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26, and also studdied tae kwon do and karate in his youth.
He was promoted to yondan (fourth degree black belt) in
March of 2010. Brian has studied as a live-in student
under Pat Hendricks sensei in San Leandro, CA, and
Hitohiro Saito sensei in Iwama, Japan. Brian began
teaching aikido at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community
College in the fall of 2001, and opened River City Aikido in
the Spring of 2005.
Brian is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has practiced
psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and their families.
He currently supervises therapists and provides anger
management and substance abuse therapy at the Bon Air
Juvenile Correctional Center. He holds a bachelor's degree
in psychology from Virginia Wesleyan College and a
master's degree in clinical social work from Virginia
Commonwealth University.
Please feel free to contact Brian at 804-387-2279 if you
have questions, or email him at bthill70@gmail.com
2005, Ashland, VA.
the occasion of Brian's last training day as uchi deshi at Saito
sensei's Iwama Tanrenkan dojo, June 2005.
Tsukuba, Japan. June 2005.
morote-dori as Mark Larson sensei instructs at a
seminar in Fredericksburg, VA (c. 2001).
