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Japan, 40th Anniversary Bokuyokan and Memorial Tung, Shihan seated first row with Daniel Rominski, Sensei standing behind his teacher.
Landau, Germany 2016 - Hosted by Alexander Broll, Sensei/Taught by Nakajima, Shihan (Germany) & Tung, Shihan (USA) assisted by Daniel Rominski, Sensei seated in first row.
Soshi Shihan
Daniel Rominski, Sensei Sensei Daito Ryu 5th Dan Bokuyokan Jun Dairi-Kyoju, USA pictured after keiko with Yonezawa Shihan, the founder of the Bokuyokan organization of Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu. Yonezawa Soshi Shihan received his Menkyo Kaiden from the Kodo Kai after being a direct Uchi Deshi to Kodo, Sensei founder of the Kodo Kai.
Uchi Deshi
Daniel Rominski, Sensei Sensei Daito Ryu 5th Dan Bokuyokan Jun Dairi-Kyoju, USA is Uechi Deshi to Tiencho Tung Shihan Menkyo Kaiden, Bokuyokan 9th Dan. Tung Shihan is Uchi Deshi to Yonezawa, Soshi Shihan.
Menkyo Kaiden
Tung, Tiencho-Shihan Menkyo Kaiden, Bokuyokan 9th Dan and Nakajima, Daishiro-Shihan Menkyo Kaiden, Bokuyokan 9th Dan were both Uchi Deshi to Yonezawa, Soshi Shihan. Pictured with Daniel Rominski, Sensei Daito Ryu 5th Dan Bokuyokan Jun Dairi-Kyoju, USA
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“Bokuyokan-Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu”
This calligraphy translates into the type of martial art we practice, that of being of the “Daito Ryu” Style of Jujutsu. The Bokuyokan is the name of the our organization of the “Bokuyokan” founded by KATSUMI YONEZAWA, SOSHI SHIHAN.
KATSUMI YONEZAWA, SOSHI SHIHAN
(1937–1998)
Acting as one of the Kodokai's senior teachers, Katsumi Yonezawa founded his own organization, the Bokuyokan. This organization is currently headed by his son, Hiromitsu Yonezawa. Katsumi Yonezawa founded his own Daito-ryu organization, the Bokuyokan in Muroran, Hokkaido, and was one of the first teachers to bring Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu to Mexico, the USA and Canada while still a senior teacher at the Kodokai.
