Biography of Fereidoon Salehi

Master FEREIDOON SALEHI was born in December 1962 to a cultural family in Esfahan. At his early teens he entered the world of martial arts and in TAEKWONDO he was active for several years with masters like Monibi, Kord Bache, Khandan and Asghar Nourzaei and he managed to receive the black belt in 1985. Years after that in Jordan meeting master Zatarat was a start for master Fereidoon Salehi to AIKIDO world.this meeting and intimacy with AIKIDO caused master Fereidoon Salehi to choose the homeland of this art for learning it better. At the beginning he started learning AIKIDO better with masters like Hamtsu sensei and Arikawa sensei. in the continuation of the way and in 1997 after staying in Tokyo he enrolled in AIKIDO world center- Hombu Dojo. He has been exercising regularly under the supervision of Miyamoto Shihan and Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba- the first figure in the world AIKIDO. According to the regulations of AIKIKAI organization each person after receiving their dan 5 is permited to work as a coach.master Fereidoon Salehi also during his dan 5 period in 2017 by registering his own style in martial arts federation under the title of Iran Aikikai Aikidojo started his martial career in Iran as a coach.master Fereidoon Salehi managed to receive his dan 6 from Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba in 2020 in annual ceremony of Kagami Biraki which is held yearly in the world Aikido center. Master Fereidoon Salehi knows himself as permanent student of Aikido and believes whatever level you are in you have to accept the ultimate suffering of learning until you are able to teach properly.