
Aviv Goldsmith Sensei
Chief Instructor
Aviv Goldsmith Sensei began Aikido training in 1975 at the New York Aikikai. In 1986,…

Dwight Petersen Sensei
Assistant Instructor
Dwight Petersen Sensei is the founder of the Fredericksburg Aikido Club. Petersen Sensei discovered the…

Donna Pienkowski
Instructor
Donna Sensei starting training in 2002 and teaching in 2007. Donna is an experienced middle…

Steve Fennell
Instructor
Steve Sensei started practicing Aikido in 2002 and he began teaching in 2008. As a…

Heather Phillips
Instructor
Heather Sensei began practicing Aikido in 2005 and started teaching in 2009. Heather was one…

Sarah Montgomery
Assistant Instructor
Sarah Sensei started practicing Aikido in 2005. She began teaching in 2010 at J. S.…

Dr. Robert Kravetz
Assistant Instructor
Robert Sensei started practicing Aikido in 1975 and has been training for over 40 years!…

Tom Schaidhammer
Assistant Instructor
Tom Sensei first was drawn to the martial arts by the popular TV series Kung…

Shawn Shipp
Assistant Instructor
Shawn Sensei teaches our weekly special needs youth class. She loves using Aikido to help…