Instructors

Matt Fluty Sensei (5th dan Aikikai) began Aikido training in 1990 in Stockton, California with John Smartt Sensei. From 1991 through 1995, Matt engaged in a rigorous teacher apprentice program for committed students endeavoring to share their passion and understanding of Aikido through teaching. Upon completion of his apprenticeship in 1995, he relocated to Sacramento, California to found, Aikido Center Sacramento. Matt Sensei has practiced Aikido both home and abroad, most notably with Peter Shapiro Sensei, Anno Motomichi Sensei, and Tasaka Mitsuo Shihan. He is a member of Kumano Juku Dojo in Shingu City, Japan, the dojo of the late Hikitsuchi Michio Sensei 10th dan. Matt Fluty Sensei is the Chief Instructor and Dojocho of Aikido Center Sacramento, and Tahoe Mountain Aikido.