Title: Integral Explorer

Gender: Male

Age: 46

Sun Sign: Gemini

Chinese Sign: Water Rabbit

Location: Tel Aviv

Phase One:

I was born in Dallas, Texas as an exiting “Boomer” and emerging “Slacker” and grew up in a more or less typical life on this existential cusp. In my early twenties I came to aikido and this new found passion became the vehicle for a newly awakened search for meaning and purpose.

Phase Two:

At 25 I took off to live in Japan for a year to pursue my passion for aikido. One year turned into eight (5 years turning Japanese, 3 years un-turning Japanese) doing aikido and the “gaijin in Japan” thang (domo domo).

Phase Three:

After Japan, went to travel Asia for a year in search of meditation and inner development. One year turned into eight (couldn't get enough meditation) bouncing between Asia and Europe. I'd spend the winters in Asia on retreat, and the summers touring Europe teaching aikido. Spent a couple of years practicing meditation in Burma, as well as one year practicing in Nepal.

Phase Four (that's now):

Looking to “return to the market place” somehow my karma led me to settle in Israel. Talk about “full marketplace living”. Now I teach “Integral Aikido” here in Tel Aviv as well as regularly popping into Europe to give seminars. 

Since moving here to Israel I founded an N.G.O. called Aikido Without Borders that brings the practice of aikido to troubled areas in Israeli and Palestine. We have on going projects in Jaffa, East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank….who would-a-thunk?

At this point my main life practice is about an integration of all the years of solo work on my interior and bringing it out to the exterior creating real world applications. Now things are really getting interesting.

Some links to my aikido background:

My Bio - click here

CAA Spotlight article - click here

Interview - click here

Member Since: Monday, December 18 2006

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