instructors Wendy Palmer Rokudan: Tuesdays at 6pm and Thursdays at 6:30pm. Wendy is an expert at challenging people to examine techniques from a different perspective. Her classes explore principals at a high level of training as she motivates students beyond their habitual training patterns. Wendy's uncanny ability to recognize individual strengths provides a platform for finding new ways to accomplish techniques without relying on those very same strengths and patterns. Anthony DePalma Yondan: Friday nights at 6pm. Tony started training Aikido in 1983 in New England and New York.  While visiting California he had the opportunity to train at Aikido of Tamalpais--and knew he had found his home. He moved to California in 1987 and has been training here ever since. He started teaching aikido in 1992. To supplement his understanding of movement arts, in 1989 he began studying the Feldenkrais Method and later completed a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Training Program. He uses his knowledge of body movement to bring insight to the underlying mechanics of techniques, thereby enhancing power and fluidity. He also spent ten years teaching weaponless defensive tactics to Federal Law Enforcement Agents. Brian Scott Sandan: Wednesdays at 6pm and Sunday mornings at 10am. Brian recieved a nidan in Koei-Kan Karate Do before coming to aikido over twenty years ago, and has also recieved a Jiho level teaching certificate in Shinkendo from Toshoshiro Obata, founder of the International Shinkendo Federation. Wendesdays Brian focuses on the fundamentals of training often integrating sword practices into the examination of core techniques. On sundays Brian teaches an intermediate class where students are challenged to develop clarity and precision in their technique with a mind toward testing for blackbelt. Greg Owens Sandan: Tuesdays at 5pm. Greg has been training Aikido for twenty years, and was a long-time student of sensei George Leonard. He is a superb communicator and has a sharp eye for students' needs. He enjoys a vigorous training session, yet Greg is also very patient and gentle with beginners. Greg is a advocate of taking aikido off the mat, and is involved in several organizations that help train leadership, communication, and community involvment. Greg is in charge of the beginners program and is responsible for Wendy's classes when she is out of town.			Wendy Palmer Seminar with Mitsugi Saotome Seminar with Hiroshi Ikeda
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