Hontai Yoshin Ryu Jujutsu - Louisville

10/07/2025

Suino Sensei has been an important influence upon many of us within US Hontai Yoshin Ryu. His leadership within The Shudokan Martial Arts Association (in which Fabian Sensei is a leader and others in our group have been members) has provided many outside Japan a place to anchor traditional martial practice. This has included the promotion of excellent training, the providing of strong mentoring opportunities, and the hosting of very interesting and challenging seminars. If you get a chance to train with him or would like to investigate The SMAA (https://www.smaa-hq.com/), don’t hesitate.

JMAC's leader Nick Suino Sensei, started in 1968. He fell in love with martial arts and never looked back!

You can read more about his long history here: https://www.japanesemartialartscenter.com/instructors/suino

09/24/2025

Happy birthday to the leader of Hontai Yoshin Ryu, Inoue Kyoichi Soke! 🎉 The American branch is grateful for your leadership and your example. Happy celebration!

06/07/2025

Congratulations to our US students who successfully tested at The Hontai Yoshin Ryu Taikai in Belgium this weekend!

Matthew — Sandan in Jujutsu and Nidan in Iaijutsu

Ryanne — Shodan in Jujutsu and Shodan in Iaijutsu

Lamont — Shodan in Jujutsu and Shodan in Iaijutsu

Great job on your diligent preparations!

Deep gratitude to our local and worldwide family of Hontai Yoshin Ryu for guidance and support.

04/01/2025

We train internationally with great people! Please join us to learn how you can travel and train as you learn this powerful and beautiful art.

07/20/2024

Some great photos from the recent International Taikai in London.

06/17/2024

If you would like to learn, we are always accepting beginners.

Hontai Yoshin Ryu Jujutsu demonstration held during the 47th Nihon Kobudo Enbutaikai 2024 held at the Nippon Budokan on February 4th, 2024.--- SUBSCRIBE ---h...

06/03/2024

Great work, Almonte! International friends, we will see you again very soon.

06/01/2024

03/05/2024

We are very fortunate in Hontai Yoshin Ryu to have these two teachers in our system.

03/03/2024

With Stephen in Obidos (Portugal): it looks like we were discussing kata🤣

03/03/2024

Please note that our Katsujinken Dojo, located within Louisville's Takanoko Dojo on Brent Street in The Highlands, is no longer operating.

Takanoko Dojo remains open, but Hontai Yoshin Ryu is not currently training there. Go there for outstanding karate-do training in Louisville.

We are grateful for two excellent decades of partnership with Takanoko Dojo, and we look forward to more solid and insightful training with those awesome budoka.

For Hontai Yoshin Ryu or Toyama Ryu group lessons at your place, for private lessons, for seminar bookings, or for any other business concerning The Hontai Yoshin Ryu in The US, please reach out to The United States Hombucho, Brian Sensei, through this page.

Training in Hontai Yoshin Ryu curricula occurs three times weekly at Kentuckiana Shotokan Karate-Do (KSKD), located at 9103 Galene Drive in Louisville's J-Town neighborhood. Please feel free to contact the leadership at KSKD directly for class times and fee structures. Beginners are welcome, and classes are appropriate for all experience levels.