14/06/2026
Sensei Yoshie and Sensei Phillip from Nenshinryu Budo are proud to present the 2027 Budo Gassyuku in Japan, in Echigo Nakazato (Niigata), from May 28th - 30th 2027.
Based on the size of the dojo, it will be limited to 100 participants, and Sensei Yoshie has made 35 places available to Australian Students.
The fees for the full 3-day event are ¥30,000 (Roughly AUD$300) per person which includes:
1. All participation fees
2. Lunch bento on May 29th
3. Special dinner on May 29th
The fees for 2-day participation are ¥25,000 (AUD$250) which includes:
1. All participation fees
2. Lunch bento on May 29th
3. Special dinner on May 29th
1-day participation is currently not available.
Reservations will be made on a first-come, first served basis, and as said earlier we have 35 positions available to Australian sensei's and students. If there are extra seats, Sensei Yoshie will let us know as we get closer to the date of the event.
All other costs and fees will be the responsibility of each individual or group including transportation and hotel fees. Please note that the location of the Dojo is near Echigo Nakazato, which is in the middle of the Japanese countryside. It is absolutely beautiful, but also quite remote. Participants should take note in booking hotels, as those nearest to Echigo Yuzawa station are surrounded by the best conveniences, but the taxi fare will be more expensive (we believe it is about ¥3,000 one way from the Echigo Yuzawa station to the Dojo).
Roughly 11 spaces have been allocated for a different Ryu-ha senseis to teach, and all attendees not teaching will be wearing white belts to learn from them. While there will only be Budo sensei’s teaching, teachers or students from other disciplines are welcome to attend if they also are interested in learning “true Budo” together with us.
Sensei Yoshie is planning a special experience at Uonuma no sato, the home of the Hakkaisan Brewery only for those participants interested in visiting there. This will also be for an extra fee, and will follow up separately about this.
Sensei Yoshie has asked Sensei Colin Niland and Sensei Lance Spice to coordinate attendees from the Australian contingent.
So for schools with lineage inked to the following Martial Arts Styles & Organizations, please reach out through our messenger:
• ① Gyokushin-ryu
• ② Jujutsu (ACSI)
• ③ Seifukai Aikido
• ④ Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu (Takinokan)
• ⑤ Tsutsumi Hozan-ryu
• ⑥ Nenshin-ryu Budo (Aikido)
• ⑦ Kendokai Karate
• ⑧ Yoseikan Jojutsu Unno ha
• ⑨ Yagyu Shinkage-ryu
• ⑩ Traditional Wushu Kung Fu
• ⑪ Nihon Taijutsu
All fee's will need to be provided in Japanese Yen in the new year - 2027, but more information will be available about this closer to the date.
If heads of schools can please communicate with students and gauge expressions of interest and get back to us it would be appreciated, we will firm up numbers in coming months. Please note attendance is open to Sensei's and students of schools with linked lineage not individuals. And the main theme is to come along with a true budo mindset.