Mike Esmalizadeh is the head instructor of Suigetsukan. He holds the following ranks and licenses:  Hachidan in Danzan Ryu Jujitsu; Rokudan in Toyama-ryu Battodo and Godan in Aikido. He has been actively involved in Danzan Ryu since 1976.

 

The Jujitsu Professors instrumental to his education are Professor David Bellman, Prof. Tony Muran, Prof. Tim Lynch, Prof. Dom and Helen Carollo.

 

He is equally grateful for the many years of Aikido and Toyama Ryu Battodo instruction he received from Obata Kaiso in those arts.