JOEL POSLUNS SENSEI

SHICHIDAN (7th DAN) – AIKIDO
YONDAN (4th DAN) – RYUSHIN SHOUCHI RYU

Joel started Aikido in 1973 at Toronto Aikikai under Bruce Stiles Sensei. In 1990 he moved to San Francisco and practiced at Berkeley Aikikai under Ichiro Shibata Shihan. In 1992 he founded San Francisco Aikikai and became a full time Aikido instructor. In 2004, he returned to Canada and moved to British Columbia where he opened North Vancouver Aikikai in the North Shore of Vancouver. In 2021 he returned to Toronto and rejoined Toronto Aikikai, where he teaches Aikido and Iaijutsu. He currently holds the rank of Nanadan (7th Dan) and the title of Shihan (Master Instructor) in Aikido and the rank of Yondan (4th degree black belt) in Ryushin Shouchi Ryu, Iaijutsu, a quick draw style of Traditional Japanese Swordsmanship, and is directly connected to the Soke (Head Instructor) Yahagi Kunikazu Sensei who gave him teaching credentials. Joel continues to practice and teach internationally, as well as online with NYBA. He has travelled extensively to Europe to teach at dojos in the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain, and has also taught seminars in Australia and New Zealand as well as Peru.