Intangible Cultural Asset Tenshinshō-den Katori Shintō-ryū

Dojo

Headquarters

Katori City, Chiba Prefecture

Iizasa Yasusada Soke

Shinbukan

Narita City, Chiba Prefecture

Ōtake Risuke, Gokui Kaiden/Shihan
Ōtake Nobutoshi, Gokui Kaiden/Shihan
Kyōsō Shigetoshi, Gokui Kaiden/Shihan


The instruction of Tenshinshō-den Katori Shintō-ryū is lead by the Shinbukan Dōjō in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture. Training is conducted at the following domestic and international shibu (branch schools), where the following instructors have been awarded permission to lead training in their local communities.

For enquiries regarding the study of Katori Shintō-ryu in the following countries, please contact our shibu in that country. Alternatively, for enquiries regarding the study of Katori Shintō-ryū in other countries or by Japan residents, please contact the Shinbukan.

Domestic Shibu

Shizuoka Branch

Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Ohta Haruhisa, Menkyo/Shidōsha
Suzuki Hidetoshi, Menkyo/Shidōsha

Sanmu Branch

Yachimata City, Chiba Prefecture

Yamada Hironobu, Menkyo/Shidōsha

Chiba Branch

Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture

Nakamura Tōru, Menkyo/Shidōsha
Katori Teruo, Menkyo/Shidōsha

Kyoto Branch

Sanyo City, Kyoto Prefecture

Kondo Tomoki, Menkyo/Shidōsha

 

Overseas Branch Schools

Argentina (Buenos Aires)

Mario Lorenzo

Shidōsha

Belgium (Antwerp)

Hugo Chauveau

Shidōsha

Brazil (San Paulo)

Jorge Kishikawa

Menkyo/Shidōsha

Finland (Jyväskylä)

Kai Koskinen

Menkyo/Shidōsha

France (Paris)

Jean Paul Blond

Menkyo/Shidōsha

France (Bourgogne)

Christian Oddoux

Menkyo/Shidōsha

Germany (Munich)

Kevin Russ

Mokuroku/Shidōsha

Holland (Amsterdam)

Erik Louw

Menkyo/Shidōsha

Holland (The Hague)

Remco Kant

Mokuroku/Shidōsha

Holland (Rotterdam)

Robbert Jan Schriks

Mokuroku/Shidōsha

Italy (Trieste)

Luisa Raini

Menkyo/Shidōsha

Korea (Seoul)

Anshin Anatoliy

Menkyo/Shidōsha

Northern Ireland (Ballymoney)

Jeffrey Balmer

Menkyo/Shidōsha

Singapore

Peter Ong

Shidōsha

Spain (Badajoz)

Francisco Comeron

Menkyo/Shidōsha

Spain (Madrid)

Jacobo Rodriguez

Shidōsha

Turkey (Istanbul)

Gokhan Seckin

Shidōsha

Russia (Moscow)

Stanislav Loukianov

Menkyo/Shidōsha

South Africa (Durban)

Charles Louw

Menkyo/Shidōsha

UK (London)

Michael Jay

Menkyo/Shidōsha

UK (Derbyshire)

Adam Lancashire

Menkyo/Shidōsha

USA (Seattle)

Phil Relnick

Menkyo/Shidōsha

USA (Currently in Japan)

Chad Bruttomesso

Menkyo/Shidōsha

USA (Seattle)

Kevin Lam

Menkyo/Shidōsha

Vietnam (Ho Chi Min)

Malte Stokhof

Mokuroku/Shidōsha

There may also be training opportunities in study groups run by junior practitioners in their local communities in Mexico, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, India, and Malaysia. For more information, please contact the Shinbukan.