Shane Riley 6th Dan
Shane Riley Sensei 6th Dan is the chief instructor and head of White Rose Aikikai, the organisation that the Princes Bishops Aikido club is affiliated with.
Riley Sensei began training in Wado-Ryu Karate at Mirfield Karate School in the early '70s where he achieved the rank of Shodan.
He began training in aikido in 1975 with Vincent Thompson Sensei 7th Dan, as he felt this would complement his Karate training.
In September 1979 he began a small aikido class at Huddersfield Sports Centre for his friends. One month later he decided to make the class a formal club, naming it White Rose Aikikai.
Terry Bayliss Sensei 7th Dan, the principal of the Seijisu Aikido Ryu and one of the senior instructors for the British Aikido Board promoted Riley Sensei to Rokudan (6th Dan) at the White Rose Aikikai's 25th Anniversary in September 2004.
Riley Sensei teaches in Dewsbury and Huddersfield where the White Rose Aikikai is based and regularly travels to teach at the Durham Class.