通信教育 Tsūshin Kyōiku (Distance Learning)
Back in 1995 the Nippon Budō Seishin-Kan became one of the first dōjō to offer a distance learning programme for budōka who were unable to train regularly at a local Jikishin-Kai member dōjō. This programme was developed by Shimabukuro Masayuki Hanshi and Leonard Pellman Shihan, and was put into operation shortly after the publication of Flashing Steel.
That original tsūshin kyōiku programme required participants to mail VHS tapes of themselves performing prescribed fundamentals, kata, and waza. Those tapes were reviewed and critiqued by Pellman Shihan, who then videotaped himself demonstrating corrections and improvements for the participants to practice and mailed the critiques and corrective videos back to the participants. It was a time-consuming, cumbersome, and comparatively expensive process that required participants to own or have access to a VHS camcorder, VCR, and video tapes. The advent of the Internet and the proliferation of webcams and cellphone video has made this a much more efficient and inexpensive process!
If sufficient interest develops, we would reinstitute a far more robust and much less expensive programme of online instruction using current technologies like teleconferencing (Zoom, etc.). In the meantime, we do offer online access—currently at no charge—to a number of instructional videos, books, and web articles on the topics listed below:
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The Seishin-Kan and its affiliated dōjō teach Shimabukuro-Ha Shitō-Ryū karate-dō, which is a branch (-ha) of Shitō-Ryū that blends the teachings of Hayashi Teruō, Mabuni Kenzō, and Shimabukuro Masayuki with the common core of Shitō-Ryū created by Mabuni Kenwa. Below are links to the available instructional materials for this art:
| Beginning Kata | Advanced Kata | Advanced Tokui Kata | Books | Web Articles |
| Kata: Kihon Katachi Ichi | Kata: Saifa | Kata: Kenshō | Katsujinken: Living Karate | Article: About Shitō-Ryū |
| Kata: Kihon Katachi Ni | Kata: Rōhai | Kata: Kempaku | Karate As The Art of Killing | Article: Dōjō Kun |
| Kata: Heian Nidan | Kata: Jitte | Kata: Happōshō | Article: Shimabukuro Bio | |
| Kata: Kenshū | Kata: Bassai-Dai | Kata: Chinte | Videos | |
| Kata: Heian Shodan | Kata: Pachū | Kata: Shimpa | ||
| Kata: Shinsei | Kata: Wanshū | Kata: Kōsōkun Shō | ||
| Kata: Heian Sandan | Kata: Kōsōkun-Dai | Kata: Annanko | ||
| Kata: Naifanchi Shodan | Kata: Seienchin | Kata: Shihō-Kōsōkun | ||
| Kata: Chintō | Kata: Aragaki Niseishi | |||
| Intermediate Kata | Kata: Seipai | Kata: Tomari Chintō | ||
| Kata: Heian Yondan | Kata: Bassai-Shō | Kata: Heiku | ||
| Kata: Heian Godan | Kata: Tenshō | Kata: Paiku | ||
| Kata: Sanchin | Kata: Shisochin | Kata: Anan | ||
| Kata: Jūroku | Kata: Tomari Bassai | Kata: Anan Dai | ||
| Kata: Matsukaze | Kata: Naifanchi Sandan | Kata: Tomari Kusanku | ||
| Kata: Jiin | Kata: Sōchin | Kata: Chatan Yara Kusanku | ||
| Kata: Niseishi | Kata: Seisan | Kata: Hakkaku | ||
| Kata: Jion | Kata: Sanseiru | |||
| Kata: Naifanchi Nidan | Kata: Myōjō | Sankō Kata | ||
| Kata: Aoyagi | Kata: Empi | |||
| Kata: Nipaipō | Kata: Ōhan | |||
| Kata: Kururunfa | Kata: Rōohai Ge | |||
| Kata: Unsū | Kata: Rōhai Chū | |||
| Kata: Matsumura Bassai | Kata: Rōhai Jō | |||
| Kata: Sūpārimpei | Kata: Paihō | |||
| Kata: Gojūshihō (Dai) | ||||
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NOTE:
The resources listed above without an active link (underlined in blue) are
under development, but not currently available.
Please check back occasionally for updates and
additions.
The Seishin-Kan and its affiliated dōjō teach Aragaki-Ryū Okinawa kobujutsu, which is an obscure school of Okinawan weaponry (bō, sai, tonfa, kama, eku, etc.) founded by Higa Yasuhiro in the mid-1950s. It is a blend of the teachings of his primary instructors, Aragaki Ankichi, Chinen Masaami, and Taira Shinken. Below are links to the available instructional materials for this art:
| Beginner Bo Kata | Advanced Bo Kata | Sai Kata | Eku (Kai) Kata | Books |
| Kata: Ufugushuku no Kon | Kata: Shushi no Kon Dai | Kata: Tsuken Shitahaku no Sai | Kata: Kachin no Eku | |
| Kata: Sunakake no Kon | Kata: Sakugawa no Kon Shō | Kata: Yakaa no Sai | Kata: Tsuken Akachū no Eku | |
| Kata: Shushi no Kon Shō | Kata: Tokumine no Kon (大) | Kata: Hamahiga no Sai | Kata: Tsuken Sunakaku no Eku | |
| Kata: Urasoe no Kon | Kata: Chatan Yara no Sai Shō | Videos | ||
| Intermediate Bō Kata | Kata: Sakugawa no Kon Dai | Kata: Matsuhiga no Sai | Nunte Kata | |
| Kata: Tsuken no Kon | Kata: Chatan Yara no Kon | Kata: Chatan Yara no Sai Dai | Kata: Tsuken Shitahaku no Nunte-bō | |
| Kata: Chōun no Kon | Kata: Sueyoshi no Kon | Kata: Shimbaru no Sai | Kata: Tsuken Shitahaku no Nunte-sai | |
| Kata: Kongō no Kon | Kata: Yaeyama no Kon | Kata: Hantagawa no Sai | Web Articles | |
| Kata: Kachin no Kon | Kata: Chinen-Shichiyanaka no Kon | Kata: Jigen no Sai | Kuwa Kata | Article: Aragaki-Ryū |
| Kata: Shiromatsu no Kon | Kata: Aragaki no Sai | Kata: Matayoshi no Kuwa | ||
| Sankō Bō Kata | Kata: Matsuhiga no Kon | |||
| Kata: Hayashi no Kon Shō | Kata: Yonegawa no Kon | Tonfa Kata | Nunchaku Kata | |
| Kata: Hayashi no Kon Chū | Kata: Sesoko no Kon | Kata: Hamahiga no Tonfa | Inoue no Sōsetsukon | |
| Kata: Hayashi no Kon Dai | Kata: Soeishin no Kon | Kata: Matsuhiga no Tonfa | Maezato no Sōsetsukon | |
| Kata: Kōbo no Kon | Kata: Aragaki no Kon | Kata: Yara Guwa no Tonfa | ||
| Kata: Tenryu no Kon | Kata: Kanagushuku no Tonfa | |||
| Kata: Rūfa no Kon | ||||
| Kata: Tokumine no Kon Shō | Kama Kata | |||
| Kata: Hamahiga no Kama | ||||
| Kata: Tōzan no Kama | ||||
| Kata: Kanegawa no Kama Sho | ||||
| Kata: Kanegawa no Kama Dai | ||||
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The Seishin-Kan and its affiliated dōjō teach Masaoka-Ha Musō Shindō-Ryū iaijutsu, which is a branch (-ha) of Eishin-Ryū that blends the teachings and methods of the earlier Shimomura-Ha and Tanimura-Ha branches. Below are links to the available instructional materials for this art:
| Shitei Kata | Chūden Waza | Eishin-Ryū Battō-Hō | Tsumeai no Kurai | Books |
| Shitei Kata: Zenteki-tō | Chūden Waza: Yokogumo | (Shoden no Bu) | Hassō | Flashing Steel (3rd edition) |
| Shitei Kata: Kesagiri | Chūden Waza: Tora no Issoku | Junto Sono Ichi | Kobushi Dori | |
| Shitei Kata: Seiza Mae | Chūden Waza: Inazuma | Junto Sono Ni | Nami Gaeshi | |
| Shitei Kata: Morote-zuki | Chūden Waza: Ukigumo | Tsuigekitō | Yaegaki | Videos |
| Shitei Kata: Seiza Ushiro | Chūden Waza: Yamaoroshi | Shatō | Urokogaeshi | |
| Shitei Kata: Sampō-giri | Chūden Waza: Iwanami | Shihōtō Sono Ichi | Kurai Yurumi | |
| Shitei Kata: Ukenagashi | Chūden Waza: Urokogaeshi | Shihōtō Sono Ni | Tsubame Gaeshi | Web Articles |
| Shitei Kata: Ganmen Ate | Chūden Waza: Namigaeshi | Zantotsutō | Ganseki Otoshi | Article: About Iaijutsu |
| Shitei Kata: Tsuka Ate | Chūden Waza: Takiotoshi | Suigetsutō | ||
| Shitei Kata: Soete-zuki | Chūden Waza: Makkō | (Okuden no Bu) | Kasumi Ken | |
| Shitei Kata: Tsuka Dome | Zenteki Gyakutō Sono Ichi | |||
| Shitei Kata: Shihō-giri | Okuden Tachi Waza | Zenteki Gyakutō Sono Ni | Tachiuchi no Kata | |
| Shitei Kata: Rai Uchi | Okuden Waza: Yukizure | Tatekitō | Deai | |
| Shitei Kata: Yoru no Tachi | Okuden Waza: Tsuredachi | Koteki Gyakutō | Kobushi Dori | |
| Shitei Kata: Sōgiri | Okuden Waza: Sōmakuri | Koteki Nukiuchi | Zetsumyōken | |
| Shitei Kata: Nukiuchi (立) | Okuden Waza: Sōdome | Dokumyōken | ||
| Shitei Kata: Nukiuchi (座) | Okuden Waza: Shinobu | Bangai no Bu | Tsuba Dome | |
| Okuden Waza: Yukichigai | Hayanami | Ukenagashi | ||
| Shoden (Seiza) Waza | Okuden Waza: Sode Surigaeshi | Raiden | Mappō | |
| Shoden Waza: Mae | Okuden Waza: Moniri | Jinrai | ||
| Shoden Waza: Migi | Okuden Waza: Kabezoe | Daishō Zume | ||
| Shoden Waza: Hidari | Okuden Waza: Ukenagashi | Tachiuchi no Kurai | Dakizume | |
| Shoden Waza: Ushiro | Okuden Waza: Itomagoi Sono Ichi | Deai | Koppō | |
| Shoden Waza: Yaegaki Omote | Okuden Waza: Itomagoi Sono Ni | Tsukekomi | Tsuka Dome | |
| Shoden Waza: Yaegaki Ura | Okuden Waza: Itomagoi Sono San | Ukenagashi | Kote Dome | |
| Shoden Waza: Ukenagashi | Ukekomi | Mune Tori | ||
| Shoden Waza: Kaishaku | Okuden Suwari Waza | Tsukikage | Migi Fuse | |
| Shoden Waza: Tsukekomi | Okuden Waza: Kasumi | Suigetsutō | Hidari Fuse | |
| Shoden Waza: Tsukikage | Okuden Waza: Sunegakoi | Zetsumyōken | Yamagata Zume | |
| Shoden Waza: Oikaze | Okuden Waza: Shihōgiri | Dokumyōken | ||
| Shoden Waza: Nukiuchi | Okuden Waza: Tozume | Shinmyōken | Daishō Tachizume | |
| Okuden Waza: Towaki | Uchikomi | Shimetori | ||
| Okuden Waza: Tanashita | Sode Surigaeshi | |||
| Okuden Waza: Ryōzume | Tsuba Uchikaeshi | |||
| Okuden Waza: Torabashiri | Koppō Gaeshi | |||
| Tombo Gaeshi | ||||
| Rankyoku | ||||
| Utsuri | ||||
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The Seishin-Kan and its affiliated dōjō teach Shindō Musō-Ryū jōjutsu, which is the art of using a slender 50.22 inch staff in defence against attacks by trained samurai wielding katana. Below are links to the available instructional materials for this art:
| Seitei Kata | Intermediate Waza | Advanced Waza | Advanced Waza (cont'd) | Books |
| Seitei Kata: Tsukizue | Omote Waza: Tachi Otoshi | Ranai Waza: Ranai Ōdachi | Okuden Waza: Sengachi | |
| Seitei Kata: Suigetsu | Omote Waza: Tsuba Wari | Ranai Waza: Ranai Kodachi | Okuden Waza: Tsukidashi | |
| Seitei Kata: Hissage | Omote Waza: Tsukizue | Okuden Waza: Uchi-tsuke | ||
| Seitei Kata: Shamen | Omote Waza: Hissage | Kage Waza: Tachi Otoshi | Okuden Waza: Kote Dome | Videos |
| Seitei Kata: Sakan | Omote Waza: Sakan | Kage Waza: Tsuba Wari | Okuden Waza: Hiki-tsute | |
| Seitei Kata: Monomi | Omote Waza: Ukan | Kage Waza: Tsukizue | Okuden Waza: Kote Garami | |
| Seitei Kata: Kasumi | Omote Waza: Kasumi | Kage Waza: Hissage | Okuden Waza: Jutte | |
| Seitei Kata: Tachi Otoshi | Omote Waza: Monomi | Kage Waza: Sakan | Okuden Waza: Mikaeri | |
| Seitei Kata: Rai Uchi | Omote Waza: Kasa no Shita | Kage Waza: Ukan | Okuden Waza: Aun | Web Articles |
| Omote Waza: Ichi Rei | Kage Waza: Kasumi | Okuden Waza: Uchiwake | Article: About Jōjutsu | |
| Kumitachi | Omote Waza: Neya no Uchi | Kage Waza: Monomi | Okuden Waza: Suigetsu | |
| Aisun Sa (Hidari) | Omote Waza: Hoso Michi | Kage Waza: Kasa no Shita | Okuden Waza: Sayu Dome | |
| Aisun Yu (Migi) | Kage Waza: Ichi Rei Mae/Zen | |||
| Ju | Chūdan Waza: Ichi Riki | Kage Waza: Ichi Rei Ushiro/Go | Gohon no Midare Waza | |
| Chibarai | Chūdan Waza: Oshizume | Kage Waza: Heya no Uchi Mae/Zen | Tachi Otoshi no Midare | |
| Sarin | Chūdan Waza: Midare Dome | Kage Waza: Heya no Uchi Ushiro/Go | Sakan no Midare | |
| Nito-Ai | Chūdan Waza: Ushiro Zue Mae (Zen) | Kage Waza: Hoso Michi | Kengome no Midare | |
| Uke Gaeshi | Chūdan Waza: Ushiro Zue Ushiro (Go) | Kasumi no Midare | ||
| Surikomi | Chūdan Waza: Taisha | Samidare Waza: Ichi Monji | Shamen no Midare | |
| Inchū | Chūdan Waza: Kengome | Samidare Waza: Jū Monji | ||
| Ukenagashi | Chūdan Waza: Kirikake | Samidare Waza: Kodachi Otoshi | ||
| Tsukidashi | Chūdan Waza: Shin Shin | Samidare Waza: Miji Omote | ||
| Miuke | Chūdan Waza: Rai Uchi | Samidare Waza: Mijin Ura | ||
| Chūdan Waza: Yokogiri Dome | Samidare Waza: Gan Tsubushi | |||
| Chūdan Waza: Harai Dome | ||||
| Chūdan Waza: Seigan | ||||
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The Seishin-Kan and its affiliated dōjō teach Ono-Has Ittō-Ryū kenjutsu, which is one of the most formidable styles of kenjutsu, founded by the renowned Itō Ittōsai Kagehiza in the late 16th century. Below are links to the available instructional materials for this art:
| Shoden Waza | Chūden Waza | Okuden Waza | Books | Web Articles |
| Ippon-me: Hitotsu Gachi | (26) Kirikaeshi | (Kodachi) | Article: About Kenjutsu | |
| Nihon-me: Mukai Zuki | (27-28) Sayū no Harai | (1-2) Futatsugachi | ||
| Sambon-me: Tsubawari | (29-30) Gyaku no Harai | (3-4) Gedan no Tsuke | ||
| Yohon-me: Gedan no Kasumi | (31) Chishō | (5) Hotsu | Videos | |
| Gohon-me: Wakigamae no Tsuke | (32) Chishō no Ai-gedan | (6-7) Sayū no Harai | ||
| (6-7) Futatsu Gachi | (33) In no Harai | (8-9) Norimi | ||
| (8-9) Intō | (34-35) Maki Gasumi | |||
| (10) Gedan no Uchiotoshi | (36-38) Maki Gaeshi | (Ai-Kodachi) | ||
| (11-12) Norimi | (39) Hikimi no Hongaku | (1) Uragiri | ||
| (13) Hitotsugachi | (40) Hikimi no Ai-seigan | (2-3) Norimi | ||
| (14-15) Gedan no Tsuke Chū-Seigan | (41-42) Hotsu | (4) Suriage | ||
| (16-17) Orimi | (43) Uragiri | (5) Kobushi Dome | ||
| (18-19) Suriage | (44) Chōtan | (6-7) Hotsu | ||
| (20) Wakigamae no Uchiotoshi | (45) Haya Kirikaeshi | (8) Nukiuchi | ||
| (21) Honsho | (46) Jumpi | |||
| (22) Jōdan no Kasumi | (47) Nuke Jumpi | Kōjō Gokui Waza | Tachiai Battō | |
| (23-24) Kobushi no Harai | (48) Tsumari | Myōken | Sekiyō | |
| (25) Ukki | (49-50) Amari | Zetsumyōken | Denkō | |
| Shinken | Ryūsei | |||
| Kinshi-chō Ōken | ||||
| Dokumyōken | ||||
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The Seishin-Kan and its affiliated dōjō teach Daitō-Ryū aiki-jūjutsu, which is an art of unarmed defence against armed intruders and assassins used by the guards of palaces and castles where bearing weapons was forbidden. Below are links to the available instructional materials for this art:
| Ikkajō Waza | Ikkajō Waza (cont'd) | Advanced Waza | Books | Web Articles |
| (Idori [seiza] Waza) | (Hanza-Handachi Waza) | Article: About Aiki-jūjutsu | ||
| Ippon Dori | Hanmi Nage | |||
| Gyaku-ude Dori | Ura Otoshi | |||
| Hiji Kaeshi | Idori | Videos | ||
| Kuruma Daoshi | Kata Otoshi | |||
| Shime Kaeshi | Irimi Nage | |||
| Daki Jime | ||||
| Karami Nage | (Ushirodori Waza) | |||
| Kote Gaeshi | Tachieri Dori | |||
| Nukite Dori | Ryō-kata Hineri | |||
| Hiza Jime | Ryō-hiji Gaeshi | |||
| Dakijime Dori | ||||
| (Tachiai Waza) | Kata Otoshi | |||
| Ippon Dori | ||||
| Kuruma Daoshi | ||||
| Gyaku-ude Dori | ||||
| Koshi Guruma | ||||
| Karami Nage | ||||
| Ura Otoshi | ||||
| Obi Otoshi | ||||
| Kirikaeshi | ||||
| Kote Gaeshi | ||||
| Shihō Nage | ||||
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This
page was completely revised in late July 2024 to simply
our approach to online learning and provide access to
the majority of our learning materials from a single
webpage. Initially, the available content is
primarily for karate-dō, but our goal is to upload and
link learning materials for the basic requirements for
shodan (1st level Black Belt) in Okinawa kobujutsu, iaijutsu,
jōjutsu, kenjutsu, and aiki-jūjutsu by the end of this
year.
Please check back periodically for updates and additions.
Below are links to the Seishin-Kan promotion requirements for each of the arts we teach.
NOTE: The Seishin-Kan does not currently have the authority to issue rankings in Ono-Ha Ittō-Ryū kenjutsu. In order to test for ranking in this art, students must arrange to visit the hombu dōjō in Tōkyō.
NOTE: The Seishin-Kan does not currently have the authority to issue rankings in Daitō-Ryū aiki-jūjutsu. In order to test for ranking in this art, students must arrange to visit the hombu dōjō in Tōkyō.