For more information on the BKA, please read the ‘ About us ‘ section. The BKA was founded in 1964 as a non-profit making organisation to foster and develop the practice and spirit of Kendo, Iaido, and Jodo along traditional lines. He currently holds the rank of 7th Dan in Kendo from the All Japan Kendo Federation. The British Kendo Association (BKA) is the official governing body for Kendo, Iaido and Jodo in the UK. In 2002 Matsushita Sensei founded Meishin Muso Ryu school of Iaido and has worked to promote his school in both Japan and the United States. He was champion in the All Eastern US Kendo Federation Kendo Championship consecutively twice and place 1st place in the Detroit Open Kendo Tournament Team Division twice. Additionally, he provided coaching and teaching to the Cornell Kendo Club, Rochester Institute of Technology Kendo Club and the Towanda High School Kendo Club. Samurai Spirit was a TV documentary on NHK World from 2008 to 2009, focusing on the traditional martial arts of Japan.
It was hosted by Nicholas Pettas, a Kyokushin Karate practioner. Experience the daily life of a zen monk inside the monastery and the practice of zazen or seated meditation where each day the monks follow a path to enlightenment.
In 1998 he founded Shu Do Kan Dojo in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, instructing classes in Kendo, Iaido and Taijitsu training. Samurai Spirit was a documentary series focusing on the traditional martial arts of Japan. A zen journey across Japan to discover the true nature of zen in the monasteries and zen centers that have until now remained closed to the outside. In 1978 Matsushita Sensei was featured in the documentary movie, Budo, which won awards at the Miami International Film Festival. At the age of 31 he received a Master’s Degree in Shin Kage Ryu.ĭuring this period he left his mark in many tournaments finishing three times within the Top 8 of the All Tokyo Kendo Championship, Team Division Championship of the Shinjuku Kendo Championship, and the Team and Individual Divisions Champion of the Koshigaya Open Kendo Championship. In 1974 he entered the Shin Kage Ryu Integrated Budo Dojo where he was apprenticed for the next 7 years in Kendo, Iaido, Taijitsu, Judo and Karate. Shuji Matsushita Sensei, born in 1950 on the island of Kyushu, Japan, Matsushita Sensei started practicing kendo at the age of 7.