Koburyu Karatedo & Koburyu Kobudo
Phone – 269-679-5407
Email – ssdkarate@gmail.com
Head Instructor
Shihan Wayne Kroll
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Renshi Rokudan (6th degree), Koburyu Karatedo
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Renshi Rokudan, Koburyu Kobudo
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Dan(black belt) rank in Pang Gai Noon ryu, Ko Nan ryu, Uechi-ryu karatedo
I have over 30 years of experience in karate, studying with Shihan Frank Crow of Rochester, MN, Kaicho Tim Snyder of Lincoln, NE, and Kaicho Kinjo Takashi of Naha, Okinawa. I instruct the adult and children's karate classes at Southside, as well as the kobudo (weapons) class.
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Shobudo Bujitsu Jujitsu
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Phone – 269-329-9879
Email – ssdjujitsu@gmail.com
Head Instructor
Sensei Keith Nelson
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Rokudan (6th degree), Shobudo Bujitsu Jujitsu
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Instructor certification, Shobudo Bujitsu Jujitsu
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Sandan(3rd degree), USJA Jujutsu
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Shodan(1st degree), Toyama-ryu Battodo
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Scolaire Saor, Cumann Bhata (Irish Stick Fighting)
I started Shobudo Bujitsu Jujitsu 30 years ago, in Lansing, Michigan, under Sensei Nathan Banks, and have taught classes in Colorado, Oregon and Michigan since 1998. I have promoted several individuals to shodan and nidan ranks in that time, as well as helped organize and instruct the Shobudo Instructor’s Course. I emphasize learning the basics of Shobudo in the same manner in which I learned them, by application of multiple techniques within a core principle or concept, thereby requiring exposure to a wide variety of related techniques, each of which reveal another facet of the core principle.
In addition to Shobudo, I have learned, taught at various times, and continue to train in various martial arts, including the Japanese sword styles of Toyama-ryu and Nakamura-ryu battodo through Katsumi Niikura sensei, medieval Italian fighting in the style of Fiore dei Liberi as interpreted and taught by Bob Charron, and Irish stickfighting through Ken Pfrenger’s Cumann Bhata. My other significant martial arts experience and training includes judo, tae kwon do, aikido, boxing, Danzan ryu jujitsu, Hungarian axe, and Maasai stick, spear, and sword use.
Assistant Instructors
Andy Gorham, sandan
Ricky Wells, nidan
John Beavers, nidan
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Kendo
Phone - (269) 261-5253
E-Mail - yutaro.matsuura@gmail.com
Head Instructor
Yutaro Matsuura, 7th Dan
Started Kendo in 1983.
2011 All United States Bronze Medalist
4 Time Bronze Medal winning Coach at All United States.
Has led Koyokai Kendo to 13 major regional titles since 2007.
Assistant Instructors at Southside
Joshua Elmblad, 1st Dan
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The Southside Dojo Kendo group is part of Koyokai Kendo Club, which can be found separately on Facebook at Koyokai Kendo Club or at https://koyokai.wordpress.com.
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Baguazhang
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Phone – (775) 857-9657
Email – dmreeves1@gmail.com
Head Instructor
Matt Reeves, Ph.D.
I have been training in martial arts for over 30 years, and am a Tudi of Yusen Yang, a 5th generation lineage holder of the Wu Mengxia line of Gao Yisheng Guanghua Baguazhang. I started training in Baguazhang and Yang Taijiquan with Master Yang in 2008. Prior to studying internal Chinese martial arts, I received black belt ranking in Close-Quarter Combatives from Brandon Sommerfeld and Kobayashi Shorin-Ryu karate from Shihan Andrew Crowder and Shihan Patrick Haley.
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