Andrew M. Sato, Rokudan Aikikai, is a full-time Aikido instructor. Sato Sensei trained under Fumio Toyoda 

Shihan beginning in 1977, until Toyoda Sensei’s passing in 2001. From 2002 until the end of 2004, Sato Sensei served as the chief instructor of both the AAA and AAI. In 2005, he organized the Aikido World Alliance.