Jikishinkage-ryū Seattle

From 2018 to 2024, I led a small training group exploring traditional Jikishinkage-ryū kata practice as part of Lonin League in Seattle. My two students, Jake Harlin and Nicky Sayah Sina, now lead Tōsha Dōjō (Jiki at Lonin).

Curriculum

Practice concentrates on unpō (運法; walking methods), suburi (solo cutting practice), furibō (weighted cutting practice), hōjō (法定; foundational practice), tō-no-kata (韜之形; tactical forms), and jigeiko (地稽古; free practice).

Register of Students

Participants are listed in order of executing a kishōmon (起請文; written pledge). Shoden is the first level of practice recognized in our group, denoting proficiency at hōjō and tō-no-kata:

1. Jake Harlin, shoden
2. Nicky Sayah Sina, shoden
3. Anthony Smith
4. Ryan Baisden
5. Phil Liu

We practice independently, so these levels only have formal meaning in our dōjō. They are not Hōbyōkan licenses or traditional Jikishinkage-ryū menjo.

Summer Keiko 2021

Kagami Biraki 2023

Kagami Biraki 2024

Kagami Biraki 2025