Araki-ryū Dojo Associated with Ellis Amdur
Hokusei Araki-ryū – practice is under the supervision of Ellis Amdur.
Athens Araki-ryū Hokusei Dojo – Athens, Greece – practice is under the supervision of Ellis Amdur. Inquiries should be directed to Thanassis Bantios.
Thessaloniki Araki-ryū Hokusei Dojo – Thessaloniki, Greece – practice is under the direction of Ellis Amdur. Inquiries should be directed to Stratos Karpouzidis.
Tenshin Bukō-ryū Heihō Dojo Associated with Ellis Amdur
Tenshin Bukō-ryū Heihō – practice is under the supervision of Ellis Amdur.
Athens Tenshin Bukō-ryū Heihō Hokusei Dojo – practice is under the supervision of Ellis Amdur, who goes to Greece to teach on an annual basis.
Valencia Tenshin Bukō-ryū Heihō Hokusei Dojo – practice is under the supervision of Ellis Amdur, who goes to Spain to teach on a biannual basis.
Tenshin Bukō-ryū Heihō Dojo under the Direction of Other Shihan or Instructors
Funabashi Dojo, Japan – The core dojo of the later Showa and Heisei Periods. This dojo is under the direction of current Soke-dairi of Tenshin Bukō-ryū Heihō, Kent Sorensen.
Budokai Australia – Bill Fettes teachers the shoden/chuden curriculum of Tenshin Bukō-ryū Heihō, as well as a number of other martial traditions, in Adelaide, Australia.
Melbourne Koryu Kenkyukai – The dojo of Liam Keeley – Tatsumi-ryū and Tenshin Bukō-ryū Heihō
Oshinkan – The dojo of Claire Simon (and legacy of Pierre Simon) who teaches Tenshin Bukō-ryū Heihō, Tatsumi-ryū, Negishi-ryū (shurikenjutsu) and Shindo Muso-ryū jodo in Toulouse, France
Shutokukan Dojo – The dojo of Diane and Meik Skoss, it also includes training in Yagyu Shinkage-ryū & Shinto Muso-ryū
Yamakaze Dōjō – Tenshin Bukō-ryū dojo in Washington State. Teaching responsibilities are shared by three shihan of two generations: Steve Bowman and Christopher Donka & Neil Chang.
Martial Arts
I only list sites of people with whom I am personally acquainted. They are all people I recommend without reservation in the arts that they teach. Anyone listed here is a teacher or colleague of mine.
Traditional Japanese Martial Arts
Takamura-ha Shindo Yoshin-ryū– The website of Toby Threadgill & the Takamaru-ha Shindo Yoshin-ryū
Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryū – The American wing of TSKSR associated with the headmaster, Iizasa Shuri-no-Suke Yasusada
Shinto Muso-ryū Taiseikai – The Pan American Jo Federation, under the direction of Phil Relnick
Kashima Shin-ryu – The English language website of the Kashima Shin-ryū
Senpokan – The website of Tony Alvarez and Toyama-ryū, Mugai-ryū, and a branch dojo of Takumaru-ha Shindo Yoshin-ryū
Tendo-ryū Yokohama – This is the contact information for the Tendo-ryū dojo of Mabuchi Seiko, one of the leading practitioners of the current generation of Tendo-ryū teachers.
Hontai Yoshin-ryū (Belgium branch) – under the direction of Guy Buyens
Sosuishi-ryu Seirenkan UK Keikokai – under the direction of Steve Delany
Araki-ryu Gunyo Kogusoku UK Keikokai – Under the direction of Steve Delany
Judo
Norwich Judo Dojo – Head Instructor, Bill Montgomery
Aikido
Kuwamori Dojo – My home dojo when I trained aikido in Japan
Tenzan Aikido – The aikido and BJJ dojo of Bruce Bookman
Aikido Eastside – The aikido dojo of George Ledyard (includes classes in several other martial arts)
Aikido Yoshinkai Burnaby – The aikido dojo of Robert Mustard
Aikido of Northern Virginia – The aikido dojo of Cyd Curtis Bates, Michael Lasky & Jimmy Sorrentino
Aikido of Champlain Valley – The aikido dojo of Benjamin Pincus
Jiyushinkai Aikibudo – The Aikido organization of Chuck and Aaron Clark
Finger Lakes Aikido – The Aikido dojo of Larry Bieri
Core Aikido – The Aikido dojo of Gadi Shorr
Chinese martial arts
The Wisdom of the Body -The website of Allen Pittman
Yin Cheng Gong Fa – Those following in the tradition of the martial arts of Wang Peisheng, under the direction of Zhang Yun
Taoist Studies Institute – Chinese martial arts, Taoist psychology, qigong, Chinese language, and other Taoist related studies – directed by Harrison Moretz, with other faculty
Modern Combatives
Arrestling – the website of Don Gulla, founder of Arrestling, a police combatives system encompassing hand-to-hand combat, firearms, Taser, and other requirements for survival in a law enforcement, corrections or security environment. He is a training brother, and one I am proud to call both a teacher and a friend.
The Fighter’s Garage – this dojo combines training in BJJ, krav maga, & pekita tirsia. Signal for me is the presence of Asher Willner, a training brother and friend.
Internal Training
Aunkai – The website of Akuzawa Minoru, the creator of an exceptionally powerful and direct method of developing internal strength, beyond any specific martial tradition.
Taikyoku Budo – The website of Budd Yuhasz, who has taken principles of movement and leverage that I’ve worked with him in an aikido context and melded them with grappling and effective internal strength training.
Blogs
The Classical Budoka – The blog of Wayne Muramoto of Bitchu-den Takeuchi-ryu
Essential Resources
Koryu.com – commercial and informational website promoting the work of Meik and Diane Skoss on koryu
Budovideos – my favorite resource for DVD/videos and books on martial arts. NOTE: They sell eBook versions of all of my books on de-escalation of aggression.
Wooden Weaponry
Zaimoku – This is my website that describes the qualities of various woods used to fabricate practice weapons. I am very interested in any information any reader has, positive or negative, concerning various woods that they have used.
Websites Associated with Ellis Amdur
Edgework – The Professional Website of Ellis Amdur. Includes information on training seminars on de-escalation of aggression and consultation regarding dealing with potentially dangerous individuals
Edgework Books – The website that markets my books on de-escalation of aggression, martial arts and fiction, as well as providing links to e-book vendors of same.
GullaAmdur Associates – A collaboration between Ellis Amdur and Don Gulla (see Arrestling above).We have combined our knowledge of policing, mental health interventions and physical and verbal tactics of managing aggression in training for law enforcement, corrections, social services, business and fire/EMS