mat fee: by donation (suggested $20-40)—no one turned away for lack of funds
we ask all participants to wear a KN95 mask or better during class- we will provide them if you forget yours—learn why
limited parking available
if you haven’t already, please sign our online waiver before attending class
Jacqueline von Arb Sensei, 4th Dan Aikikai, is the chief instructor and manager of JuShinKan Aikido in Stavanger on the Southwest coast of Norway. She serves as board member of the Technical Committee of the Norwegian Aikido Federation, a member of the IAF Working Group on Gender Balance as well as the IAF Working Group on Disability, to which she brings her experience of integrating sight- and movement-impaired students into regular Aikido classes. She has traveled extensively around the world and has not missed a chance to visit all the local dojo! She is active in the organization of international events as well as in the promotion of Aikido in person and online, all of which earned her the nickname “Aikimama.”
Jacqueline can perhaps be called a late bloomer, having started Aikido at the age of 43, but was rapidly taken by the so-called Yamaguchi dialect of Aikido by the way of Endo Shihan, Ariga Kaname, Jan Nevelius, Jorma Lyly and Roberto Martucci Sensei, as well as an additional influence from the Christian Tissier Shihan line by way of Marc Bachraty Sensei.
