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26 September 2011

Fuji Ryu Goshindo

The Fuji Ryu Goshindo school of Martial Arts was created / founded by Sugawara Geshu in 1962 in Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. Sugawara Geshu was a significant figure in Japanese martial arts circles due to his association and eventual certification as a full license holder (Menkyo Kaiden)by the founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba. Ueshiba has been well documented as being an exceptional man with exceptional martial arts and spiritual abilities.

Aikido is now practiced throughout the world by thousands of people.

Sugawara Geshu held the position as Chief Instructor of Physical Education studies at Kokushikan University, a notable Judo and Kendo university in Japan to this day, and it is here that he taught a range of Martial disciplines including Aikido, Judo and Goshindo.

In 1969 New Zealander John Bonniface attended Kokushikan University (http://www.kokushikan.ac.jp/english/index.html) as a Physical Education and Martial Arts student. Over the next 22 years he would continue to learn and study, both on site and from afar, with Sugawara. John Bonniface gained 5th degree black belts in Jujutsu and Goshindo; a 2nd degree black belt in Aikido, a first degree black belt in Kendo and a 2nd degree black belt in Judo from the Kodokan Judo Institute. Sugawara Geshu died in July 1985.

On his return to New Zealand in 1976 John Bonniface opened the New Zealand chapter of Fuji Ryu Goshindo school of self defence (http://www.jujutsu.co.nz). This consisted of schools throughout the South Island of New Zealand and taught classes in Karate Jutsu (Goju Ryu), Jujutsu, Goshindo and Judo. Aikido classes were also added at a later stage. John Bonniface died in 1991.

Today the Fuji Ryu Goshindo school is linked and certified by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai (http://www.dnbk.org/) in Japan through one of its senior students Julian Columbus in the arts of Jujutsu and Judo. It has further ties to the Nippon Seibukan All Japan Budo Federation through another senior student Renata Sadlier in the art of Karate Jutsu. It has also had ties with the United Kingdom Jujitsu Association International (http://www.ukjjai.com/).

This notable school has taught hundreds of people the discipline and benefits of martial arts study with a Japanese heritage. A further New Zealand school called Sakura Kan (http://jiujitsu.org.nz/) also has lineage to this style through its senior Instructors James Salter and Alistair & Joy Thompson.

Senior practitioners or Sensei of this art include, Paul Reti (current system head), Stan Taylor (retired), Paul Stokes (now Furui Ryu Eda), The Cooper brothers (retired), Monty Robson (Furui Ryu), and Jim Colenso.

http://www.jujutsu.co.nz, http://www.dnbk.org/, http://jiujitsu.org.nz/, http://www.ukjjai.com/, http://www.kokushikan.ac.jp/english/index.html.