About Vasilis Nykteris
Vassilis Nykteris had been training since his 25 at the Athletic and Spiritual Association Kronos “ZanShinDoKan”. For four years he was trained by Kostas Yiannas (3rd Dan). In the mean time he started attending Pascal Guillemin’s seminars, a 6th Dan student of Christian Tissier (8th Dan). The seminars constituted his first impact with the unique art that Christian Tissier teaches. He then travelled to Paris (2002), in order to take part in an international seminar of the French shihan. In 2003 he had taken the exams for black belt (1st Dan) in presents of Pascal Guillemin. In the last seminar of 2004 he experienced the desire to probe deeply into the art of Aikido. In September 2004 he left for Paris in order to be trained by Christian Tissier. There he also gained the 2nd Dan from the French sensei. In 2006 he travelled to Japan. There, he was hosted for some weeks in Kyoto by the teacher Yoko Okamoto (6th Dan) and then visited the Honbu dojo of Aikikai in Tokyo. He returned to Greece (2007) and founded Aikido Academy of Athens, while in the same year he was given the 3rd Dan. He now trains under the guidance of the French shihan, for the spreading of the art of Aikido in Greece.
The Circle Christian Tissier of Aikido has placed its anchors in Cyprus, by trainer Alkis Lapithis monitored with the guidance of instructor Vasilis Nykteris.
