Charles Weber

ChuckIn his own words:
I started Aikido in 1975 in Denver, Colorado, with Seiji Tanaka sensei of Waseda University and Tomiki Aikido. Tanaka sensei and his assistant Stan Hartz were very kind to me. When Hiroshi Ikeda Sensei moved to Boulder he and Glenn Bluestone introduced me to Mitsugi Saotome Sensei. I was fortunate to have these people share their ideas about aikido with me as an aikido-crazy beginner. In 1981, I moved to Washington, D.C., to be a bicycle messenger and study with Saotome Sensei. In 1988, Saotome sensei asked me to start a dojo with Charles Page in Baltimore.
In addition to receiving the rank of nanadan (7th dan), Chuck Weber Sensei has been given the Ueshiba Juku designation by Mitsugi Saotome Shihan. Ueshiba Juku translates as “academy of the Founder.” It recognizes that the recipient has shown exceptional leadership in transmitting the teachings of O-Sensei and is a true inheritor of the teachings of O-Sensei through Saotome Shihan.
Weber Sensei currently teaches at Baltimore Aikido.