I would like to thank all of you who showed a genuine interest in the event. Perhaps we will be able to coordinate an island festival again in the future. I can not forget to thank all of the gracious instructors who had volunteered to share with you their experiences, techniques, values, tales and spirituality. These Hawaiian islanders had wonderous things to share with you and I am very greatful that they were willing to tell us of their past. As for us, we're off to explore other islands in the Polynesian chain.
Continued research provides the keys to understanding.
Learning about other cultures helps us to discover our own martial art roots. Exploring other martial systems leads us to a better understanding of our own system, what influenced it's development, and why our founder included the techniques, philosphy, and moral values into his system. Resolve to search outside your own system in order to find the merit and values hidden within your own style. The founder of Kodenkan and the American Jujitsu Institute of Hawaii was born in Fukushima Prefecture, on the island of Honshu, Japan, January 28, 1890. Studying under various masters in Hilo, Hawaii, he mastered the Yoshin, Iwaga, and Kosogabe schools of Jujitsu by practicing diligently six nights a week.