Traditional Jujutsu and Aiki Jujutsu
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Shindokan Aiki Budo
Dedicated to the Practice and Preservation of Aiki and Jujutsu Arts Welcome to the website for the North American Aiki Budo Kenkyukai, an organization offering training in Shindokan Aiki Budo, a modern system of Aiki Jujutsu/Jujutsu. Shindokan Aiki Budo is a life protection art with a documented lineage descending from Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu through Hakko-ryu Jujutsu and Kokodo Jujutsu. Shindokan Aiki Budo is recognized as legitimate branch of this lineage and is also significantly influenced by classical Japanese sword arts and other Jujutsu and Aiki arts.
We offer the possibility of membership to interested practitioners, instructors, and dojo with backgrounds in Jujutsu arts. You are most welcome to contact us with any inquiries you might have; we look forward to hearing from you. |
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Who We Are
The NAABK was established in 2020 by a group of senior instructors in the Aiki Jujutsu lineage of Col. Roy Jerry Hobbs, Hanshi. Hobbs Sensei received his Shihan license in Hakko-ryu from Ryuho Okuyama, Shodai Soke in 1983, and Menkyo Kaiden in Kokodo Jujutsu from Yasuhiro Irie, Soke, the former Chief Instructor of the Hakko-ryu So Hombu Dojo, in 1998. NAABK Leadership Council & Technical Committee Chief Instructor - Erik A. Johnstone, Kaiden Shihan Technical Director - Matthew Ubertini, Kaiden Shihan East Coast Director - James Davis, Shihan West Coast Director - Daniel Keupp, Shihan Walter Yterraulde, Shihan Contact Us: The NAABK Hombu: Shindokan Dojo 22 Bayview Avenue, Studio 65 Stonington, CT 06378 Phone: 401-474-2568 email: [email protected] Member Dojo:
Shindokan Dojo: Erik Johnstone, Kaiden Shihan - Dojo-cho
22 Bayview Avenue, Stonington, CT 06378 Phone: 401-474-2568 email: [email protected] Masakatsukan Dojo: Matthew Ubertini, Kaiden Shihan - Advising Instructor; Kenneth Stagnari, Sensei - Dojo-cho 612 East Jericho Turnpike, Huntington Station, NY 11746 Phone: 631-793-1603 email: [email protected] Ryushinkan Dojo: Daniel Keupp, Shihan - Dojo-cho 726 E. Blacklidge Drive, Tuscon, AZ 85719 Phone; 520-272-3435 email: [email protected] |
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About Shindokan Aiki Budo
Our training is rooted in the precise and practical style of Hobbs Sensei, which is derived directly from Kokodo Jujutsu and Hakko-ryu Jujutsu, itself in turn derived from Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu. As stated above, Shindokan Aiki Budo is recognized by Hobbs Sensei as branch of his lineage. It is further informed by experience in related arts such as Daito-ryu , Aikido, Wado-ryu Jujutsu-Kempo, as well as Japanese koryu sword arts. Classical and traditional Japanese Jujutsu and Aiki Jujutsu arts utilize combative methods that were originally developed and employed by the samurai on the battlefields of Feudal Japan. During the relative peace of the Edo Period, these methods were modified and expanded upon, transforming them from "battlefield" methods into arts more suitable for use as unarmed or lightly armed life-protection systems. The technical spectrum of Shindokan Aiki Budo includes joint locks, immobilizations, chokes and strangulations, strikes, throws, grappling, manipulations of vital points, and aiki methods (or subtle physical manipulation and mental disruption). Shindokan Aiki Budo employs a very structured, yet progressive, principle-based training methodology that shares many similarities to the transmission of the older koryu jujutsu from which it is descended. The syllabus follows the structure of the original Hakko-ryu and Kokodo Jujutsu. Shindokan Aiki Budo while an effective life-protection art, is also based on a humanitarian approach to self-defense, following Okuyama Sensei's teachings of no challenge, no resistance, no injury, giving it a moral and philosophical basis that is very similar to the related art of Aikido. The techniques of Shindokan Aiki Budo are designed to quickly neutralize an attack, while causing as little lasting damage as possible. However, these skills, amplified by the understanding of the underlying principles and strategies, make possible a graduated response to any attack. One's response may be one of neutralization followed by a non-destructive restraint or pin of an opponent to an all-out counterattack, if circumstances require such measures. These characteristics make Shindokan Aiki Budo well suited for defensive tactics training for law enforcement personnel. |
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