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About
Kenshindoryu
The
Kenshindo Ryu was formed in 1988 in
Reading,
Berkshire,
originally teaching Wadoryu Karate and Local Authority sponsored
Self-Defence classes. Over the next seven years the clubs grew and
incorporated Judo and Jujitsu instruction until, in 1995, the Kenshin Do
Ryu (Way of Dedication School) Nippon Budo Kyokai (Japanese Martial Arts
Association) was established, to provide a ‘home’ for independent clubs
teaching traditional Japanese Martial Arts.
From
its inception, a number of things were considered of paramount
importance and the association still prides itself on its tenets. These
state that Kenshindoryu Nippon Budo Kyokai is to be free of political
prejudice; that the association should be run for the benefit of its
members, at the lowest possible cost; and that the standards within the
association should be maintained at the highest levels.
In
addition, although remaining essentially independent, affiliations were
arranged with organisations who would add value to the membership in
some way and we are pleased and honoured to hold current affiliation or
association with the following groups:
The British Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Shikukai
The Zen
Judo Family
Wadokai
England
Karatedo Federation
The British Zen Judo Family Association
Chief
Instructor
The association Chief Instructor is Sensei Jim Dart, who
has been involved in the martial arts for almost thirty
years. Jim is currently graded to 5th Dan in KDR Combat
Judo, 4th Dan in Wadoryu Karate, Zen Judo and
Kenshindoryu Jujitsu Kempo, and 3rd Dan in Nihonryu
Jujitsu. He has previously held positions as Headmaster
of the International Society of Traditional Judo in
England
and General Secretary of the Wado Kai
England
Karate-do Federation, where he was a member of the
Technical Committee.
After many years of training, gaining Dan grades in Karate, Zen Judo and
Jujitsu, Jim established the Kenshindoryu style of Jujitsu Kempo in 1994
in an effort to redress what he saw as an imbalance in he saw as an
imbalance in the existing major associations’
emphasis in training, whom he perceived as concentrating
on the throwing and locking elements of Jujitsu, to the
detriment of the striking techniques.
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