Darius Wingate-Pearse has been involved in martial arts for almost 20 years, having studied, TaeKwanDo, Karate, Kung Fu, Mui Thai and Brazilian Ju Jitsu.

He has been training exclusively in Aikido for more than 10 years and is ranked third degree black belt (Sandan So Hombu).

After training with Colin Hackett sensei for 6 years, Darius sensei studied overseas with arguably one of the best Aikido masters in the world, T.K.Chiba Shihan for 10 months, full-time, as a live-in student..

Darius has a high level of teaching experience and has taught at seminars in Australia, the UK as well as teaching in Bolivia and Peru.

Darius Sensei was awarded Shidoin by Gordon Jones Shihan at the 2010 Winter Gasshuku