Ricardo Jenez began studying Aikido in 1991 as a student of Molly Hale Sensei, at Oracle Corporation as a satellite of Aikido West. He began training at Aikido West under the guidance of Frank Doran Shihan and instruction of Cyndy Hayashi Shihan shortly after and currently has the rank of 4th Dan.
Ricardo has also studied karate and has a fondness for Aikido weapons, and tries to draw these two disciplines into his practice of open hand Aikido techniques.