Looking for Kenjutsu other than the Denton Dojo

[Samick123]

Any other sword arts other than MJER in North Texas? Coming from a Ninjutsu background I'd love to find a kenjutsu dojo which trains hard.

[pgsmith]

Sword arts in the DFW area other than John Ray's MJER dojo in Denton ...

Robert Lange teaches Fred Lovret's Tenshin Ryu kenjutsu out in Lancaster ... http://www.nikkodojo.net/

Joe Bostick teaches the Higo line of Shin Shin Sekiguchi Ryu battojutsu out in Cleburne. At least, I think he still does. I haven't talked to him in several years. More information on Sekiguchi Ryu can be found here ... http://www.ryushinkandojo.com/index2.htm

The Dallas Kendo and Iaido Kyokai teaches kendo and seitei iaido in Addison. Here is a link to their web site ...http://www.dfwkik.org/

I run an official study group for Meishi-ha Mugai ryu in Richardson just off of Central and Spring Valley. Information about our branch of Mugai ryu can be found here ... http://suimokai.pupu.jp/english/suimokai.html

That's pretty much all of the sword arts that I'm familiar with in the area. There are a few X-kan dojo that have some sword in their curriculum. However, it is only a small part of their art, and there are far more crap ninja dojo out there than good ones. Let me know if you are interested in any of those, and I can tell you which ones I would trust.

[Dave Neeley]

There is also a Takamura-ha Shindo Yoshin Ryu group in DFW. Nasty stuff! Here's a link:

http://www.shinyokai.com/home.htm

[pgsmith]

Hey Dave,
I didn't know the local group did any of the sword work, that's good to know. Very cool jujutsu though!