Is Shinkendo Federation Fading as Fast As it Seems? Is it because of the Boston Dojo?

 

Well Toshishiro Obata gave it a good shot! In 30 years he was able to create and market a martial art he founded that was made up of techniques, and kata taken from Toyama Rya and other REAL Koryu styles like Shinkage Ryu.

Shinkendo dojos are world wide, appealing predominantly to fat old white dudes with no real skills or martial ability, but love to dress up as wannabe samurai and post nonsense on Facebook.  ...You know the type.

However Dojos are closing fast, places like modern Samurai dojo in NY, shut down, Boston Shinkendo all the students dumped the ahole sensei, and membership and dues are said to be down all around the world.

Of course they try to blame covid, but is it something more than that?
Is it the fact that people want to learn a REAL SAMURAI art and not some adapted crap?

Is it becuase of stories of Horror Show treatment of students as what is reported about Boston?

Is it about International Shinkendo Leadership not helping students who reach out to them with issues?

Is Yukishiro Obata simply an idiot?

Whatever the answer may be, certainly the ISF isn't what it was when the old man was running it.

Not that it ever was a traditional Japanese art to begin with but as a marketed federation they did have a following.

People are waking up to bullshit and this place and its lame instructors appear to be being exposed and people have had enough.

Can't really say we blame them.

However all individuals should find out for themselves as our view is simply that, our view based upon what we learn from our sources in the Shinkendo world.