Whoa gomen ne (sorry) for the way late reply I had to google Roshukai (and become a little less ignorant by doing so) then thought to ask my sensei after seeing your question but spaced it, but to the best of my knowledge no it's not Roshukai. All I know results from 10 years at this dojo and had yet to know about Roshukai, but only Japanese spoken and could barely say "my name is.." when I first started there so may have missed something??
The current head sensei is Ikeda Takashi. He's 22nd in line after Hayashizaki Jinsuke. I should see him at a rank test I'm to take next month. He oversaw the last one I took in Hamamatsu some years back. Is Roshukai a separate lineage as well? I read up on it some but still don't know much about it. I've seen a chart showing 14 branches tracing back to Hayashizaki Jinsuke, so there are many I know nothing about.
The Zenkoku Roshukai(japanese branch) is headed by Iwata Norikazu sensei Hachidan Hanshi. He is not a head master via a particular line as is your sensei but he strictly adheres to the teachings of Oe Masamichi sensei. As far as i know he doesnt class himself as a soke or shihan etc just as the teacher of a lineage.
Hey Caseysan39, looking at this video, that's a very nice dojo your training at. In the dojo where myself train at (that is in Belgium) we also end class with a "last" performance of Mae. Although, de only part that is different is that we try to synchronize ourselves with each other (true our sensei's performance). Another small difference is that we do a short mokuso before we bow to our sword (also done at the beginning of class). the rest is exactly the same. Beautiful floor, nice place!
Thanks for the comment it's neat to learn the similarities between practice here and yours in Belgium. The dojo is actually a budo section of a jr high school gym. There's also kendo and aikido being practiced on the same floor. And mokuso, the only time we've ever done it here was once after Ishizu sensei told that Fukui Tarao O-sensei died (June 2000) He was #21 in line after Hayashizaki Jinsuke. We do it at every practice at my karate dojo in USA too, but at this dojo only that once.
May i ask is this a Roshukai dojo?
:)
jiangjiakai 3 years ago
Whoa gomen ne (sorry) for the way late reply I had to google Roshukai (and become a little less ignorant by doing so) then thought to ask my sensei after seeing your question but spaced it, but to the best of my knowledge no it's not Roshukai. All I know results from 10 years at this dojo and had yet to know about Roshukai, but only Japanese spoken and could barely say "my name is.." when I first started there so may have missed something??
caseysan39 3 years ago
Its cool i was just wondering as i noticed some similarities between then chiburi and some of the minor movements.
Who is head sensei of your ryuha may i ask:)
jiangjiakai 3 years ago
The current head sensei is Ikeda Takashi. He's 22nd in line after Hayashizaki Jinsuke. I should see him at a rank test I'm to take next month. He oversaw the last one I took in Hamamatsu some years back. Is Roshukai a separate lineage as well? I read up on it some but still don't know much about it. I've seen a chart showing 14 branches tracing back to Hayashizaki Jinsuke, so there are many I know nothing about.
caseysan39 3 years ago
The Zenkoku Roshukai(japanese branch) is headed by Iwata Norikazu sensei Hachidan Hanshi. He is not a head master via a particular line as is your sensei but he strictly adheres to the teachings of Oe Masamichi sensei. As far as i know he doesnt class himself as a soke or shihan etc just as the teacher of a lineage.
Hope that helps:)
jiangjiakai 3 years ago
Hey Caseysan39, looking at this video, that's a very nice dojo your training at. In the dojo where myself train at (that is in Belgium) we also end class with a "last" performance of Mae. Although, de only part that is different is that we try to synchronize ourselves with each other (true our sensei's performance). Another small difference is that we do a short mokuso before we bow to our sword (also done at the beginning of class). the rest is exactly the same. Beautiful floor, nice place!
SamHaLeKe 3 years ago
Thanks for the comment it's neat to learn the similarities between practice here and yours in Belgium. The dojo is actually a budo section of a jr high school gym. There's also kendo and aikido being practiced on the same floor. And mokuso, the only time we've ever done it here was once after Ishizu sensei told that Fukui Tarao O-sensei died (June 2000) He was #21 in line after Hayashizaki Jinsuke. We do it at every practice at my karate dojo in USA too, but at this dojo only that once.
caseysan39 3 years ago