Boston Martial Arts Blog

So it looks like the Shinkendo Shit-for-brains Sensei in Boston just doesn't get it. Hey Shafty, don't you get it? Your students didn't join a cult, they just wanted to learn the crappy style of Shinkendo, they didn't sign up to follow your commands or have you sticking your nose in their personal lives. So who are you down to? The BringIT Bufoon? You got "Yelpster" kissing your ass until his real dojo opens back up, you got a couple of young newbies who hate you, an 70 year old woman and Dr J.  I bet many in the ISF secretly think your a dumbass, your kids probably loathe you. Face it dude, you are just not cut out to run a dojo. Face it dude, you are just not cut out to run a dojo. YOU SUCK! #shaftysucks @yukishiroObata @shinkend_Boston @Shinkendo @Jinsei @Honbu Dojo @Boston Martial Arts @tameshigirl @fake koryu @crap dojo

Emails, comments and discussions continue to be had about the infamous Boston Shinkendo Dojo and its Sensei, "Little Shafty"   ( one whom many describe as a loon ), are all over Social media. So we thought we would interview some former students and caught up with several of them this past weekend at one of the "Gathering of Former Shinkendo Students". Here is some paraphrasing of what we learned. 1.)  "I remember we used to do an annual Christmas party and Shafty would setup a table in the dojo with himself at the head, and he would first put on this brown Kimono type vest and array himself as if he was a feudal lord. He would them preside over the party with pseudo Japanese mimicked pomp and circumstance, making a total BUFFOON out of himself. The students REALLY HATED all this nonsense and would laugh for hours about it often chatting in their WhatsAPP group about what a clown Shafty is." 2.) " I donated a few boxes of Tatami mats to the dojo becau

Well according to some former Boston Shinkendo students it sure does! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muSJ20BZmFQ 9 Worth a watch! #Shinkendo #boston Shinkendo #Shinkendo sucks #shafty sucks #bringIT #martial arts #obata #tameshigiri #jinsei shinkemdo #asswipe #crap dojo #yuki is nuts # Toshishiro Obata