Pat Tinkler
Sandan - 3rd Degree Black Belt
Instructor
Cleveland Aikikai
Tinkler Sensei started Aikido in 1984 at a college club with Jody Telfair Sensei, one of the founders of the Cleveland Aikikai dojo. She began practicing at the Cleveland Aikikai in 1986 and received shodan rank in 1992. Her current rank is sandan.
In additon to Saotome Shihan, Tinkler Sensei's influential teachers are Mary Heiny, Linda Holiday and Frank Ostoff.