Welcome to Zenjyokan Dojo
Training the art of the ancient Japanese Samurai.
Shinkendo ("The way of the true sword") is a martial art founded by Kaiso Toshishiro Obata and is dedicated to the study of the authentic Japanese Samurai Swordsmanship.
Kaiso Obata has consolidated many aspects of the different schools of Swordsmanship into one comprehensive study of all these aspects. Shinkendo curriculum incorporates the study and practise of 5 areas of Swordsmanship, Suburi (sword swinging exercises), Battoho (combative drawing and sheathing), Tanrengata (solo forms), Tachiuchi (partnered training) and Tameshigiri (test-cutting practise).
