Congratulations to the following members who recently received Shihan licensing (and above) from Nidai Soke Okuyama. They were promoted on 8 August 2014 at the conclusion of the Jikiden (direct transmission of mysteries/skills) sessions held in Bay City, Michigan, USA. Menkyo Shihan Joseph Adornato, – Texas, USA Menkyo Shihan Ronald Ramirez – Arizona, USA Menkyo Shihan Richard Schafer – California, […]
The Japanese Cultural Center of Saginaw, Michigan has invited Shihan Joseph Stricker to present and demonstrate Hakkoryu Jujutsu and Koho Shiatsu at their gardens. While the event was to be held prior to Nidai Soke Okuyama’s arrival in Michigan, it’s been postponed until September 21, 2014. The garden at the Center opened in 1971 and […]
We would like to thank everyone who participated and was otherwise involved in the very successful Taikai in Michigan, USA hosted by Joseph Stricker Shihan on August 1-3, 2014 at the Hakkoryu Senshinkan Dojo in Bay City. We enjoyed over 50 participants from North America and abroad and entertained over 100 guests at the celebratory […]
UPDATE: The Taikai enrollment fee has been frozen at $300. There will be no price increase for 2014 as previously stated. An open Hakkoryu Taikai will be held in Bay City, Michigan, USA with Nidai Soke Okuyama on August 1 – 3, 2014. Following the weekend of training, Hakkoryu Shihan, Renshi, Kaiden, Sandaikichu and Koho […]
Ongoing Hakkoryu Jujutsu classes are now forming for the first time in the Houston, Texas area. For more information, please contact sensei Joe Adornato at the website or on Facebook.
Some fifty or more years in the past, Westerners returning from a visit to Hakkoryu’s So-Hombu Dojo in Omiya, Japan brought back with them a term they had heard used by someone to describe the unique pressing and twisting of the body’s Shinkei, Shinpokei and Haikei meridians in the Yondan-gi teachings. That term, “shibori” has […]
Beginning this year, Nidai Soke will be using alternatives to the typical numeric kanji to denote menjo (certificate) rank as follows: 1 壱 2 弐 3 参 4 肆 5 伍 These older, formal kanji are called daiji (大字) and are often used in official documents to help deter falsification.
On 4 May 2013 Nidai Soke Okuyama informed us that Kaiden Shihan Kozan Terazawa, one of Hakkoryu’s most senior Shihan had been hospitalized after an apparent stroke. Terazawa-sama was a long time student and friend of Shodai Soke Ryuho Okuyama as well as being an invaluable friend and advisor to Nidai Soke and was extremely […]