![]() He is the editor and principal author of The Aikido of Shin-Budo Kai, A Guide to Principles and Practice. Since retirement from CDC in 2010, Ralph is increasingly focused on aikido and related pursuits. Shizuo Imaizumi Shihan certified Ralph as a Chief Instructor in March 2006 and promoted him to Godan on September 1st, 2016. He resumed aikido practice in 1994, training sequentially under Wade Ishimoto Sensei and Jim Redel Sensei until 2006. Professional obligations intervened again when he joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta in 1987. Medical school intervened from 1978 – 1982 after which Ralph resumed aikido practice with Mitsugi Saotome Shihan at Aikido Shobukan Dojo in Washington, DC from 1982 – 1987. Returning to Austin, TX that same year, he practiced with the Austin Ki Society for 2 years. Ralph first experienced aikido during a semester of study at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1976 – attracted to its philosophical underpinnings and noncompetitive approach. Ralph Bryan Sensei, 5th Dan and Chief Instructor at ASBK. ![]()
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