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    Default Koryu Bujutsu in north Texas?

    I am interested in Koryu Bujutsu in the north Texas area. Willing to travel reasonable distances. I'm located in DFW.

    Any suggestions would be kindly appreciated.

    Dave M. Smith

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    Hi Dave,
    As far as I know, there are only two places in North Texas that teach a koryu art. Joe Bostick teaches Shin Shin Sekiguchi ryu in Cleburne. He can be reached at bostick@digitex.net . John Ray teaches MJER Iaido up in Denton. He has a web page here ... http://people.unt.edu/~djr0001/
    Toby Threadgill teaches Takemura Ha Shindo Yoshin ryu in Dallas. Strictly speaking it isn't a koryu but is about as close as you can get. He is moving to Colorado this summer though, so I don't know if he would accept any new students. He has a web site here ... http://www.shinyokai.com/
    That's all as far as I know. Please let me know if you encounter any others.

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    Paul Smith
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    pgsmith,

    Thank you for your reply. I appreciate the information. Are you a Budo or Bujutsu practitioner in the area?

    D.

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    Hi Dave,
    I train with a gendai bujutsu school called Kobu Shin Ryu in Plano. We train Batto/Kenjutsu on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Vines High School and are underwritten by the Plano Parks and Rec. Department. Other weapons are generally taught through seminars. If you have more questions, shoot me an email at pgsmith49@hotmail.com as we're getting off the topic for this forum.

    Cheers,
    Paul Smith
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    Dave,

    PM or email John Lindsey (EBUDO ADMIN), he is a good source and is in Houston. George Kohler, his student is closer to you and can be of assistance as well.

    Good luck.
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    Thanks for the replies all,

    Dave Smith

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    Default Koryu in Texas?

    I am interested in studying kenjutsu or other koryu sword arts in the Austin area. I found some info in past threads but most have led to dead ends. Any help would be appreciated.

    domo arigato

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    Does anyone here on E-Budo train in Shinbunkan Kuroda Ryu-gi at this Austin dojo? Or perhaps in San Antonio?

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    I have trained with Kuroda sensei during one visits to the San Antonio dojo. Contact info here http://jbull.home.texas.net/index.html
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    Thank you.


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    How does this technique compare with other martial arts?
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    While we are not in Austin, we have an MJER study group training in San Antonio (1 hour south).

    www.rivercityiaido.com
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    Also in your area ...

    In Austin;
    Damir Jamsek teaches Yagyu Shinkage ryu at Austin Aikikai ... http://www.austinaikikai.org/
    Stef Finley teaches Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin ryu at Shoshinkan dojo ... http://www.shinyokai.com/home.htm

    In San Antonio, there is a study group of the Shinbukan Kuroda ryu-gi of Tetsuzan Kuroda at the Shinbukan Texas Keikokai ... http://jbull.home.texas.net/

    I can vouch for both the Yagyu Shinkage ryu and Shindo Yoshin ryu groups. Don't really know anything about the Shinbukan Texas Keikokai other than that they exist.
    Paul Smith
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    Quote Originally Posted by pgsmith View Post
    ...Don't really know anything about the Shinbukan Texas Keikokai other than that they exist.
    They are serious, and are directly authorized (and visited) by Kuroda Tetsuzan sensei. I trained with them for a couple of years while I lived there. Good folks, small dojo.
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    Default Koryu in Texas?

    I didn't see a thread about this here, so I thought I'd ask on the off-chance. I'd love an opportunity to learn about the koryu - specifically, sword-related arts - but I was under the impression I really had to go to Japan.

    So if you know of any in Texas (or Washington State, actually), speak up please!

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