King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Jacques Payet

French aikidoka

Born
24 August 1957, Réunion
Citizenship
France
Sport
aikido
Occupation
aikidoka

Jacques Payet (ジャック・パイエ, born August 24, 1957) is a practitioner of Yoshinkan-style aikido. He was the longest-serving non-Japanese uchi-deshi of Yoshinkan founder Gozo Shioda and is ranked Hachidan (八段; "8th degree") in the Yoshinkan organization, with the honorific Shihan (師範; "mentor and model"). He is the founder and head instructor of Mugenjuku dojo and the Mugenjuku Kenshusei program in Kyoto, Japan. He is also the originator of the well-known Senshusei Course, a translator of several important works in aikido, and a guest instructor in demand around the world.

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q21482428 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.