The Shinbukan Texas Keikokai was originally formed to study Japanese sword arts. We study and practice the classical samurai koryu of Shinbukan Kuroda Dojo, under its soke, Yasumasa Kuroda, the current 16th Soke.
Official Shinbukan Dojos
Yasumasa Kuroda Sensei is the only teacher of his system. There are only 6 official places where you can learn and study Shinbukan Kuroda Ryu-gi under the instruction of Kuroda Sensei. These dojos are:
Shinbukan Kuroda Dojo (Hombu Dojo) in Saitama-shi,Japan
Shinbukan Tokyo Keikokai in Tokyo, Japan
Shinbukan Kansai Keikokai in Amagasaki-shi, Japan
Shinbukan Texas Keikokai in San Antonio, Texas, USA
Shinbukan Keikokai under James Williams in the USA
Shinbukan Chicago Keikokai under Jeremy Williams
Shinbukan Europe Keikokai in Paris, France, under Julien Petitfour
*Anyone or place that is not listed among these groups but claims to teach Kuroda Sensei's ryu-gi is not an official student of Kuroda Sensei, and does not have Sensei's permission to teach his ryu-gi, and certainly does not have the knowledge, experience, and understanding of the ryu-gi to teach anyone else these complicated systems.
The Shinbukan Texas Keikokai meets every Saturday from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
All persons interested in learning this koryu are welcome to join by applying at the study group geographically located nearest to you. Contact us in Texas at (210) 601-1883, (210) 325-1144, or email us at "stk(at)shinbukantexas(dot)org".
If you are interested in learning more about Kuroda Sensei and Shinbukan Kuroda Ryu-gi, please contact us, or:
Official Website of Shinbukan Kuroda Dojo
James Williams at The Dojo of the Four Winds
Shinbukan Chicago Keikokai at "shinbukanchicagokeikokai@gmail.com"
Shinbukan Kuroda Dojo, Shinbukan Kuroda Ryu-gi, Komagawa Kaishin Ryu Kenjutsu, Tamiya Ryu Iaijutsu (founded by Tamiya Gon-emon), Shishin Takuma Ryu Jujutsu, Tsubaki Kotengu Ryu Bojutsu, and Seigyoku Oguri Ryu are all copyrighted and trademarked by Kuroda Yasumasa, and are not to be used for any commercial purpose, except for advertising the sale of Kuroda Tetsuzan's videos, DVDs, books and magazine articles without the approval of Kuroda Yasumasa.