Ken Nisson

  Mr. Ken Nisson, 5th Dan, Aikikai, is affiliated with ASU (Aikido Schools of
Ueshiba). He began Judo training in 1958. In 1961, while in the Air Force Reserve, Mr. Nisson assisted in teaching the Strategic Air Command Judo Team. After leaving military duty, in 1964, Ken began Aikido training under Koichi Tohei, Sensei.     

Mr. Nisson was awarded shodan by Yoshimitsu Yamada, Sensei in 1967.

In the summer of 1973, along with Terry Dobson, Sensei.  Ken Nisson co-founded  Vermont Aikido, in Burlington,  Vermont. Also in 1973, they co-founded the Bond Street Dojo in New York City. In 1980,  Mr. Nisson devoted most of his time to The Aikido of Vermont dojo,  and  remained as Cho until 2001. During this twenty-year period Mr. Nisson also taught seminars at Bond Street Dojo, Palisades Aikido Club, and many other dojos throughout the United States.

In 1976 Ken Nisson began his training and long association with Mitsugi Saotome, Shihan.

Ken Nisson, Sensei currently teaches seminars at various dojos around the country,  and is Head Instructor at Aikido of Modesto, in Modesto, California, where he currently resides.

Besides his dedication to Aikido, Mr. Nisson has studied art all his life, and works as an Artist.  He paints portrait commissions, landscapes, and many other subjects, in various mediums, and has done many fine art and commercial illustration works. Mr. Nisson has his work displayed in many home and corporate collections, and  fine galleries around the country.