He first went to Japan in 1990 and had been visiting there for several months almost every year since.
He teaches Aikido in the UK, Spain, Switzerland, France, USA, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Georgia and Australia.
He had been the assistant for Nariyama Shihan at many lessons in dojos in Japan, at the International Festivals, seminars in Europe, training camps at Universities and for Shodokan, and for many demonstrations.
He is in the official Shodokan syllabus video.
Passed 6th Dan in 2008.
He established the organization Shodokan Aikido UK at the beginning of 2007.
He was In Georgia 7 times (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2017).