Jose Antonio Rivas-Campo is the lead instructor of the Children and Teen Youth Program, and has been since 2022. A sandan (3rd degree black belt), Jose Antonio began his Aikido study at Aikido Shobukan Dojo in 2000. For many years before 2006 and after 2014, he was a helping instructor of the Youth Program led by Lewis Cuffy and Sara Bluestone. Jose Antonio is an attorney working in private practice in public international law and investment arbitration and is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University.