The Instructor

Louis Jumonville Sensei     3/24/59 - Present

Louis Jumonville Sensei 5th Dan Aikikai, Dojo Cho, and Chief Instructor of Hikari Dojo has been training in the martial arts for over 30 years. He has trained extensively in Japan, at the founder’s original dojo under Morihiro Saito Shihan, guardian of the Aiki-Shrine. In 1991, at the founder’s dojo in Iwama, Morihiro Saito presented Jumonville Sensei with the 3rd and 4th level Aiki-Ken and Aiki-Jo Transmission Scrolls authorizing him to teach the Aiki-staff and Aiki-sword.

Jumonville Sensei has spent a total of 6½ years continuously being a live-in student, first to Morihiro Saito Shihan for 1½ years, and immediately following that with 5 years at Aikido of San Leandro Dojo, under Pat Hendricks Sensei.

Jumonville Sensei has been teaching Aikido since 1989. Jumonville Sensei also teaches yoga and meditation in the tradition of Kundalini Maha Yoga and has completed Sri Anandi Ma’s advanced Vajra Panjar teachings of pranyama, mantra austerities, fire ceremony and meditation.

Jumonville Sensei holds a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.