About Instructor Steve Wolf

Traditions in Movement

Instructor Steve Wolf

Certifications and Training

Aikido:

3^rd Degree Black Belt, Shoden Ki Rank.

Head Instructor Northern Virginia Ki Aikido

Aikido Training Intensives and Workshops with:

George Simcox Sensei, Shinichi Tohei Sensei, Koichi Kashiwaya,

Shizuo Imaizumi-Shihan, David Shaner Sensei,

Taketoshi Kataoka Sensei, Koretoshi Maruyama Sensei,

and many others.

Yoga:

Yoga Alliance - RYT 200 (Registered Yoga Teacher)

Yoga Alliance - RYT 500 Advanced training with Yoga West of Houston Texas

Six years training in the IYT Yoga style with instructor Jackie Novak.

Additional Yoga Teacher Training Intensives and Workshops with:
Angela Farmer & Victor van Kooten, Yoganand Michael Carroll, Rod Stryker, JJ Gormley, Judith Lasater, Barbara Benagh, Cora Wen, and many others.

Biography:

Steve began his martial arts studies with Judo and Jujitsu as a child while living in Brazil during the 1960’s. He briefly studied judo again as an adult, but in 1981 he switched to Aikido after attending classes with George Simcox Sensei, the long-time Chief Instructor of the Virginia Ki Society. For the last 25 years Steve has continued to train in the art, and in 2005 he became Head Instructor at the Northern Virginia Ki Aikido dojo, which is the largest facility in the state system. He continues to give Aikido and Ki Development workshops and seminars in several states and Canada.

At age 18, Steve Wolf got his first exposure to yoga through private lessons with his Brazilian aunt who had studied for many years with a guru in Brazil. After experimenting with an assortment of yoga classes through the years, Steve began regular practice in the 1990’s when a new yoga studio opened near his home in the Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C. Attendance at these classes began as a fun thing to share with his wife, but he soon began to notice that regular yoga practice was making him stronger as an Aikidoist, and having a positive affect on other areas of his life as well. He went on to study for, and complete his Yoga Alliance 200 & 500 Hour RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) requirements with Yoga West near Houston. Steve is currently undergoing futher advanced study in the Pranakriya Yoga style with Yoganand Michael Carroll who was a director and former senior instructor at the Kripalu Yoga Center.

For 38 years Steve has been a professional musician and has traveled throughout the United States and Europe playing with many of the Mid-Atlantic region’s top bands. He continues as an active freelance musician and currently leads the popular swing/jazz ensemble Swing Speak. For more information visit: www.swingspeak.com

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