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This opening page is to inform you of the latest updates to our website. We are the Member Dojo of the Ryukyu Kenpo Kobujutsu Kai.
The Academy of Ryukyu
Kenpo (Ryukenkan) is located
in Jerusalem, Israel.
It is our Honbu.
Our Headmaster is D’veed Natan, Hanshi,
10th Dan (十段
- Judan)
Black Belt in Ryukyu Kenpo Kobujutsu from Kfar Adumim, Israel.
The Academy of Ryukyu Kenpo (Kenshinkan) is located in
Katzrin, Ramat HaGolan, Israel.
The
Head Instructor is Boaz Steigman, Shihan, 5th
Dan (五段
- Godan)
Black Belt in Ryukyu Kenpo Kobujutsu from Ramat HaGolan, Israel.
The Academy of Ryukyu Kenpo (Ryubukan) is located in West
Orange, New Jersey USA.
The Head Instructor is Tzedek Gilmore, Shihan,
4th Dan (四段
- Yondan)
Black Belt in Ryukyu Kenpo Kobujutsu from West Orange, New Jersey,
USA.
From the Ryukenkan. More
promotions: Moshe Biton moved to Yonkyu (Green Belt), Mattiyahu Lekomtsev to
Hachikyu (Yellow Belt), Paul Siegel, Yakir Hyman, and Jackie Hyman
passed the Kukyu (Yellow Tip) exam. Shalom Meyer has become engaged to be married. Mazal
tov Sholom! The Ryukenkan is moving to a three day schedule starting in
October.
Classes will be on Sunday, Tuesday,
and Thursday. We will be closed the month of September.
From the Kenshinkan. The
Summer Seminar is scheduled to take place from 26 July to 28 July at the dojo in
Katzrin.
D’veed is the
premier Kobujutsu instructor in Israel teaching both kata and combat techniques
with the traditional weapons as well as improvised and modern weapons. His
knowledge of kata breakdown and practical application is unsurpassed in Israel;
elevating it from “kindergarten” to “university” and post doc levels.
Due to his many years of teaching, and high level of expertise, students learn
much more and much faster under him.
Based on his extensive military background in both the US Army and the Israeli
Army he has designed a program of I.T.T. for use by Combat Soldiers while
fully “geared up” (armed and armored) for
combat. A Vietnam era veteran, he developed no nonsense (no BS) responses to situations in which normal weapons
have been compromised, are not
available in time, or are not appropriate for use.
**Notice:** Master Shigeru Nakamura is the touchstone from which the modern Okinawa/Ryukyu Kenpo/Kempo names descend. His son, Taketo, retired from teaching; leaving Sensei Odo and Oyata as the only practitioners with a direct link to his teachings and using the Kenpo/Kempo name (Master Seikichi Odo died at 10:48 AM, March 24, 2002). Ryukyu, Kenpo/Kempo, Kobujutsu are, like Karate, generic terms. Anyone can use them. Gichen Funakoshi called his first book, printed in 1922, Ryukyu Kenpo Karate-do. With the advent of the internet, many people try to take advantage of the fame generated by the name Ryukyu Kenpo/Kempo to promote their businesses. Taika Oyata and students, Master Odo and students, Hanshi Natan (student of both) and students, have taken measures to distance themselves from these individuals. All three changed the names by which their systems are known today. Taika Oyata renamed his, "Ryute" and has registered it as his trademark. Master Odo renamed his, "Ryukyu Hon Kenpo Kobujutsu". Hanshi Natan renamed his, "Ryukyu Kenpo Kobujutsu". Daishihan Rocky Leavitt simply calls his "Real Karate". Very few have been long term students of these Masters; and, those who are, are noted on their different Association websites.
www.ryukyukenpo.org
www.ryukyukempo.org
www.ryukenkan.co.il
www.kenshinkan.org.il
www.realkarate.org
http://daisenseiodo.tripod.com
www.kempo-international.com
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Last edited: 19 August, 2010