Koryu in Australia???

[Neil Hawkins]

I would like to compile a comprehesive list of Koryu in AUS.

Here's the ones I know about, listed by state. I must credit Daniel Lee with finding most of these, his web site is at http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Dojo/1276/index.html. But the details are sketchy in most cases. Please add or update the information and let us know about your school or training group.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA/NORTHERN TERRITORY
Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo
Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido
Katori Shinto Ryu Keishinkan
Tsutsumi Ryu Jujutsu

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Hokushin Shinou Ryu Iaido
Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iaijutsu
Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo
Toda-ha Buko-ryu Naginatajutsu

VICTORIA/TASMANIA
Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu
Hontai Yoshin Ryu Jujutsu
Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido
Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo

NEW SOUTH WALES/A.C.T.
Hontai Yoshin Ryu Jujutsu
Ikeuchi Dojo
Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iaijutsu
Suio Ryu Bujutsu
Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo
Sousuishi Ryu Jujutsu
Tenjin Shinyo Ryu Jujutsu
Yagyu Shingan Ryu Heihojutsu
Takenouchi Hangan Ryu,.

QUEENSLAND
Hokushin Shinou Ryu Iaido
Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iaijutsu
Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo

[Daniel Lee]

I second that Neil! Oz is a big country, and the net is helping us all get in more contact. If anyone has information on the koryu in Australia, please post it to this thread. Any detail(s) would be great. Personally, I'm especially interested in:

1. dojo name
2. ryuha name
3. representative/instructor
4. history in Oz/how got to Oz

Thanks in advance!

[BumbleBee]

Ok Koryu in Australia eh,

1. Dojo Name - Currently training at Swinburne University, Hawthorn Melbourne.
2. Ryuha Name - Shingen Ryu Kenjutsu, Eight Shield Method.
3. Instructor/Sensei - Matsugi Tanaka Sensei.
4. History in Oz - My sensei (above) was introduced to Wakashema (spelling??) Sensei by his Shotokan Karate Sensei through the Brisbane World Trade Centre...did that make sense?

Well lets just hope that there are some others out there...

Ps: Anyone wishing to train with us is welcome, just give me a mail for the details on: michaelg@mannin.com.au

[Tim Atkinson]

I have the email address of Paul Steadman of Dubbo NSW, who is forming a Koryu Bujutsu Renmei. He would be a good start.

Contact me privately, as I am not too sure if he would like to release his details publicly.

[Paul Steadman]

Hi Everyone,

As Tim Atkinson and Daniel Lee have mentioned, I am in the process of facilitating the formation and incorporation of a koryu bujutsu/budo renmei (or koryu federation)in Australia. I am happy to pass on my contact details. Please let me know if you are interested or have any input to offer in the formation of a koryu federation. So far I have recieved a lot of feedback from many licensed instructors representing legitimate koryu from Japan (all listed in Daniel Lee's web-site). My e-mail address is pbs@globalfreeway.com.au, please contact me, it would be great to hear from the greater koryu community! All the best...

Paul Steadman

[Dale]

I think that a man named Graheme Dunn teaches Tsutsumi Ryu somewhere in Queensland and learned from Jan de Jong in Perth.

I am not entirely sure of this but I remember someone told me they were learning Tsutsumi from him in Queensland. I am also not too sure on how traditional he is in his teaching and interpretation of the art.

Maybe you could get in touch with him.


Sorry for being so ambiguous
Yours in Budo
Dale Elsdon
(Tsutsumi Hozan Ryu)

[Neil Hawkins]

Dale,

Graham Dunn, is a Jujutsu instructor but to the best of my knowledge has no authority to teach Tsutsumi. There are a number of instructors that have attended seminars over the years and incorporate a number of our techniques into their styles. At one stage Pat Harrington made mention of someone (it may have been Graham, I can't remember) as a successor to Jan De Jong in one of her books but the information was incorrect.

There is only one person outside of Perth that I am aware of autorised to teach and you train with him! :) (There may be two by the end of the year, depending on how I do in my gradings in October!)

Neil

[Dale]

Originally posted by Neil Hawkins
Dale,

There is only one person outside of Perth that I am aware of autorised to teach and you train with him! :) (There may be two by the end of the year, depending on how I do in my gradings in October!)

Neil



Are you grading for your B/W in October?
I am grading, hopefully, 5 of 7 parts of mine in October.
I will be in Perth from the 1st Oct through to the 15th Nov.
Email me if you are also going to be there, as I'm sure we could both use some willing attackers.


Yours in Budo
Dale Elsdon
(Tsutsumi Hozan Ryu)