor of Aikido Kenkyukai International. Through his affiliation with Takeda Sensei, he also met and trained extensively under Seigo Yamaguchi Sensei at The Zoshukan private dojo and Meiji University dojo.
In 1992 Leduc returned to Canada to establish a training and retreat center for the study of aikido in the Kootenay Mountains of British Columbia.
The Direct Lineage
New School
Morihei Ueshiba
Yamaguchi Shihan
Takeda Shihan
The founder of Aikido, who envisioned the art as a path of dynamic harmony and self-cultivation rather than conflict.
5 years spent training under the direct disciple of O-Sensei, absorbing his movements and style.
One of the main students of Yamaguchi Shihan for decades. Founder of Aikido Kenkyukai International.
Mirror Lake Aikido Dojo
Moments of dynamic harmony, focused training, and weapons practice surounded by pristine nature.