The Ryushin Shouchi Ryu organization has many affiliated dojos across the globe with members in the North America, Europe and Asia. Dojos wishing to join the Ryushin Shouchi Ryu organization can begin the AFFILIATE DOJO APPLICATION PROCESS.
INSTRUCTORS
KUNIKAZU YAHAGI, SOKE
Yahagi Kunikazu, is the second headmaster (soke) of Ryushin Shouchi Ryu. Yahagi was introduced to kendo by his uncle at the age of 10 and commenced his kendo training in elementary school. He also trained in Judo from the age of 12, an art in which he later went on to earn the rank of 2 DAN at the Kodokan.
He would continue his martial studies through his formative years, and at the age of 30, he entered the NCR dojo (now the Nihon Zaidan Building) in Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, which was then under the authority of Kawabata Terutaka.
After nearly 30 years of diligent training under the tutelage of Kawabata, Yahagi was licensed by the International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF) as a Kobudo Hanshi 8 DAN and later succeeded in becoming a director for IMAF. This would mark the beginning of Yahagi’s international teaching career.
SHIHAN
Terutaka Kawabata, JAPAN
Yoshi Watanabe, JAPAN
Kunikazu Yahagi, JAPAN
Takahiro Kimura, JAPAN
SHIHAN-DAI
Kozo Aoki, JAPAN
Frank Nieves, USA
Hiroshi Narumi, JAPAN
Tiki Malcom Shewan, FRA
Philip Ortiz, USA
SHIDOIN
Toru Hasebe, JAPAN
Mitchell Ratchik, USA
Ben Sardinas, USA
Dominique Pierre, FRA
Rodney Castillo, USA
Fred Bernier, USA
Dominique Andlauer, FRA
Valiant Yueng, USA
Marco Garrancho, USA
JUN SHIDOIN
Lorenzo Trainelli, ITA
Franco Criti, ITA
Miguel Salvador, ESP
Edward Lin, TWN
Alessandro Chiancone, ITA
Bruno Faia, FRA
Michael Flynn, USA
Pedro Sors, USA
Xavier Serra, ESP
Merek Dorf, USA
Sylvain Cruezet, FRA
Patrick Barge, FRA
Giorgio Vecchiet, ITA
Jenyer Paez, USA
Antonella Pesatori, ITA
Wolfgang Furst, AUT
Charles Boleware, USA
Tatiana Hanazaki, USA
Lisa Strazzollini, ITA
Ralph Briggs, USA
Dominique Falquet, SUI
Paolo Tommasini, ITA
Gilles Benso, FRA
Pablo Vaccari, USA
Roberto Iannelli, ITA
Elisabeth Furst, AUT
Fred Shimizu, USA
Tephra Froehlich, ESP
Joel Posluns, CAN
Akiko Kikuchi, ITA
Cedric Russo, SWI
Sumie Nakayama, JAPAN
Jacques Bally, FRA
Tommaso Chiarolini, ITA
Charles Barrett, USA
Michael Martyn, USA
Andoni Gonzales, ESP
