My name is Per-Ola Olsson, but most people call me Peo. I was born on 15th September 1966, I am single and live in an apartment in Malmö, Sweden.
I am since May 2014 a ‘Course Developer / Trainer’ at the gloabal trainng team for EcoBuilding division in Schneider Electric. I work at the Schneider Electic office in Lund and started in the company in feb 1995. I have worked mainly within the R&D Department of Schneider Electric Buildings and have also many years of experience working in various roles as e.g. ‘Interaction Designer’, ‘Usability Expert’, ‘Requirements Analyst’, ‘Trainer’ and ‘Technical Writer’. For more information on my professional background, see my personal CV or my account at LinkedIn.
The name of my site is Ronin, which is the japanese term/name for a samurai that does not have a master. I thought it would be a nice short name, and since I am also interested in Japan and japanese culture also would be fun name to use for my personal website.
My main hobby is a martial art called Aikido, which I have studied since August 1990 and been an instructor in since 1993. I am a 5th Dan (black belt) and have the instructors title of Shidoin. I am the head coach of Aikido at Malmö Budo Club and was a member of the board for Swedish Aikido Federation during 2013 and 2014 . For information on my background in Aikido, see my aikido CV.
Aikido is a japanese martial art that has it roots in the martial arts of the Samurai. It contains armed (sword & staff) and unarmed techniques and challenges you strive and grow as as person taking the path of aikido. If you want to see what aikido looks like I recommend looking at some of the clips I have on my YouTube account, featuring me doing aikido as well as aikido clips I enjoy watching.
In my spare time I also enjoy watching movies, playing boardgames and card games, as well as computer gaming (PS4 & PC) and reading books. I also enjoy exercising, hiking, dancing, visiting restaurants and joining my friends for a beer or a malt whisky at one of the pubs in Malmö. I have taken an interest in malt whisky and enjoy attending whisky fairs and whisky tastings a few times a year. Together with a friend of mine Anders Sandin, we have for more than a decade been arranging an annual whiskytasting event for some of our friends and colleages.
I have a keen interest in photography and filming. I have a photo site called Shashinronin.com, that contains some my photos from Sweden Rock Festival 2011 — 2019. I have combinded the japanese word for photograph ‘Shashin’ with the name ‘Ronin’ from my personal website and named the site ‘Shashin Ronin’.
I have also a lot of experience of video editing – both in my profession as course developer and for aikido videos, I have filmed, edited and produced several videos from aikido seminars, and here are a couple of videos that I have edited; ‘Swedish Aikido 50 year anniversary exhibition‘, ‘Swedish National Aikido Exhibition Team 2nd nov 2013‘ and ‘Swedish National Aikido Exhibition 2014‘.
