The American Judo and Jujitsu Federation (AJJF) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation represented by Jujitsu, Judo and other martial arts schools across the nation, and the world. The AJJF promotes the DanZan Ryu system of Jujitsu, an effective system of self-defense that incorporates physical and mental training within a philosophy of ethical and moral development.

The Esoteric Teachings of Henry S. Okazaki, Master of the KoDenKan.
Okazaki was born in Japan on January 28, 1890. He moved to Hawaii as a teenager and, at the age of 16, learned he had tuberculosis. Through hard training in the martial arts, Okazaki recovered completely and vowed to dedicate his life to propagating Jujitsu and Judo.

The KoDenKan was the name of Master Okazaki's dojo in Hawaii. The name KoDenKan may be translated as "The School of the Ancient Tradition" or as "The School in Which Senior Students Transmit the Tradition". Both translations are accurate. The method of instruction requires senior students to teach less advanced students in the spirit that Master Okazaki declared was inherent in the Hawaiian word Kokua: "to mutually help one another".


Steve Malek receiving Daki Kubi Jime by Fran Morrissey

LIVE ACTION OF DAKI KUBI JIME(1.9 meg)
 (With Brian Welch as Uke, Fran demonstrates Daki Kubi Jime, Neck Embracing Constriction!)

The BASIC CURRICULUM of our system, Danzan Ryu. DanZan Ryu Jujitsu training begins with basic stretching and strengthening exercises. Next, students learn rolls and falls that allow them to be thrown safely. The system is arranged into eleven lists of techniques, which teach the basics of balance, leverage and inertia. The first five lists are taught below Black Belt level; Yawara (basic holds and escapes), Nage No Kata (basic throwing arts), Shime No Kata (grappling arts), Oku No Kata (advanced combination arts) and Goshin Jitsu (self-defense arts). The remaining six lists, which are primarily taught to advanced students and Black belts, include advanced combination techniques; defenses against gun, knife, staff and sword; demonstration arts; iron fan and yawara stick arts, and a system of resuscitation and restorative massage techniques (kappo).

The Kiai Echo is the newsletter of the American Judo and Jujitsu Federation, Inc., (AJJF), a non-profit educational organization that promotes Dan Zan Ryu Jujitsu, a classical Japanese martial art. The newsletter is published four times a year and is sent third class US Mail to approximately 1500 members of the AJJF throughout the United States and abroad. SELECT ARTICLES


DanZan Ryu Jujitsu founder Master Henry Okazaki was well known as a massage therapist and healer. His Long-Life Restorative Massage is the core of the AJJF's National Massage Certification Program in Okazaki Restorative Massage(TM). It is open to AJJF members who have a desire to learn and gain proficiency in the ancient Japanese art of massage. The basic program requires 150 hours to complete for practitioner level. This program prepares students to do massage as a profession.

SENSEI SCHOENER IN ACTION...





PAST CLASSES


(LEFT TO RIGHT) Rear: Lead Man, Ed, Rich Klahr, Michele Apsokardu
Middle:Fran Morrissey, Rob, the Dixon
Front: Sensei Hill, Sensei Schoener
(LEFT TO RIGHT) Rear: Mr. Pichard, Tom DeAngelo, Steve Malek, Fran Morrissey
Front: Sensei Jeremy Schoener, Sensei Ben Delich
(LEFT TO RIGHT) Rear: Steve, deadboy, Malek; Fran, dakikubi, Morrissey; Brian, the pig, Welch; Jeff, grasshopper, Sensenig; Melisa
Front: Sensei Ben Delich, Sensei Tom Hill, Sensei Jeremy Schoener
PAST DANZAN SEMINARS

The AJJF sponsors many clinics/seminars during the year, usually on a regional basis. In-depth classes encourage the exchange of information between AJJF schools and individual members and teach the basic techniques and philosophy of the DanZan Ryu system. There are structured clinics in areas as diverse as athletic taping, restorative massage, self-defense applications, and police training.


First Rutgers seminar with Professor Browne and Herb LaGue


Rutgers, NJ, seminar with Professor Rebmann


Brian, Jeff, and myself at an Ithica Seminar, NY