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Welcome to NA San Shin Kai
News and current events
Register for Camp 2009
Our annual Iaido camp is scheduled for Aug. 28, 29 & 30 2009. The camp location is Timber Lake West, Roscoe NY.
Please clear your calendars and support our organization! Click here for the registration forms and fees.
New Video Available
Dear fellow budoka, I filmed this new video in December 2008 at a seminar I taught in Pennsylvania. It is 3 hours of raw footage. There is no menu or chaptering. I felt the need to share this kata with everyone who practices Iai. It is outside the Iaido circle, in fact, more in the Iai jutsu realm. I learned this kata over 25 years ago. The name of the kata is "Tsuzukeru Ugoki katana" or "continuous movement sword." It is a standing kata with 35 continuous moves in multiple directions and would be an excellent addition to any Iai students practice. It can also be used as a competition kata or a demonstration kata. The 2 DVD set includes: Kata, bunkai and as a bonus all of the seven Omori Ryu nukitsuke. The kata is taught step by step adding moves as the previous moves have been learned. There is also some bunkai of the techniques. Please contact: Roger Wehrhahn, Shihan or visit Mountain Teachings to order your video
Sensei's Passing
Mitsuzuka Takeshi Sensei, 1926-2008
Mitsuzuka Takeshi Sensei passed away on March 6, 2008 at 10:29 am. He died of cancer that had spread throughout his body. Sensei was born on September 15, 1926 to his Mother Hisayo and Father Mounya in Miyagi-ken, Furukawa Shi Sakura no me. He was the middle child of five sons born into the family. In May of 1943, at seventeen years of age, he joined the Japanese navy. He joined the Tokyo Police force in 1947 at the age of 21 and served for 23 years until he retired in 1970 with a sergeant’s ranking. Mitsuzuka Sensei married his lovely wife Hiroko-san in 1953 and in 1956 had their only son, Munehiro-san, now 51 years old.
Mitsuzuka Sensei began his training in Iaido on March 1st, 1955 under the watchful eye of Nakayama Hakudo Sensei. Nakayama Sensei was 85 years old at that the time and lived for another 3 years and died at the age of 88. Mitsuzuka Sensei founded the San Shin Kai and began teaching Iaido throughout the world. San Shin Kai means three planets the sun, the moon and the stars.
Listed below are his many accomplishments in Budo.
IAI '56 3/18: 3 dan in Iai from Mr. Hakudo Nakayama (Yushin-kai Iaido Renmei) '59 8/15: 5 dan in Iai from Mr. Danzaki and Mr. Omori (Dai Nippon Iaido Kenshukan) '67 5/17: Iaido Kyoshi Certificate (All Nippon Kendo Federations) '79 5/5: 8 dan in Iai (All Nippon Kendo Federations) KENDO '72 4/24: 5 dan in Kendo '75 5/8: Kendo Renshi Certificate (All Nippon Kendo Federations) JODO '77 3/15: 5 dan in Jodo from Mr. Shimizu (Shindo Muso-ryu) JUDO '76 11/26: 4 dan in Judo from Mr. Kano (Kodo-kan Judo) OTHERS '61 4/13: Judo Seifukushi (Bone Setter)
North American San Shin Kai offers seminars and training in Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido. To learn more about our organization, please read about our history and our Mission Statement. If you are interested in becoming a member, visit our membership page to download an application.
To contact our administrative headquarters, or with questions about San Shin Kai, please email Wehrhahn Shihan.