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Anthony “Tony” Charles Smibert (born 1949 in Melbourne, Australia) is an artist and Aikido instructor. He has exhibited artworks and published research internationally, much of the latter on the methods of 19th Century watercolourist J. M. W. Turner. He is the President of Aiki Kai Australia and a member of the Senior Council of the International Aikido Federation. His home, studio and gallery are in Deloraine, Tasmania.

Art
Smibert’s art reflects three diverse streams of thought: Japanese minimalism, the early 19th century English School of Painting and Abstract Expressionism. His 1993 collaboration with Japanese couturier Yasuhiro Chiji led to a signature range of high fashion, yuzen kimonos based on Smibert's watercolours. Some works (for example his Yosemite Valley watercolours and acrylics) are clearly inspired by the study of Turner, Caspar David Friedrich and the early 19th century philosophy known as the Sublime. For Australian landscapes Smibert sometimes uses local iron ore as pigment. Smibert’s art is deeply informed by his study in Aikido. His larger acrylic abstracts use the energy flow ('ki') of Aikido to create a broad calligraphy reminiscent of Franz Kline and Action Painting. Smibert’s career includes more than 50 solo exhibitions in Europe, South East Asia, Japan, the Americas and Australia.

Aikido
Smibert commenced Judo at the age of 13 and then Aikido at age 15. He became a student of Aikido master Seiichi Sugano in 1965 and remained his student until Sugano’s death in 2010.

Smibert assisted Sugano to establish in Aikido in Victoria then worked closely with other senior students to establish Aiki Kai Australia and the Aikido Foundation. Smibert was Vice President of Aiki Kai Australia from 1976 until 2010. On the passing of Sugano he was elected President. Smibert is a trustee of the Aikido Foundation, established to promote the Aikido legacy of Sugano, along with senior Australian instructors Robert Botterill (7th dan) and Hanan Janiv (7th dan).

Tony Smibert represented Australia at the International Aikido Federation (IAF) from 1980 to 1984. He was then elected IAF Vice Chairman, a position he then held from 1984 to 2008. In 2008 he was appointed by the current Aikido Doshu to membership of the Senior Council of the IAF.

Smibert currently holds the rank of 7th dan Aikikai and the teaching title of shihan from Aikido World Headquarters in Japan. He regularly teaches in Australia and Europe and has also taught in Japan, South East Asia, the USA and the United Kingdom.