Alain Tendron

     Alain was born in 1962. He started Aikido in 1977, under Guy Lorenzi's direction. From 1984 to 1985, he followed Michel Hamon in the Bank of France dojo. He received his Shodan le 27th may 1984. In august 1985, he met Bernard Palmier and took the decision to follow him by september of the same year. Thanks to Bernard, he met Christian Tissier, then Yamaguchi Sensei who awarded him the grades of Nidan in 1988 and Sandan in 1989. In 1994, he received his Yondan, and in 1995 the french instructor certificate (B.E.)

     He looked over the direction of Aikikai Pereire dojo in september 1985. He also taught in the Shoshin-Kan Dojo by 1993 and in the C.O.L.E.G. of Vaureal by 1994. Having became an Aikido professional in 1995, he joined the French College Technique National in september 1997. He left the Paris region in 1998 and settled in Montpellier, where he is directing the Aikido Montpellier classes. He developed the concept of Ren Wa Kai, gathering a number of teachers and students who share the same vision of practice. He left the French College Technique National in june 2001.

     Today, with the same passion, he teaches what he likes to consider as an education mode of life.

     In genuary 2005, Yasuno Sensei proposed him to the 5th Dan Aikikai of Tokyo.