To-Shin Do
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To-Shin Do is a martial art style established by Stephen K. Hayes as a means of teaching ninjutsu (or taijutsu) in a format more accessible to American audiences. His prior organizations, the Shadows of Iga Ninja Society, and the Nine Gates Institute, relied more on classical martial arts methods of instruction. To-Shin Do was founded to be a blend of classical martial arts techniques taught with more modern educational methods.
Lineage
To-Shin Do encompasses the nine schools passed down from Toshitsugu Takamatsu (It should be noted that these schools were taught to Stephen K. Hayes, through soke Masaaki Hatsumi,who still is the sôke of these 9 ryû, and his Bujinkan organization):
- Togakure Ryu
- Koto Ryu
- Gyokko Ryu
- Kukishinden Ryu
- Takagi Yoshin Ryu
- Shinden Fudo Ryu
- Gyokushin Ryu
- Gikan Ryu
- Kumogakure Ryu
History
To-Shin Do was founded in 1996 as the curriculum for the HGI Quest Centers, a corporation founded by Shihan Hayes, along with business developer Bill Poett and Joseph Koenig. A couple of years later, Poett's role in the corporation decreased, and the business was renamed SKH Quest, Inc.In 2003, Tom Maienza took over the business development role, and SKH Quest began to offer distance learning systems via DVD, along with the original concept of Quest Center martial arts franchises. Along with the To-Shin Do goshin taijutsu modern self defense, SKH Quest has started issueing classical rank cert in To shin Do Kasumi an classical warrior arts training.
Ranks
To-Shin Do has a number of different belt ranks corresponding roughly to the former Marishi-Kai belt system above the rank of black belt, with a new, more differentiated ranking system below the rank of black belt. Ranks are based on the go-dai elemental system, historically used as a counting system in Japan.Earth (Chi)
- White
- Yellow
- Yellow/black stripe
Water (Sui)
- Blue/white stripe
- Blue
- Blue/black stripe
Fire (Ka)
- Red/white stipe
- Red
- Red/black stripe
Wind (Fu)
- Green/white stripe
- Green belt
- Green/black stripe
Void (Ku)
- Brown/white stripe
- Brown
- Brown/black stripe
Black Belt Ranks
- Black - shodan 1st degree student
- Black - nidan 2nd degree student
- Black/red stripe - sandan 3rd degree student
- Black/red stripe - yondan 4th degree student
- Black/silver stripe - godan 5th degree student
- Black/silver stripe - rokudan 6th degree student
- Black/bronze stripe - nanadan 7th degree student
- Black/bronze stripe - hachidan 8th degree student
- Black/gold stripe - kyudan 9th degree student
- Gold - judan 10th degree student
Related Martial Arts
- Bujinkan (Masaaki Hatsumi)
- Genbukan (Shoto Tanemura)
- Jinenkan (Fumio Manaka)
- Hoshin Roshi Ryu
External links
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