Bob Noha

Bob Noha, 6th dan, began practicing Aikido in 1966 in Mountain View, California, and shortly thereafter began training with Robert Nadeau, the start of a life-long friendship. He started the first Aikido school in the Washington, D.C., area in 1970 and, in 1975, founded the first Aikido school in Buffalo, New York. He founded Aikido of Petaluma in 1983 and continues to serve as its chief instructor. In addition, Noha is also a devoted student and teacher of T’ai Chi and has a background in several other martial arts.

Books By Bob Noha

Aikido: The Art of Transformation
Aikido: The Art of Transformation
By Teja Bell, Laurin Herr, Richard Moon, Bob Noha, Susan Spence, Elaine Yoder
$24.99
Firsthand accounts of the life, practice, and teachings of pioneering Aikido master Robert Nadeau, direct disciple of Aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba

A widely influential figure in the development of Aikido in America, Robert Nadeau is one of the few American direct disciples of Aikido’s founder Morihei Ueshiba Osensei. This book, written by his students, explains Nadeau’s unique teaching, his core concepts, and basic practices centered on energy refinement, direct experience, and inner transformation.