Zen Bu Kan School of Japanese Swordsmanship

Zen Bu Kan School of Japanese Swordsmanship Utah School of Japanese Swordsmanship teaching Iaido and Kendo

The Zen Bu Kan School Of Traditional Japanese Swordsmanship was founded in Salt Lake City Utah in 1998 by Jules Harris Sensei of the Ken Zen Dojo of New York City. Zen Bu Kan is affiliated with Rocky Mountain Kendo Federation, Hideki Iwakabe Sensei (Iaido), Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation, Idaho Kendo, Robert Stroud Sensei (Kendo) and the All United States Kendo Federation. All of our instructors and the school are supervised through these regional/national organizations. Accredited instructors and programs insure you get traditional training through an unbroken lineage that dates to 16th century Japan.

Zen Bu Kan bids a grateful farewell to Braxton Fukutomi sensei. Your leadership and kendo have permanently altered the c...
07/25/2026

Zen Bu Kan bids a grateful farewell to Braxton Fukutomi sensei. Your leadership and kendo have permanently altered the course of our Kendo and our dojo. Thank you so much for practicing with us the last two years! Good luck with your continued training!

Utah was well represented at the US Nito Camp Toda-hai Taikai.Riku, from Salt Lake Kyokai (but we count him among us too...
07/21/2026

Utah was well represented at the US Nito Camp Toda-hai Taikai.
Riku, from Salt Lake Kyokai (but we count him among us too) took 2nd place in the Lower Divison and Aaron (from Zen Bu Kan) took 3rd in the Upper Division of the taikai.
The tournament incredibly well run, and the spirit and atmosphere were friendly and electric at the same time.
Congratulations to the winners and all the medal holders!

The dojo was able to celebrate many of the promotions that had been achieved in the last few months. It was a great even...
07/20/2026

The dojo was able to celebrate many of the promotions that had been achieved in the last few months. It was a great evening where ZBK members received menjo for Iaido, kendo, and jodo.
We even had a bit of a jodo demonstration. Lord of good food and dojo mates and friends!

Who's excited for AUSKF Nationals. We're excited to follow along this weekend and cheer on Riku Todaka, who's representi...
07/03/2026

Who's excited for AUSKF Nationals. We're excited to follow along this weekend and cheer on Riku Todaka, who's representing Salt Lake Kyokai on team SWKIF in the Juniors division!
Here are some ippon he's got on us, here at ZBK, looking forward to seeing more.

We had a great time showing off our Kendo at the Utah Asian Festival today. What a huge event. Thank you to everyone who...
06/07/2026

We had a great time showing off our Kendo at the Utah Asian Festival today. What a huge event. Thank you to everyone who showed up and cheered us on. And thank you to all the members for sharing their kendo spirit.

ZenBuKan had a great Iaido Seminar and Shinsa this last weekend. We had a great group of Sensei and Students in attenda...
02/11/2026

ZenBuKan had a great Iaido Seminar and Shinsa this last weekend. We had a great group of Sensei and Students in attendance, with a few participants coming in from Texas and California. Thanks to everyone for your hard work this weekend. We look forward to holding this again next year!

This Last weekend we also had some of our Kendo group attend the 13th Nito Kendo Seminar being held in Idaho by the Idah...
07/23/2025

This Last weekend we also had some of our Kendo group attend the 13th Nito Kendo Seminar being held in Idaho by the Idaho Kendo Club. It was a wonderful event that was last held in 2019. It has been on hold due to the Covid years. So great to have it back, and a Big Thank You to the visiting Sensei's from Japan, Idaho Kendo Club, and Robert Stroud Sensei for holding such a great event.

It's been a while since we posted last. Going to try to change that for 2025 going forward. We had 2 of our Students t...
07/23/2025

It's been a while since we posted last. Going to try to change that for 2025 going forward. We had 2 of our Students test and pass 4th Dan in Iaido this last Spring. This last weekend we had a celebration of their success.

Congratulations to Phil Sevin Sensei and Jared Bowler Sensei of ZenBuKan.

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777 South 1300 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84102

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Tuesday 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Saturday 9am - 1:30pm

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