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Sensei Art Joins Kokusai Bugei Kessha
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Sensei Art McConnell is now a very proud member of this association. For more information on them please visit their website.
Thank you for visiting the Kokusai Bugei Kessha(International Bugei Society). Kokusai Bugei Kessha is an international martial arts organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of traditional Japanese budo and bujutsu throughout the world. The Long Island Budokai is the honbu dojo for KBK, and is a branch dojo of the All Japan Budo federation Nippon Seibukan Academy U.S.A. branch. In turn is a member of the Zen Nihon Sogo Budo Renmei, an umbrella federation consisting over 20 martial arts grous in the Kansai region.
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: The Kokusai Bugei Kessha is it’s own entity, and has no affiliation with any other organization calling itself an International Bugei Society, the European Bugei Society, South American Bugei Society, nor any Bugei Society in North America.
MISSION STATEMENT: To preserve and teach traditional martial arts of Japan. We strive to accomplish this in an environment free of politics and other distractions. We further seek to foster a spirit of fellowship and understanding, welcoming all like-minded individuals, regardles of race, gender, ethnic backround, religion, national origin, or physical challenges.
Tozai Affiliate Program
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Haiku by Mel Benson
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Folding steel bending
Master sword smith shapes Daito
Indelible strength.
Sleeping in a storm
Watching with my brother
My father guides me.
Wide open maelstrom
Crows gaming in the white sky
Death falls like cold stones.
Greening ever green
Sweet plums drip golden dew drops
Worms warm in the sun.
One thousand fingers
Blinding an opponents sight
One hand curls like death.
My hand is my sword
It strikes with perfect movement
Training gives me peace.
Palms upturned tremble
Fist becomes a stone temple
Inside are my foes.
Wind blowing over sails
Infinity minus one
Finite sword unleashed.
The revenge draws near
Swordsman draws nearly perfect
Drawing nearly lost.
These are special secrets,
A life that was fully lived
…Remembering Mel.
-A.J. Mak.
Early January…Three years on.