Jissen Kobudo Jinenkan,                                                        photo by Michael Waschek
              or "real fighting weapon arts of the natural way"

                                                            

The Jinenkan was founded by Fumio Manaka (martial name "Unsui") in 1996. The purpose of the organization is to allow students to study the martial arts of old Japan freely and unhindered under his guidance.  Unsui has 40 years of experience in the Japanese arts of Kobudo (old martial ways).

The Jinenkan offers instruction in Taijutsu (unarmed fighting skills), Bikenjutsu (sword arts), Yari (spear), Naginata (halberd), Tessen (iron fan), Jutte (truncheon), Kusari-fundo (weighted chain), Tantojutsu (knife), Bo, Hanbo, Jo (staff arts), and more.

The testing process is strict and everyone, regardless of rank or experience in other organizations, must start at the beginning and work their way up. We are pleased with the slow steady growth of the Jinenkan and our ability to maintain quality in the instruction we offer our students.

Kobudo literally means “old martial ways”.  The oldest of the seven Ryu-ha (traditional Japanese schools) we train in can be documented and traced back to around the year 1000 A.D.  Over the last thousand years, each of these schools has been constantly refined and improved until the method for taking a complete novice in the martial arts to a master has been developed in the most efficient manner.  All of these teachings were tested and proven on the battlefield and in real combat repeatedly along the way.  Our seven Ryu-ha can be traced to beginnings in the following years: 

Kukishin Ryu                           1000 A.D.
Shinden Fudo Ryu                   1113 A.D.
Togakure Ryu                          1161 A.D.
Gyokko Ryu                            1532 A.D.
Koto Ryu                                 1532 A.D.
Takagi Yoshin Ryu                  1570 A.D.
Jinen Ryu                                 1996 A.D.

In comparison, you may be interested to see the founding dates of some more commonly known “martial arts.”  As you can see, none of these have anywhere near the history or the proven track record of kobudo. 

Judo                             1882
Shotokan Karate          1936
Aikido                          1942
Taekwondo                  1965
Jeet Kune Do               1967