Membership

The All Japan Budo Federation-Nippon Seibukan Dojo offers both Full Membership and Associate Membership (UK Branch) options.

The Associate Membership is available for any traditional Japanese, including Okinawan martial arts practitioner who is interested in joining the UK Branch and participating in AJBF-NSD events and networking with like minded practitioners, but not interested in Full Membership. Conversely, Full Membership includes all the benefits of an Associate Membership with the addition of rank recognition and opportunities for advancement in a legitimate Japanese federation.

Who May Apply:

Membership within the AJBF-NSD is open to all legitimate practitioners of the Japanese, including Okinawan martial arts. We have the following divisions of traditional budo and bujutsu:

• Karate: Empty-hand Arts of Okinawa & Japan (including Okinawan Kobudo)
• Jujutsu: Self-protection arts of traditional Japanese lineage
• Goshinjutsu: Modern self-defence arts of Japanese derivation
• Judo: Traditional Kodokan Judo as founded by Jigoro Kano
• Aikido: Traditional Aikido styles descended from Morihei Ueshiba
• Kendo: Kendo as defined by the All Japan Kendo Federation
• Iaido: Traditional sword arts focusing on drawing techniques
• Kobudo: Classical Japanese arts (Kenjutsu, Naginatajutsu, etc)

Like other traditional Japanese organizations, the AJBF-NSD utilizes the kyu/dan system (dan-i) to confer rank in each division. In addition, the AJBF-NSD issues the traditional instructor licenses (shogo) of Renshi, Kyoshi and Hanshi to qualified members.