Meet Our Staff
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Chief Instructor Bob Wilcox is a 4th degree black belt and Shidoin (Certified Senior Instructor) in USAF (Hombu Style) Aikido. With over 5000 hours of practice time, he is in his 19th year of daily training, and has been teaching Aikido for over 14 years. Mr. Wilcox has studied with the most respected and highest level teachers of Aikido available - including Doshu M. Ueshiba (grandson of the Founder, O-Sensei), Shihan Y. Yamada, Shihan H. Konigsberg, And Shihans Sugano, Kanai, Chiba, Tamura, Kurita, Kawahara, Shibata, and Osawa. His lineage is direct to the founder of Aikido through his primary teacher, Harvey Konigsberg Shihan and his teacher, Yoshimitsu Yamada Shihan. Mr. Wilcox is also a Licensed Professional Engineer and a published author.

Marilyn St. John is a USAF certified 3rd degree black belt in Aikido and a 5th degree black belt in Tang Soo Do. Ms. St. John has over 25 years of experience teaching martial arts to children and adults and has a degree in Therapeutic Recreation. In addition to being the Children's Program Director and Instructor at Kingston Aikido, she is the Chief Instructor at Pak's Karate in Woodstock, and teaches Pilates at her new Pilates Studio in Kingston at the Chinese Healing Arts Center on Smith Avenue.

Paul Miroff is a certified USAF 1st degree black belt. He has studied Aikido diligently since 1995 and has attended numerous USAF sponsored seminars. In addition to his regular training, he successfully completed Kenshusei Training at Kingston Aikido.

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