Introduction From The Founder
"The techniques of Hakkoryu are nothing but the pure self-protection instinct that prepares your spirit to face urgent matters of life and death. That is, when one encounters violence, it can be said that Hakkoryu provides natural, simple, and practical methods that enable one to calmly face imminent peril and move on without hesitation to capture and punish assailants reasonably and easily in an instant.
The mere practice that results in the wearing out of practice uniforms does not give birth to the kind of self-protection arts that will be helpful at such critical times.
Our Hakkoryu Shodan-gi are designed to prepare one with basic rules to firmly put down such general assaults. Furthermore, as one makes progress through the Nidan-gi, Sandan-gi, and so forth, the techniques naturally increase in their punishment and severity. [Read more...]
Latest News
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Renshikai Review Invitation 2025
Invitation to all Hakko-ryu Shihan Kaikekiden around the world: May 3,4,5, 2025, these three days are review sessions for Shihan and Kaiden, held at the Hombu Dojo in Omiya, Japan. [Read more...]
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Happy Holidays 2024!
Happy Holidays to the Hakkoryu community! Wishing everyone a safe and healthy season, and welcome to 2025! [Read more...]
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Happy Thanksgiving 2024!
Wishing everyone in the Hakko-Ryu community a happy harvest season, and congratulations to the students that were promoted to Shihan at the Hombu Dojo this summer! [Read more...]