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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]