| Jacques Payet | |
|---|---|
 teaching at Mugenjuku dojo in Kyoto | |
| Born | August 24, 1957 Réunion, France |
| Other names | ジャック・パイエ, Жак Пайе |
| Residence | Kyoto, Japan |
| Nationality | French |
| Style | Yoshinkan aikido (養神館 合気道) |
| Teacher(s) | Gozo Shioda (塩田 剛三), Takafumi Takeno (竹野 髙文) |
| Rank | 8th-degree black belt (八段, hachidan), Shihan (師範, shihan) |
| Years active | 1980–1994,2000-present |
| Website | www |
Last updated on: September 9, 2014 | |
Jacques Payet (ジャック・パイエ, born August 24, 1957) is a practitioner of Yoshinkan-style aikido. He was the longest-serving non-Japanese uchi-deshi of Yoshinkan founder Gozo Shioda and is ranked Hachidan (八段, "8th degree") in the Yoshinkan organization, with the honorific Shihan (師範, "mentor and model").[1] He is the founder and head instructor of Mugenjuku dojo and the Mugenjuku Kenshusei program in Kyoto, Japan. He is also the originator of the well-known Senshusei Course, a translator of several important works in aikido, and a guest instructor in demand around the world.
- ^ 本部道場指導陣紹介 (in Japanese) Yoshinkan.net