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1. Don Cunningham, from USA, founder of Budo Kai - for outstanding efforts in bringing devoted budoka together, which helped us to create KIAI.
2. Jeff Boler, from USA, new KIAI webmaster - for great enthusiasm and friendship, for his great work with new KIAI site and promotion of KIAI through Budo Kai Message Board.
3. Gary Swift, from UK, founder of AIWA and NIBF - for his great help in promoting KIAI Online Magazine. Shihan Swift forwarded our magazine to more people than we have on our prime list.
Beside these three gentlemen, we also have thre new regular members, instructors. They are:
1. Brian Barnes, from USA, member of
Hontai Yoshin Ryu association, fine ju jutsu sensei and also fine instructor
of sword arts. More details about this instructor you can find on
www.hyrusa.com
2. Keith Nicholas, from UK, leader
of Seishin Ryu Budo, holder of Yondan Aikido and shodan judo and jujutsu.
Keith is also active as an instructor of iai and aiki boken.
3. Ondrej Stejskal, instructor from
Budokai Praha, Czech Republic. He is student of our "old" member Dejan
Kostic. These two instructors are active on the University Budo Club in
Prague. Those of you who may understand Czech language, visit the site:
http://www.feld.cvut.cz/FEE/k303/oddily.htm
Budokai Praha is going to have its own site in a couple of months.
Few recent applications from several ju jutsu and aiki dan holders made me think again about the term "kenjutsu instructor". Sharing my own destiny, these applicants had japanese sword arts incorporated in their ju jutsu or aiki syllabus. They had no special certificate in kenjutsu or iai, but they sure were (are) quite active as instructors. So, here's how it all looked the last time I was asked about this. Please read it and pass the word. Era of mixed martial arts has already begun...
- Ivica,
I have a significant question. One of my certifications, the highest, in fact, is from Hontai Yoshin Ryu, a system of weapons and jujutsu. Our iaido is an element that is incorporated in the system as a requirement at all ranking levels, but it is not listed separately on the menjo, or in any way ranked separately. Would this still count toward your certification? There is also a significant element of Toyama Ryu iaido contained in our ranking structure, but, again, it is not
separately certified.
Dear Sir,
I have almost the same
thing in here - I am ju jutsu instructor with yondan, and kenjutsu is just
a part of our advanced training. We have syllabus that cover quite a lot
of kendo, iai and kenjutsu classical techniques, and besides, it is possible
to become an instructor of kenjutsu. However, it is just an additional
title to our ju jutsu black belt, and it only means that future instructor
will help other fellow jujutsuka learn the basics of sword art. So, in
this way, we are actually quite similar. Just send your ju jutsu syllabus
with detailed presentation of the "fencing" part. We gather instructors,
those who are authorized to give instructions by heir associations.
Do you give instructions? Yes, you do. Do you have students
who learn "nihonto" from you? Yes, you do! Are they getting promoted on
the knowledge you pass on them? Yes, they are! Are you licensed from your
association to do this by some prearranged syllabus? Yes, you are. So,
my dear friend, you ARE an instructor, and therefore you are welcome to
join.
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