Richard Moon

Sensei Richard Moon began his career in martial arts in 1969 by studying Shotokan karate, Kenpo and Kung Fu under various teachers. In 1971 he began his study of Aikido under Shihan Robert Nadeau (7th Dan). Nadeau Sensei was himself a personal student of the founder of Aikido, Master Morihei Ueshiba O Sensei. Richard has studied as a personal student of Mastre Accordion, Bira Almedia, a renowned Capoeira master and three-time world heavy-weight champion of the Brazilian art of Capoeira. Richard has also studied Cheng Hsin with world champion Peter Ralston, and chi gung with B. K. Frantzis.

Richard holds the rank of 5th Dan in Aikido since 1997. He is the founder and chief instructor at Aikido of Marin. He is co-founder and a senior instructor at City Aikido, San Francisco, with Robert Nadeau. He has taught throughout the U.S.A. and has visited New Zealand and Europe as a guest instructor. He is also the creator of Aikido in Three Easy Lessons.

Richard is a partner at The Performance Edge, a consulting firm specializing in mastery coaching for executives and their teams. Richard has consulted for over ten years as a mediator, coach, facilitator, trainer and strategist to leading executives and corporations. He practices commercial, corporate and relational mediation, teaches strategic thinking and facilitates executive and management team development, and leads training seminars in negotiation, sales, and peak performance.

Richard is involved in international peace-building, having worked in Cyprus under the auspices of the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy. The Cyprus project was developed in association with the Fulbright Commission, the American Embassy in Cyprus, the Conflict Management Group and the Harvard Negotiation Project.

Richard is the founder of the movement awareness study called Aiki-Dance.

Text & images reproduced with the kind permission of Aikido of Marin.