Our Instructors
Randy Porter
| Porter Sensei holds the rank of sandan (3rd degree black belt). He has been training Aikido for eleven years and student teaching under Christenham Sensei (Sarpy Aikido) since 2001. He is actively involved in the other AHI dojos in the Greater Omaha area. |
Affiliate Instructors
The following instructors continue to influence Aikido Omaha but will not be regular teachers.
Ronald Christenham Sensei
Christenham Sensei, Head Instructor of Sarpy Aikido Club. | Head Instructor of Sarpy Aikido Club. Christenham Sensei was born in 1946 in Ventura, California. Christenham Sensei retired from the Army Corps of Engineers and is actively working for an engineering firm in Omaha. He started learning Aikido in 1970 under Kubo Shihan in Hawai’i and thereafter, he became the assistant instructor to Shimazu Sensei in Hawai’i for 7 years. Christenham Sensei taught Aikido for few years in Hawai’i-kai in Hawai’i before he moved to Omaha. In 1990, Christenham Sensei started teaching his sons and a few other students Aikido in Omaha at his home. In January of 1991, Sarpy Aikido Club opened in its present location at La Vista Recreation Center near Omaha, Nebraska. It was the first Aikido club to be opened in the Omaha area. Christenham Sensei is still actively the chief instructor of the dojo. He currently holds the rank of 5th Dan. |
Robert Kubo Shihan
Kubo Shihan, Head Instructor of Aikido of Hawai'i International | Kubo Shihan was born 1935 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He graduated with a degree in secondary education from the University of Hawai’i and taught in Hawai’i public schools for 30 years until his retirement in 1990. Kubo Shihan is presently the Chief Instructor of Aikido of Hawai’i International. He supervises dojos in Hawai’i; Omaha, Nebraska; Volousia County, Florida; and San Diego, California. |