Accreditation:
We teach and train in accordance with Aikikai Foundation Aikido Hombu Dojo guidance, and are a United States Aikido Federation affiliated dojo.
Instructors:
Paul Buchanan Shidoin, Rokudan, 6th dan, Aikido Club of Try-Co-Lan
Paul Buchanan Sensei began his Aikido training in Central Florida in the mid 1970′s. He has traveled throughout the United States and to Hombu Dojo in his study of Aikido through the years and has had the privilege of training under many of O-Sensei’s disciples, including Kisshomaru and Moriteru Ueshiba, the second and third Doshu. Paul is a former member of the Board of Governors of U. S. Aikido Federation. Paul and his wife Anne founded the Aikido Club of Try-Co-Lan (now Dark Corner Aikido) in the Blue Ridge Foothills of the Carolinas in 2006, after their retirement from careers in the U.S. Space Program.
Anne Buchanan Fukushidoin, Godan, 5th dan, In Memorium Aikido Club of Try-Co-Lan
As the founding co-instructor of the Aikido Club of Try-Co-Lan, Anne brought immense talent and organizational skills to the Club. Anne, too, began her Aikido training in Central Florida in the mid 1970′s. She traveled throughout the United States and to Hombu Dojo in Japan in her study of Aikido through the years and had the privilege of training under many of O-Sensei’s disciples, including Kisshomaru and Moriteru Ueshiba, the second and third Doshu. Anne was an experienced educator of both young people and adults. She and her husband Paul founded the Aikido Club of Try-Co-Lan (now Dark Corner Aikido) in the Blue Ridge Foothills of the Carolinas in 2006, after their retirement from careers in the U.S. Space Program.
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