KAISHINKAI
DOJO
6424
210th Ave SW
Centralia,
Washington 98531
Near Grand Mound
1.5 miles from I5 Exit 88 (click for
map)
RonJennings@KaishinKai (DOT) com
Sorry but you must rekey the above e-mail address to work. This is
to make sure a real person is contacting us.
(360)
273-6064
DanzanRyu Jujitsu in the Kodenkan
tradition
Affiliated with the following organizations:
Jujitsu
America,
the
ShoshinRyu Yudanshakai,
and The American Jujitsu
Institute
What is
the tradition? Check out Danzan.com
Link to other DanzanRyu Organizations
KaishinKai Class Schedules:
Evergreen State College, Room 117
Tuesday and Thursday evenings 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM - During college
terms
Professor Sue Jennings
Main Dojo - Centralia/Grand Mound
Monday evening 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
(1st Monday of the month Colored Belt Class -
Professor Ron Jennings
Brown Belt and above by Invitation)
Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM - During college breaks and
the summer
Professor Sue Jennings
Special DanzanRyu
Seminars - various dates and times
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$100 per term (approximately 2
months - the college sets these rates) due at the first class of each term.
Dues may vary depending on the location, number of classes, and student
membership in national DanzanRyu organizations. Other Offerings at KaishinKai (fees and other location/times negotiated) Private Lessons/Personal Trainer Women’s Self Defense Cane Defensive Tactics Long Life Massage Therapeutic Massage Continuing education classes for WA State Health Care Licensure |
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KaishinKai Dojo Mascot:
Note: For many years the dojo mascot was a Hybrid wolf. He was very friendly and would eat just about everything. 120 pounds of fang and fur with a five pound wet tongue were a little intimidating. He loved to knock you down and sit on you. He probably wouldn't have eaten you but when he was sitting on your chest gently licking your throat you can clearly see he was mostly wolf.
We had to tell students "do not attempt to enter the compound to the Dojo, until after you have been introduced as a non edible item, and even then remain cautious."
Now that Sappo has passed away we no longer have that caution. but dropping by or visiting the main dojo without prior notice is still not recommended. Keeping a hybrid wolf is legal in this county but the responsibility of owning a hybrid wolf required appropriate containment, therefore the stockade fencing compound where the dojo is still located.
DOJO
KaishinKai Dojo,
6424 210th Ave SW, Centralia WA 98531
(360) 273-6064, e-mail: RonJennings@KaishinKai (DOT)
com
TITLE
Menkyo Kaiden title
of Kyoshi – Prof. Sig Kufferath
Menkyo Kaiden title
of Shihan – Prof. Anthony Janovich
Menkyo Kaiden title
of Shihan – The American Jujitsu Institute
Professor DanzanRyu Jujitsu – Shoshin Ryu Yudanshakai
Professor DanzanRyu Jujitsu – Jujitsu
America
Professor DanzanRyu Jujitsu – The
American Jujitsu Institute
RANK
JUDO
Shodan Black Belt 1st Dan Kodokan
Judo
NATIONAL JUJITSU RANK Recognition
Shichidan, Black Belt 7th Dan and Professor recognition with the Shoshin Ryu Yudanshakai
Shichidan, Black Belt 7th Dan with Jujitsu
America
Shichidan, Black Belt 7th Dan and Professor recognition with American Jujitsu Institute
Yodan, Black Belt 4th Dan with the American Judo and Jujitsu Federation
HONORARY INTERNATIONAL JUJITSU RANK Recognition
Shihan, Professor, 7th Dan with:
World Ju-Jitsu/AIKI-Bujutsu Federation;
European Samurai Ju-Jitsu AIKI Society;
and the Nippon Yawara Ryu AIKI-Jitsu Renmei
Certified 7th Dan International Instructors License with the:
Samurai Ju Jutsu Association International
All-Japan Seibukan
Martial Arts & Way Association  Kamishin-Kai International
Associate member of the Martial Arts Grandmaster International
Council (MAGIC)
MARTIAL ARTS HISTORY
Ron Jennings began his martial arts career in 1956 when his father enrolled him
in boxing lessons, then into a junior judo and wrestling program. In 1962 he
discovered Danzan Ryu
Jujitsu and started a lifelong devotion to the art. He received his Jujitsu Shodan in 1966 and his Kodokan
Judo Shodan in 1976. In 1993 he received the teaching
title of Kyoshi from Professor Sig Kufferath and in 1999 he was promoted to Rokudan (6th Degree Black Belt) and given the
title of Professor of DanzanRyu by the ShoshinRyu Yudanshakai. Professor
"Imi" Okazaki-Mullins personally presented
Ron his Professor's belt and as she bowed remarked 'my father would be proud.'
In 2003 Ron received the Menkyo Kaiden
title of Shihan.
In 2005 Ron was given honorary promotion to 7th Degree
Black Belt by the World Ju-Jitsu / AIKI-Bujutsu Federation. He also received honorable
international recognition from a number of other jujitsu organizations
including 7th Dan Instructors License and Certified International
instructor.
In 2007 Ron received the
Menkyo Kaiden title of Shihan, this time from the American Jujitsu Institute and
recognition as Assistant Professor. (AJI leaders said that only four times in
prior AJI history has professorship been recognized at rokudan
- this was an exceptional honor).
In 2008 Ron was promoted
to Shichidan 7th Degree Black Belt by the ShoshinRyu Yudanshakai and in
2009 Ron was promoted to Shichidan 7th
Degree Black Belt by the American Jujitsu Institute and by Jujitsu America.
Ron opened his first dojo in Coos Bay, Oregon in 1968 and has been
a school head ever since. While living on the East Coast to pursue a career in
computer science, he worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, the Navy and
Bell Research Labs before returning to the West Coast and settling in
Washington state. He had dojos
in Washington DC, Maryland, and New Jersey with several students reaching Black
Belt levels. Cross training on the East Coast was great exposure to new
instructors and ideas. Ron has operated a DanzanRyu
dojo in the Olympia, Washington area since 1978.
Ron is a licensed massage therapist and a member of the American
Massage Therapy Association. He has received several national awards and honors
including: the Outstanding Service Award from the Amateur Athletic Union where
he served as jujitsu committee chair for 15 years; was co-recipient of the
Wally Jay Award; was Instructor of the Year and named to the Black Belt Hall of
Fame by Jujitsu America.
Ron’s dojo, KaishinKai, is located just
south of the state capitol of Olympia, where he previously worked (now retired)
as a senior technical manager. The dojo has several class locations including
an on-going program through the local college, and hosts numerous clinics and a
summer camp each year. Ron is well known nationally as cane master and his
seminars across the country on use of the cane by people of limited mobility
are quite popular. Ron is an active life member of the American Jujitsu Institute,
ShoshinRyu Yudanshakai, and
Jujitsu America. He often serves as a Pacific Northwest Regional Representative
to these organizations.
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Professor Sue Jennings
TITLE
Menkyo Kaiden title
of Renshi – Prof. Anthony Janovich
Professor DanzanRyu Jujitsu – Shoshin Ryu Yudanshakai
RANK
Danzan Ryu Jujitsu
Godan –
Jujitsu America (Life Member)
Godan -
American Jujitsu Institute (Life Member)
Godan– Shoshin Ryu Yudanshakai
(Life Member)
Shodan –
American Judo & Jujitsu Federation (Life Member)
Taekwondo – Shodan
DOJO
KaishinKai Dojo, 6424 210th Ave SW, Centralia, WA
98531
(360) 273-6064, e-mail: SueJennings@KaishinKai
(DOT) com
MARTIAL ARTS HISTORY
Sue Jennings began training in martial arts in 1984 studying
Taekwondo and earned her Shodan from both Grandmaster
Young Hak Lee and then the World Taekwondo Federation
in 1987. In 1989 she began studying Danzan Ryu Jujitsu from Ron Jennings and received her Shodan in 1995. She is currently ranked as a Godan. Sue has studied massage therapy from Prof. Sig Kufferath, Prof. Lamar Fisher and Leif Grunseth,
an Olympic massage therapist. Sue is a life member of several Danzan Ryu organizations and is a
member of the Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors (AWMAI). She
received the Menkyo Kaiden tilte of Renshi after intensive Okugi training from Professor Anthony Janovich
in 2003 and recognition as a DZR Professor from ShoshinRyu
Yudanshakai in 2010.
Sue has been teaching Danzan Ryu Jujitsu at the Evergreen State College in Olympia,
Washington from 1998 to the present and is a senior instructor at KaishinKai Dojo near Centralia. She also teaches women’s
self-defense classes and offers private as well as group lessons. She is
co-director of Kamp KaishinKai, an annual summer camp
held in Washington state. Sue has taught at national
conventions for Jujitsu America, Shoshin Ryu, and the American Jujitsu Institute. In addition Sue
was selected to be an instructor at Ohana 2001 in
Hawaii and at Ohana 2003 and Ohana
2005. Ohana is a national conference of many (14+) national
martial arts organizations.
Sue has been recognized with the following awards: an Ohana award from Jujitsu America, Presidential Awards for
Distinguished Service by JA in 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2001, and was co-recipient
of the Wally Jay Award. At Ohana 2001 in Hawaii she
received the Samuel S. Luke Distinguished Service Award from the AJI. Sue is a
graphic artist, and former editor of the Jujitsu America national newsletter
and now editor of the American Jujitsu Institute's newsletter. She was also
named to be the Custodian of Records for the Danzan Ryu Jujitsu Kodenkan Alliance
that encompasses all jujitsu organizations practicing the arts of Danzan Ryu worldwide, along with
Professor Sam Luke from The American Jujitsu Institute and Olympic Judo Coach
Willy Cahill.