About Goshin Jutsu
A brief history of the Art
The art has gone through many changes since first being demonstrated in detail to the South of England Karate Union (SEKU) in 1982. With the knowledgeable experience of our founder Tanaka Hanshi, 35 years on the art Goshin Jutsu has evolved into a style which strongly adheres to a self defence philosophy. To gain a more detailed history of the foundations of Goshin Jutsu see Kris Tanaka's page.
The syllabus reached version 14 in 2005 with a separate Black Belt syllabus made available to those over Brown Belt. Change is necessary from time to time but the values and skills required have always taken first priority in those changes. One of our recent changes was the addition of a new way of teaching the important first levels of the Art.
Combat was born and flourished so well that it has been re-incorporated into the Goshin Jutsu Syllabus and is now known as the badge syllabus replacing the first two grades. The most recent change has come from allowing children as young as 5 to start training at our open classes, which in turn has produced the Young Dragons syllabus. The Young Dragons syllabus uses merit badges to encourage and help our younger members to achieve their goals
Goshin Jutsu has also been used in an independent film called 'The Witches Hammer' which was completed in 2005. Some scenes even include Hanshi sensei Kris Tanaka who also trained the actors in Martial Arts and created all the fight scenes for the film. The film has now been released and can be purchased at play.com. There is more information on the Amber Pictures Website with trailers and screen shots that can be downloaded.
