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The following are all active instructors in the UK, who are current members of both British Shintaido and the European Shintaido College. It is not an exhaustive list of all those qualified to teach, but does represent those who are actively seeking to do so. If you are taking an exam your examiner must be at least a Shintaido Instructor (not Graduate) for Shintaido exams, or hold at least 2nd dan (not shodan) if the exam is in Shintaido Karate or Bojustu.
If your current instructor is not not represented here, do please let us know so we can put it right!
Masashi was one of the founding members of Shintaido in Japan. He lives in Bristol, and is very much the centre of Shintaido in the UK. He is one of only 4 doshu in the world, and so we are fortunate to have him here in the UK. As well as his work with British Shintaido he is the coordinator of the European Shintaido College Technical Committee.
Ula lives and works in Brighton, where she runs a small local group. She is currently chair of the British Shintaido College, which overseas the development of Shintaido instructors in the UK.
Cyril Geoffrey Fitch was one of the original British Shintaido group. He went to Japan in 1976 and studied there for five years receiving instruction from Aoki sensei and many Rakutenkai members. He has taught Shintaido in Japan, Bavaria, France and Australia, and is a qualified massage therapist and fitness instructor.
Charles lives in Reading, and teaches at the regular weekly class in Farnham on Wednesday evenings, as well as running an informal bojutsu class on Sunday mornings in Reading. He also takes on innumerable small jobs to keep things going (running this website & the newsletter for instance!)
Daniel lives in Mortlake, West London, and runs sessions from time to time at the Old Deer Park in Richmond.
Debbie lives in Bristol. She is not teaching much at the moment but hopes to again in the future.
Geoff Warr is currently chair of British Shintaido. He lives and works in Ramsgate.
Peter Furtado has been practising Shintaido since the early 1980s and has been a qualified Instructor for more than 15 years. He lives in Oxford where he taught a regular class for many years, and offers occasional workshops.
Pam is married to Masashi and spent a long time studying Shintaido in Japan before they both moved to England. She is not currently teaching a class, but is a great source of information and inspiration to many other Instructors in the UK & elsewhere.
Belinda has been practicing Shintaido for many years. She became an instructor in 2006, and lives in Bristol where she teaches a regular class.
Recently graduated in 2007, Jamie teaches at the Farnham group, in collaboration with Charles.
Katrina teaches the Nailsworth "Lightwaves" class, together with Minagawa Senseï. Katrina also teaches Shintaïdo workshops and has taught with Bath Dance Forum and Bristol Complementary Clinic at the Wellspring Healthy Living Centre. She has also taught in the US at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Chicago.
Katrina started her practice in 1996 studying with Minagawa Senseï. She was fortunate to be an assistant to Minagawa Senseï for nearly 3 years. Katrina has attended numerous Shintaïdo events; with Shintaïdo of America, European Shintaïdo College and British Shintaïdo. She is also on the Management Committee for British Shintaïdo.
Dave is a regular member at the Farnham group.