Shinbukan
Shinbukan is a school run by Ishido Shizufumi Sensei (hanshi 8th dan) in Kanagawa, and our direct teacher is one of his students, Victor Cook (kyōshi 7th Dan). Through these teachers we can trace our lineage directly back to the founder of Musō Shinden Ryū.
If you do not know the Japanese grading system, hanshi is the highest grade currently awarded, and kyōshi is the highest grade in iaido that has been awarded outside Japan.
Cook sensei is patron for several clubs in Europe as well as in Canada. There are Shinbukan dojos in southern England, in Sussex, Kent, Surrey, and the Isle of Wight. Shinbukan family dojos can also be found in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
Your Instructors
Judy Farncombe holds 5th dan in Iaido and ikkyu grades in Aikido and Jōdō. She's been practicing martial arts for 45 years and teaching for 17 years. She particularly enjoys teaching women and beginners.
Martin Farncombe also holds 5th dan in Iaido, 1st dan in Karate and ikkyu in Jōdō. His first love (apart from weapons) is Wing Chun Kung Fu.
Shinbukan is a school run by Ishido Shizufumi Sensei (hanshi 8th dan) in Kanagawa, and our direct teacher is one of his students, Victor Cook (kyōshi 7th Dan). Through these teachers we can trace our lineage directly back to the founder of Musō Shinden Ryū.
If you do not know the Japanese grading system, hanshi is the highest grade currently awarded, and kyōshi is the highest grade in iaido that has been awarded outside Japan.
Cook sensei is patron for several clubs in Europe as well as in Canada. There are Shinbukan dojos in southern England, in Sussex, Kent, Surrey, and the Isle of Wight. Shinbukan family dojos can also be found in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
Your Instructors
Judy Farncombe holds 5th dan in Iaido and ikkyu grades in Aikido and Jōdō. She's been practicing martial arts for 45 years and teaching for 17 years. She particularly enjoys teaching women and beginners.
Martin Farncombe also holds 5th dan in Iaido, 1st dan in Karate and ikkyu in Jōdō. His first love (apart from weapons) is Wing Chun Kung Fu.
