Dojo-cho Chett Rubenstein Sensei, Nidan

Mr. Rubenstein has been training in the Japanese way of Aikido since 1991. His original instructor was AAA founder Shihan Fumio Toyoda who trained directly with the founder of Aikido, Morehei Ueshiba O'Sensei. Mr. Rubenstein currently trains under Sandan Corey Guilbault, Dojo-cho of Aikido of Norwalk (also of the AAA).

With the desire to teach the Aikido message of non-violent conflict resolution to children, Mr. Rubenstein began the after-school program at Phoenix Academy in January 2003. In the fall of 2003 he began teaching Aikido as part of the Phoenix Academy curriculum and created Phoenix Aikido, a separate non-profit organization that will operate the expanded after-school program and provide a funding vehicle for community educational projects including the Phoenix Academy.

Corey Guilbault Sensei, Sandan

Sandan Corey Guilbault, Dojo-cho of Aikido of Norwalk, sits on the Board of Directors of Phoenix Aikido. Guilbault Sensei periodically instructs at Phoenix Aikido and Phoenix students avail themselves of the classes scheduled at Aikido of Norwalk. For more complete background information of Guilbault Sensei, please see the Aikido of Norwalk Web site.