DBT Aikido teaches Tomiki Aikido or a sport style competitive Aikido. Head sensei is Ronald Abo, Godan. Sensei Abo began Aikido training in 1978 under Sensei Gakku Homma, ushideshi to O Sensei Morihei Ueshiba founder of Aikido. In 1990, Sensei Abo began training under Shihan Seiji Tanaka, a student of Shihan Kenji Tomiki the founder of a competitive style of Aikido now known as Tomiki Aikido or Shodokan Aikido.