{"id":529,"date":"2026-02-05T01:51:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T01:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwest-isshinryu.com\/?p=529"},"modified":"2026-02-05T01:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T01:51:03","slug":"isshinryu-and-tejutsu-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwest-isshinryu.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/isshinryu-and-tejutsu-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Isshinryu and TeJutsu Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On October 4, 2025 we held a seminar at our dojo in Puyallup that featured several instructors who presented a variety of skills and knowledge. Attendance was good and we had a great time sharing ideas and techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sensei Don Washabaugh opened the event with ideas related to Isshinryu weapons kata techniques and how they compare and are similar to empty-hand techniques, as well as key (and ki) principles of chinkuchi in our practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sensei Dale Heidal presented his brand of self-defense, called TeJutsu, which combines karate and Aikijutsu techniques; the goals being to defend oneself adequately with minimal injury to the attacker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sensei Kraig Mott shared bunkai from Seiunchin kata that was different from most of the bunkai usually applied in this kata, which we all found very interesting and effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sensei Mike Osborn, who has been a school teacher for 40+ years, shared valuable teaching strategies and sought feedback and ideas from the group of long-time instructors about our ideas and methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time was also made for anyone wishing to demonstrate a kata or routine that might be considered unique, yet relevant, to Isshinryu or other Okinawan martial arts. Sensei Samuel Danh shared a form created by Shihan A.J. Advincula; Yudansha Apollo Heidal performed a nunchaku kata based on Chinto kata, as created by Sensei Pat Williamson (Mr. Armstrong’s student) in the early 1970’s; Sensei Heidal performed Shimabuku no Kama, created by Soke Eizo Shimabuku and taught to Heidal by Kyoshi Jerry Gould.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A splendid day was had by all. Many thanks to all who attended and brought great skills and energy to the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On October 4, 2025 we held a seminar at our dojo in Puyallup that featured several instructors who presented a variety of skills and knowledge. Attendance was good and we had a great time sharing ideas and techniques. Sensei Don Washabaugh opened the event with ideas related to Isshinryu weapons kata techniques and how they … Continue reading “Isshinryu and TeJutsu Seminar”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwest-isshinryu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwest-isshinryu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwest-isshinryu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwest-isshinryu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwest-isshinryu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/northwest-isshinryu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":569,"href":"https:\/\/northwest-isshinryu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions\/569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwest-isshinryu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwest-isshinryu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwest-isshinryu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}