[1] He holds 7th Dan in Aikido, accredited to him by the founder's grandson third and current Doshu (hereditary head) of the Aikikai, Moriteru Ueshiba, the 2008 Kagamibiraki.
Apart from maintaining his own dojo, Chris Mooney teaches in many countries around the world including France, Germany,[3] Greece, Israel,[4] Kazakhstan,[5] Switzerland, Turkmenistan, and around the United Kingdom.
On 17 November 2006 Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba presented Aikikai Shihan certificate to Chris Mooney Sensei at a ceremony held at Hombu Dojo in Tokyo, Japan.
There was a lot of natural daylight, due to a large area of single glazed windows, which created excessive heat in the summer months and a freezing cold during the winter.
[8] In the year 2000, the dojo moved to the YMCA in Northfield, where the grim industrial surroundings were exchanged for the more populous South Birmingham suburbia.
Chris Mooney Sensei was asked to begin teaching at Ashton University in 1981 by William Smith Shihan, at the age of twenty three.
However, because of his own commitments at his dojo, Aston and Birmingham Universities, he sent one of his students David Cope (currently 5th Dan, Shidoin) to take over the running of the class.
[9] ...the treasures of the future are contained in the young, so where better for me to invest my time?The University of Warwick aikido club was given the name Gen Sen Jyuku Archived 1 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine by the master T.K.