Aikido of Norwalk instructors are certified by the Zenshinkai Aikido Association.
Instructional Staff
Robert Brody Sensei
Dojo-cho & Chief Instructor
Aikido of Norwalk chief instructor Brody Sensei has been training in aikido since 1995 when he joined Warminster Aikido Dojo in Pennsylvania. Warminster Aikido Dojo was a member of the Aikido Association of America under the late F. Toyoda Shihan. While Brody Sensei was in college he started his first Aikido dojo in Vermont called Green Mountain Aikido.
Brody Sensei started training at Yanagi Aikido (Aikido of Norwalk) under Corey Guilbault Sensei when he moved to Connecticut in 2010 for medical school.
Over Brody Sensei’s 27 years studying aikido, he has trained in many different dojos and styles and is ranked through Hombu dojo in Japan. In 2017, Brody Sensei joined the Zenshinkai Aikido Association under Greg Noble Sensei where he holds his aikido instructor certification. Brody Sensei holds the rank of Yondan (4th-degree black belt).
Corey Guilbault
Corey Guilbault Sensei began his training in 1989 while in college at Syracuse University. Upon graduation, he enrolled as a student of Tenshinkan Dojo, headquarters of the Aikido Association of America. Several years later, Guilbault Sensei moved to Brooklyn, New York where he became a student of Shaku Joseph Jarman Sensei at the Jikishinkan Dojo.
In 1999 Guilbault Sensei moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, where he founded Aikido of Norwalk. Guilbault Sensei holds the rank of Godan (5th-degree black belt)
Jason Goldstein
Goldstein Sensei began his Aikido training in 1990 while in college at the University of Albany, N.Y. During his years in Albany, Goldstein Sensei studied Nihon Goshin Aikido under the instruction of Sensei Earl Layumas. In 1995, after relocating to South Florida, Goldstein Sensei continued his Aikido training in Chendokan Aikido. During the summer of 2000, upon moving back to the Northeast and settling down in Connecticut.
Gonstein sensei was the dojo-cho of Aikido of Greenwich. He holds the rank of Godan (5th-degree black belt)
Jeff Tang
Jeff Tang, a lifelong resident of Fairfield County, began his Aikido training in 2016 at Yanagi Dojo in Norwalk, CT. He studied under Corey Guilbault Sensei, and at Guilbault Sensei's request has taught in the children's program since 2018.
With the transition to Brody Sensei's leadership, Mr. Tang has accepted responsibility for the children's program. He continues his own study of Aikido under Brody Sensei. Mr. Tang holds the rank of 1st Kyu (Brown belt with stripe)