Matsumoto Sensei visit
We want to thank Matsumoto Sensei, 7th dan Kyoshi, for visiting Tokubukan this past Saturday. Matsumoto Sensei was able to give a mini seminar on kata, as well as conduct a guide practice with the dojo. We are grateful that Sensei had time to visit the dojo while on...
Register Sensei Visit
We want to thank Register Sensei for visiting Tokubukan and having such great practices this past week. We are very fortunate that we have so many kendo friends Throughout the...
Toku Bu Kan Panels at Florida SuperCon
On July 4th, Toku Bu Kan Dojo was asked to demonstrate and conduct two panels on Japanese samurai history at Florida SuperCon. The two panels demonstrated Kendo, Iaido and showcased a tameshigiri (target cutting) at the event. Tameshigiri showcase The video below is a...
2014 All Florida Kendo Tournament
This past weekend Toku Bu Kan competed in the 2014 All Florida Tournament on the campus of UCF. The entire dojo made a strong showing at the tournament with true sportsmanship being displayed by all. The final standings are below: Individual women...
Visitors from Canada.
This past week we hosted two visitors from Canada, Mr. Carlos Chourio and Mr. Thomas...About Toku Bu Kan Dojo
The true winning is not by power, trickery nor anger, because winning using these things will create feeling of revenge or feeling of unhappiness, however wining by true virtue (Toku) is true winning, even your opponent will thank you when defeated by you and respect your quality.
Therefore we are using this Virtue (Toku 徳)for the Dojo’s first kanji, and for the second kanji we use Bu ( 武) as in Budo. And the last kanji is Kan ( 館) as in group.
(徳武館) Tokubukan has a deep meaning and is giving us a goal to strive for.