Chida Sensei at the 8th Renshinkai demonstration 2015

Tsutomu Chida Shihan is the chief instructor and director of NPO Aikido Renshinkai. Chida Shihan was an uchideshi of Yoshinkan Aikido founder Gozo Shioda-Sensei from 1971 until Shioda-Sensei’s passing in 1994. Chida Shihan continued to serve at the Yoshinkan Headquarters until retiring as Dojocho in 2007. In April of 2008 he established Aikido Renshinkai.