Reverend Louis Jumonville Shihan

Reverend Louis Jumonville Shihan, 6th Dan Aikikai, Dojo Cho, and Chief Instructor of Hikari Dojo has been training in the martial arts for over 40 years. He has trained extensively in Japan, at the founder’s original dojo under Morihiro Saito Shihan, guardian of the Aiki-Shrine. In 1991, at the founder’s dojo in Iwama, Morihiro Saito presented Jumonville Sensei with the 3rd and 4th level Aiki-Ken and Aiki-Jo Transmission Scrolls authorizing him to teach the Aiki-staff and Aiki-sword.

Feb 2022 Patricia Hendricks 7th Dan Shihan  conferred the Menkyo Kaiden on Sensei.

Sensei was recently appointed to the North American Youth Work Group, a new IAF committee formed to promote youth participation in Aikido.

Jumonville Shihan has spent a total of 6½ years continuously being a live-in student, first to Morihiro Saito Shihan for 1½ years, and immediately following that with 5 years at Aikido of San Leandro Dojo, under Pat Hendricks Shihan. He has been teaching Aikido since 1989.

Rev Jumonville Shihan teaches yoga and meditation in the tradition of Kundalini Maha Yoga and has completed Sri Anandi Ma’s advanced Vajra Panjar teachings of pranyama, mantra austerities, fire ceremony and meditation. In May 2023, he was ordained as a priest by Sanatana Dharma Sutsang

Jumonville Shihan holds a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in CA