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César San Miguel
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César San Miguel is a Teaching Artist at Destiny Arts Center, where he teaches martial arts, drawing from his exploration of various disciplines since beginning his study of Aikido in 2000. An Oakland native, César has been with Destiny since 2019 and he is excited to give back to his community. César hopes that, as a young instructor of color, his work will inspire other young POC to study the martial arts.
César believes that martial arts have the power to transform how we, as individuals, interact with and respond to the world around us. In addition to physical skills, youth who study martial arts learn qualities such as focus, self-discipline, empathy, and patience. These qualities allow them to engage their surroundings with compassion, strength, and integrity, as they inherit a troubled world.
César is a personal student of Jan Nevelius Shihan, 7th dan Aikikai, of Stockholm, Sweden, and was awarded the rank of 2nd degree black belt by Nevelius Shihan in 2017. César has attended dozens of Aikido seminars both domestically and abroad taught by teachers from all over the world, and he hopes to one day teach such workshops. César has taught Aikido classes for adults in various dojo in California, and helps with the youth program at Aikido of Berkeley.
In addition to Nevelius Shihan, César has studied with and continues to draw inspiration from Kayla Feder Sensei, Jorma Lyly Sensei, Charles Colton Sensei, Greg Angus Sensei, and Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan, to name a few. Over the years, César has studied Taijiquan, Goju-ryu Karate, Judo, Daito-ryu Aikijujitsu, American boxing, and he has trained with practitioners of various additional arts.
César holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in Anthropology from Columbia University, and is a certified massage therapist, and owner of KiMusubi Massage.
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