Aikikai Foundation 6th Dan (Osaka Aikijuku Instructor)
Fumihiko Haga was born in 1958. He graduated from Waseda University’s Faculty of Law in 1981. He learned aikido from the young Suma shihan in Cairo, Egypt in 1983 when he was an Arabic language student of Sumitomo Corporation. Back then, he used to take Suma shihan on the back of his motorcycle, and enjoy late-night picnics in the desert with the pyramids floating brilliantly in the moonlit night under the meteors spreading out into space. While stationed in New Zealand from 1990, he received instruction from Nobuo Takase shihan, and after returning to Japan in 1995, he trained at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. After returning to Japan in 1995, he trained at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo and joined Osaka Aikijuku when he started working in Osaka. Through practice, he cultivated his mind and body and fostered a spirit of self-reliance. He is teaching at Uji, having “With a strong and supple body, with a gentle and resolute mind, I aim to be a reliable person.” as the dojo’s motto.

Aikikai Foundation 6th Dan (Osaka Aikijuku member)
Graduated from Osaka Women's University (merged with Osaka Prefecture University in 2007) in 1996. She studied under Masando Sasaki shihan at the Aikido Club of the university. During her studies, she participated in a training session with alumni of the Wakayama University Aikido Club, and learned of Suma sensei's practice hall and decided to follow him. Through daily practice, participation in workshops, going once a month to Shinbujuku dojo, and the Takarazuka classes, she learned posture and maai (proper timing and distance) from those who are ahead of her on the path. Recently, she has been trying to incorporate more awareness of how the body is used during techniques. She teaches the Suminoe classes and also conducts classes at the Main dojo and Seishinkan as a substitute instructor.

Aikikai Foundation 5th dan (Osaka Aikijuku member)
Born in 1954, he graduated from Kinki University’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1976, and from Osaka University’s Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2016. In 1970, he started Yōshinkan-style aikido at Shūdōkan in Osaka Castle. During his university years, he was a member of the Kendo Club of the pharmaceutical department and the Aikikendo Club of the Physical Education Association. After graduation, he began training with the young Hiroshi Suma shihan, realized the difference between aikido and other martial arts, and that he found the aikido that he was convinced of. Thereafter, he continued to receive aikido instruction from Hiroshi Suma shihan until he left Japan for overseas assignment. After that, he began attending Suita City Aikido classes in 1984, and joined the Ame no Takemusu Aikijuku dojo of Seiseki Abe shihan in 1986 and continued his training. In 1994, when Hiroshi Suma shihan returned to Japan and established Osaka Aikijuku, he retransferred, and since then he has been studying under the guidance of Suma shihan to master how to generate power from the pit of the stomach and have a stable torso. He is two years older than Hiroshi Suma shihan, who is his younger brother. He teaches at the Main dojo as a substitute instructor.

Aikikai Foundation 5th dan (Osaka Aikijuku member)
Born in 1963, he graduated from the same university as Suma shihan, but as a student he was very interested in cars and motorcycles, and had nothing to do with aikido. He had to move alone to Shikoku for his job at 39, and that is when he started training at a local dojo. He was taught by Tanimoto shihan, a student of the late Sayanagi shihan. When he returned to Osaka on business, he met Suma shihan and became his student, studying aikido daily. He also met Suma shihan's teacher, the late Masando Sasaki shihan, who had a strong impact on his own way of living. Presently he continues to study and devote himself to aikido in his hometown of Wakayama, under the guidance of Shirakami shihan. He values posture and maai, which are the fundamentals of life and practice, and he would like to accumulate more training experience in order to enhance his sensitivity as a person. Whenever time permits, he also practices at the “Hajimekai”, a place for self-improvement.