Lineage

Aikido Instructor Lineage

Morihei Ueshiba

to Hiroshi Isoyama 

to Fujiko Gardner & Michael Bissonette

&

Morihei Ueshiba

to Kochi Tohei

to Bernie Lau

to Lonnie Grimm & Michael Bissonette

Tacoma Aikido Club Aikido instruction was

strongly influenced by training received in the following Budo;

  Kendo

Kinnosuke Ogawa

to Rod Omoto

to Lonnie Grimm & Michael Bissonette

 Judo/Jujutsu

Jigoro Kano

to Ryochi Iwakiri 

to Lonnie Grimm

to Michael Bissonette

Organization Lineage

under the direction of Sensei Fujiko Gardner

Tacoma-Fife Judo Dojo established

the Tacoma-Fife Aikido Dojo (1972 - 1979) which reorganized as

the Tacoma Aiki Dojo (1979 - 2006) which changed its name to

the Tacoma Aikido Club (2006 - present)