Instructor - Ray Feliciano

Ray Feliciano

is a 6th degree black belt in Aikido. He is one of the few high level aikido instructors in the world with a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ).

While he supports that one should continue training in the classical art of aikido, he is also the one of the leading proponent of modern aikido (#modernaikido) and reimagining aikido (#aikidoreimagined). The approach to modern art of aikido is incorporating other aspects of martial arts discipline to aikido. His focus is incorporating the grinding pressure and effective groundwork techniques of BJJ within the context of aikido.

Further, the fast hands and efficient movements of Kali or FMA has found its way to Ray Feliciano’s version of his modern approach to the art of aikido.