Bratislav Stajic
- Bratislav Stajić began his Aikido studies in 1979 and has been actively training since.
During the years he attended numerous seminars internationally most notably under Ljubomir Vracarevic, Kenji Shimizu. During his training in Japan in 1993 he stayed in the Yoshinkan (the school of Gozo Shioda).
- His substantial professional experience resulted in an original and innovative approach to his teaching.
Stajić currently holds the rank of 8th Dan in Real Aikido and 5th Dan in Aiki Jujutsu.
- He is well known for his technical precision and creative execution combined with effective atemi to vital points of the human body and is an expert in self defense against multiple armed opponents.
- In his productive career, he has so far organised and led more than 50 domestic (in Serbia and previously former Yugoslavia) as well as international seminars. These include seminars to the Police, Army, Special Rapid Reaction Unit SOBR, High School for Internal Affairs (Interpol Unit) in Yekaterinburg Russia, Russian Special Forces Emercom and from 1997 until 2002 he trained the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs Special Forces.
- Stajić Shihan is a co founder of the following organisations:
Fight club "Dynamic Sphere"; World Centre of Real Aikido; Serbian Real Aikido Federation; Russian Real Aikido Federation;
- Together with the founder of Real Aikido School Ljuba Vračarević Sensei, Stajić has worked on the popularisation and expansion of Real Aikido.
- He is responsible for opening and assisting growth and development of a number of clubs/dojos worldwide.
- Stajić Shihan is a frequent guest on several of the biggest martial arts demonstrations in the world. He is also a technical adviser to a number of clubs and federations.
- Throughout his career as an instructor, some of his core qualities have been to selflessly transfer his skills to his students and to show desire for them to succeed.
- He has taught a number of high ranking practitioners, some of them currently running their own clubs.
- He is a highly regarded instructor and his classes are often visited by many top practitioners from around the world.