
The Ryushin Shouchi Ryu organization has many affiliated dojos across the globe with members in the North America, Europe and Asia. Â 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

Valiant Yueng, USA

Marco Garrancho, USA

Dominique Pierre, FRA

Mitchell Ratchik, USA

Ben Sardinas, USA

Farouk Benouali, FRA

Rodney Castillo, USA

Fred Bernier, USA

Dominique Andlauer, FRA
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

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

Dominique Falquet, SUI

Paolo Tommasini, ITA

Gilles Benso, FRA

Pablo Vaccari, USA

Roberto Iannelli, ITA

Elisabeth Furst, AUT

Fred Shimizu, USA

Tephra Froehlich, ESP

Akiko Kikuchi, ITA

Cedric Russo, SWI

Sumie Nakayama, JAPAN

Jacques Bally, FRA

Tommaso Chiarolini, ITA

Charles Barrett, USA

Michael Martyn, USA
