(b. 1947). 5th dan Iwama-ryu, 5th dan Aikikai. Aikido instructor. First taught by Morihiro SAITO in IWAMA in 1979-1982. Returned to Australia and began teaching Iwama-ryu Aikido in 1983. Also received bukiwaza MOKUROKU, and weapons syllabus transmission scrolls from Saito. Appointed official representative for Saito for Australia in 1992 and head of Iwama Ryu Aikido in Australia in 2000.