The Federation

Bushido-kai Kenkyukai is a small federation by most norms because (a) we do not advertise, (b) we do not allow everyone in, (c) we do not cater to all styles or every situation, and (d) we want to keep the number of member schools relatively small so that we can help every head instructor learn and teach to the best of his/her ability. To do this we must have a personal relationship with each head instructor. Too large a federation would prohibit this.

We are interested in quality not quantity.

Styles Accepted

We find it most comfortable working with those trained in a Japanese based style, usually karate, kempo, ju-jutsu or aikido, however every instructor will be considered fairly according to his/her training goals and aspirations. If a Hapkido stylist, for example, wishes to train in our Takeshin Seiken Budo, there is a strong likelihood that that will be possible, but it would be less likely that a Tae Kwon Do stylist who wished to avoid serious retraining, would fit into our karate division because the stylistic norms and training purposes are so different.