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Roy Yukio Suenaka Sensei has devoted his life, beginning at age four, to martial arts study, and has learned at the feet of some of the world’s most celebrated martial masters. His primary instructors include judo’s Kazuo Ito and Kyuzo Mifune; Kodenkan (now Danzan-ryu) jujutsu’s Henry Seishiro Okazaki; Kosho-ryu kempo’s legendary James Masayoshi Mitose; kendo’s Shuji Mikami; Matsumura Seito and Hakutsuru Shorin-ryu karate grandmaster Hohan Soken; and aikido’s Yukiso Yamamoto, Koichi Tohei, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, and founder Morihei Ueshiba O’Sensei. Roy Suenaka is ranked nidan (second degree black belt) in kendo, and sandan (third degree black belt) in judo and jujutsu. He was awarded a rokudan (sixth degree black belt) in Matsumura Seito karate by Hohan Soken, an okuden certificate of advanced Shin-Shin Toitsu aikido proficiency by Koichi Tohei, and a menkyo-kaiden certificate of aikido mastery from Morihei Ueshiba O’Sensei. He is recognized as hachidan (eigth degree black belt) in aikido by the International Black Belt Federation and the Dai Nippon Butokukai. Suenaka was also the first person to open a successful aikido school in Okinawa, and one of the first to teach aikido on the United States mainland. In addition to his martial pedigree, Suenaka has a wealth of street-fighting experience, and as a former military man, he saw active combat duty in Vietnam, and taught unarmed combat to Army Special Forces, Navy SEALs, and other personnel stationed there.