Todd Jones Sensei is one of the Senior Instructors of Tampa Aikido.  He currently holds the Aikikai Hombu (World Aikido Headquarters) rank of rokudan (6th degree black belt).  Jones Sensei also has senior dan (black belt) ranks in karate, iaido, and kendo.

Jones Sensei began his martial art career in 1970 studying Moo Duk Kwan and Tae Kwon Do, going on to become a Florida state Karate champion from 1978 to 1983 and a US National Karate champion in 1979. In 1972 he began training under Dr. H. T. “Doc” Walker, one of the early pioneers of Aikido in Florida. Jones Sensei studied extensively under Shihan Morihiro Saito between 1989 and 1991, and studied under Shihan Yoshimitsu Yamada as well as other prominent instructors. 

Jones Sensei is the Founder and Chief Instructor of the American Butokukan, a not-for-profit organization that grew to include clubs at over ten universities across the United States and abroad since 1975. Jones Sensei is currently affiliated with the Aikido Shimbokukai organization, where he often serves in a senior leadership and instructor role.  

You can read an interview with Jones Sensei regarding his training and the early years of Aikido in Florida here.