'highest number of belts in one art' competition...

[chidokan]

may I start the bidding with the following...

http://usinternationalworldgrandmastersgallery.yolasite.c om/

[Wraith]

Wow, so many professors! I love this quote: SUPREMEGRANDMASTER DR.ARTHUR PARROTT WAS RECOGNIZED AS KING OF MARTIAL ARTS AND PRESENTED WITH A CROWN FIT FOR THE KING ON APRIL 17 2010 AT MID WEST HALL OF HONOR IN CHICAGO IL.

All hail King Parrott....

Sorry, that should be All hail Professor King Parrott! or is it King Professor Parrott?

[anythingshiny]

oh...they are all very lagitimate Grandmasters.

[48thRonin]

12th Dan red belt?

[Alex]

This one kills me. "Sa-gi" means fraud in Japanese...

"PROF ALAN K.KATES VICE PRESIDENT OF US INTERNATIONAL OF GRANDMASTERS&MASTERS SOKESHIP UNION AN FOUNDER OF THE SA-GI-DO SYSTEM"

[Kokoro777]

Yes 12th Dan, you cynical lot. You have to remember that in Eastern countries you are said to be one year old when you are born so the first Dan grade you have is a 'given' which makes 11th Dan the actual 'graded level' you can attain. Also people in Japan live longer so one of their years is equivalent to about 18months in the Western time scale, thus 11th Dan in the East would be impossible to attain in the West because of the angle of inclination of the Earth upon its axis and they type of food we eat (bata kusai). Its really very simple and explained fully in once you send these Grandiest Dandiest Master a joining fee of several hundred pieces of gold (currency is 'vulgar' to them) and accept them as your 'new god'. But most of you won't understand for a long time yet so just keep practising and doing what your Grandiest Dandiest Master says (via correspondence course) and pay to join their governing body and attend every seminar they run. Never question them, its rude and disloyal and shows you haven't 'understood'.

Kokoro777 13th Dan (13th because I'm fat-another thing you have to factor in to the equation-look at the photos of them if you don't believe me)

[Abramo]

[A catchy forum name]
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I am writing on the behalf of [grandiose organization name] and its founder, [title, probably fake][name, nondescript][moar titles, Asian, used wrong], who was so disrespectfully mentioned in this thread. I have the responsibility to check all over the internet for improper mentions of His/Her name, and because you are very disrespectful and I don't have a sense of humour or a properly developed grasp on reality, I'm going to write a very long post explaining why [title][name][moar titles] is teh awesome and deserves Ultimate Respect.
[no paragraphs or reasonable punctuation]
This person has done a great service to the martial arts world and His/Her community, with over [inflated number] years of [long chain of adjectives] practice! After travelling through [a whole continent], He/She attained illumination and decided to abandon the empty and not-realistic-enough world of normal, serious martial arts with all their kata nonsense. He/She knows what realistic is because of [random number] years serving in the [random armed forces/law enforcement/ boy/girl scouts], so He/She can kick some serious ass and is a tr00 patriot!
[Comment on how practitioners of Kendo/Iaido should know what respect is and act more like Asians]
There's nothing wrong in making up your own martial art and posing in silly "kamae" for pictures, [long list of random examples including, but not limited to, Jigoro Kano, Morihei Ueshiba, Bruce Lee, Jesus Christ] did the same and nobody is complaining, because that would be disrespect and teh Asians are all about respect and stuff. [Title][name][moar titles] studied [boringly large enumeration of martial arts] for [10-50] years and because He/She is such a talented genius He/She just brushed off all the crap they usually have and grouped the good kick-ass stuff together to create [fake Asian-sounding name/dumb acronym]. By the way, [title][name][moar titles] teaches a lot of respect in [fake Asian-sounding name/dumb acronym].
[More blabber on how disrespectful this forum is]
[Threat of legal action]
[A small treatise on respect, referred to as an old Asian saying/adage/story, most likely involving an old man and a young man or animals]
[A very polite closing]
[A catchy forum name]
[Administrative position in [grandiose organization name], possibly made up]

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[GothMelancolia]

You forgot the proper way to spell "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" :ninja:

That crown is soooooooooooo :spchless: my English is insufficient to describe it.

[Raffa]

I like in particular the part:"....sokeship union.."

A new world organization, THE SOKESHIP!

[Wraith]

Take a look at: PROF.ED MCLACHLAN FOUNDER OF ENJ-JUTSU SYSTEM 10DAN RED BELT

I love the way he got his obi to look like a red and gold stiff wrapping ribbon :laugh:

[anythingshiny]

Well, you must admit the superworldgrandeuberinsertsuperlativehere guys are a well educated bunch.

I'd better start working on my professorship.

[Inner_Silence]

hahaha "supreme grandmaster" hahaha

[The great I AM]

I love the red belt guy! His belt looks like it has huge cardboard wings on it!

[AlexM]

I want to comment but the sheer awesomeness of that website has left me speechless.

Why don't we have this kind of great stuff in Kendo? I say we name someone King of Kendo! Oh wait... Gibbo has apparently usurped the crown already. Nevermind.

[ben]

Can't see the site! :( b

[rfoxmich]

He has not belt in spelling that's for sure.. not even a lagitimate one..whatever that is.

[shred_lord]

Pah, that organisation is for losers!

Check: http://www.soke.org/members.htm

Particularly Lawrence Valadez, Soke of Valadez Kenpo-Ryu, who looks to be about 15 yrs old.

[ReKru]

Pah, that organisation is for losers!

Check: http://www.soke.org/members.htm

Particularly Lawrence Valadez, Soke of Valadez Kenpo-Ryu, who looks to be about 15 yrs old.


"He holds a 6th Dan in his own system and rejects the idea that system founders should automatically hold 10th Dan Black Belts."

So modest. :laugh:

[sirius1906]

Pah, that organisation is for losers!

Check: http://www.soke.org/members.htm

Particularly Lawrence Valadez, Soke of Valadez Kenpo-Ryu, who looks to be about 15 yrs old.


"He holds a 6th Dan in his own system and rejects the idea that system founders should automatically hold 10th Dan Black Belts."

So modest. :laugh:

Google translates "Korea Do Christian Martial Arts Association" as 韓國基督教是否武術協會 (http://translate.google.com/#auto|zh-TW|Korea%20Do%20Christian%20Martial%20Arts%20Assoc iation) - which means "Is Korean Christianity [a] martial art association [?]"

LOL :D

[ender84567]

I keep thinking it would be a great gag gift thing to do for the TKD instructor at MSU is to get him inducted into one of these bogus martial arts hall of fames.... I mean you just pay the fee and get the certificate right? The catch is I cant figure out how I can avoid him killing me after I present it to him.

[sirius1906]

.... I cant figure out how I can avoid him killing me after I present it to him.

You need to take some lessons from the doctors and professors, then you'll be able to defend yourself against your TKD instructor. :D

[Martino]

[A catchy forum name]
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I am writing on the behalf of THe legue of EnlityenPersonens USW (United Startes of the World) and its founder, Lord Grand High Joe Dirt, 12 shadow danninja (school name is not allowed t be publised on public forum), Most awsome Sparata (Spear, Shield formation fighting), 9Dan Snake Wrestler, 7th Dan Club Fighting, and all round Good guy , who was so disrespectfully mentioned in this thread. I have the responsibility to check all over the internet for improper mentions of His/Her name, and because you are very disrespectful and I don't have a sense of humour or a properly developed grasp on reality, I'm going to write a very long post explaining why his awsomeness is teh awesome and deserves Ultimate Respect.
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This person has done a great service to the martial arts world and His/Her community, with over 234 years of solid hard discplinedintense superhuman almost goldlike under only the bestmaster from all around the USW practice! After travelling through Pangeae, He/She attained illumination and decided to abandon the empty and not-realistic-enough world of normal, serious martial arts with all their kata nonsense. He/She knows what realistic is because of 74 years serving in the Roman Legion and taking part in both WWI & WWII, so He/She can kick some serious ass and is a tr00 patriot!
Everyone from any martial art know of our Loar high awsome master, infact when you bow you are actally bowing to him. but you already know thins your just Jelouse your so week in skill and mind that yousannot apporact his awsomenessessessessess
There's nothing wrong in making up your own martial art and posing in silly "kamae" for pictures, I have spent my year work at Google just listing a few of them did the same and nobody is complaining, because that would be disrespect and teh Asians are all about respect and stuff. Lord Grand High Joe Dirt, 12 shadow danninja (school name is not allowed t be publised on public forum), Most awsome Sparata (Spear, Shield formation fighting), 9Dan Snake Wrestler, 7th Dan Club Fighting, and all round Good guy studied fingerpuppet fighting, ego enflating, basic and advanct stick worrling, basing and advance rubber knfie poking music clips from 1988 onwards, pertol sniffing glue sniffing, bum sniffing for between 10 and 50 years each in succession and because He/She is such a talented genius He/She just brushed off all the crap they usually have and grouped the good kick-ass stuff together to create Koo-Eee Kee-ooo Owwa-chhe. By the way, Lord Grand High Joe Dirt, 12 shadow danninja (school name is not allowed t be publised on public forum), Most awsome Sparata (Spear, Shield formation fighting), 9Dan Snake Wrestler, 7th Dan Club Fighting, and all round Good guy teaches a lot of respect in Koo-Eee Kee-ooo Owwa-chhe.

evryoneherehasaverybingheadandatinlymouthyourfinge raorshortandstubbyfromtypingcraponthekeyboardstoof ten.youreyesaresquarenottomentionyourwaytoskinyeak morefastfoodprofrebalyfromLoardhighawsomnessfastfo odchaingwhichcontainsthesecertingerdateyomakeevery oneawsome

If youdon't take back your very mean cmment we will get the interglatic federation of pink eyed round eared aliens to give yoursensei total labomities and other nasty stuff. they really like us so they will do it. My Load high mr Awsomeness leader akso beeat the crap out of their worldly powerfull leader just before he invaded earth. so you owe us anyway :P

Confuse Say morions are dump.

I like your, were going to be bets of Friends. I can see that.

[ben]

Whoah. That was almost as confusing as the real thing. b

[hl1978]

There are 15th dan bujinkan people as I recall.

[Kokoro777]

'Menkyo Hanshi Hassan is presently the only surviving student in the continental United States to be taught by Great Grand Master James M. Mitose. He is the only Menkyo Hanshi who teaches the ancient and traditional Koga Ha Kosho Shorei Ryu Temple Dance/Escaping Art systems.'

Now I'd pay to see that.

Are these people allowed to vote in elections and stuff?

[Berserker]

So many "patches" and red trimming... I...am...lost...for...words!! Teach me o great ones!!

Now, lets go have a beer dammit!

[tango]

[A catchy forum name]
[join date: aug 2010]
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I am writing on the behalf of [grandiose organization name] and its founder, [title, probably fake][name, nondescript][moar titles, Asian, used wrong], who was so disrespectfully mentioned in this thread. I have the responsibility to check all over the internet for improper mentions of His/Her name, and because you are very disrespectful and I don't have a sense of humour or a properly developed grasp on reality, I'm going to write a very long post explaining why [title][name][moar titles] is teh awesome and deserves Ultimate Respect.
[no paragraphs or reasonable punctuation]
This person has done a great service to the martial arts world and His/Her community, with over [inflated number] years of [long chain of adjectives] practice! After travelling through [a whole continent], He/She attained illumination and decided to abandon the empty and not-realistic-enough world of normal, serious martial arts with all their kata nonsense. He/She knows what realistic is because of [random number] years serving in the [random armed forces/law enforcement/ boy/girl scouts], so He/She can kick some serious ass and is a tr00 patriot!
[Comment on how practitioners of Kendo/Iaido should know what respect is and act more like Asians]
There's nothing wrong in making up your own martial art and posing in silly "kamae" for pictures, [long list of random examples including, but not limited to, Jigoro Kano, Morihei Ueshiba, Bruce Lee, Jesus Christ] did the same and nobody is complaining, because that would be disrespect and teh Asians are all about respect and stuff. [Title][name][moar titles] studied [boringly large enumeration of martial arts] for [10-50] years and because He/She is such a talented genius He/She just brushed off all the crap they usually have and grouped the good kick-ass stuff together to create [fake Asian-sounding name/dumb acronym]. By the way, [title][name][moar titles] teaches a lot of respect in [fake Asian-sounding name/dumb acronym].
[More blabber on how disrespectful this forum is]
[Threat of legal action]
[A small treatise on respect, referred to as an old Asian saying/adage/story, most likely involving an old man and a young man or animals]
[A very polite closing]
[A catchy forum name]
[Administrative position in [grandiose organization name], possibly made up]

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This.

Very nice work.

[1stdan]

Pah, that organisation is for losers!

Check: http://www.soke.org/members.htm

Particularly Lawrence Valadez, Soke of Valadez Kenpo-Ryu, who looks to be about 15 yrs old.
Its got to be a family thing the all have the last name "SOKE". I mean how often are you gonna find that?

[1stdan]

You forgot the proper way to spell "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" :ninja:

That crown is soooooooooooo :spchless: my English is insufficient to describe it.

I think they gave that same crown to Snoop Dogg at the last "Playas and Pimps" Ball.......... Along with a shiny bejeweled pimp cup.

[braxtonhicks]

The King of Martial Arts. FLAVOR-FLAV!

[Mr. T.]

you guys should google the word sokeship.

It's hilarious :D

http://www.internationalgrandmasterscouncil.com/
(at 3/4 Grandmaster Soclair)

http://www.sokeship.com/
(Soclair again, seems he really want to look legit after that painful Bullshido disaster)

http://www.ioskdka.com/sokeship.html
it goes on and on.

http://budokaikan.tripod.com/budokaikaninternational/id13.html

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=95677420267
sokeship (is that even a word?) goes facebook.

and yes, the sokeship DVD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIbx2XPSnnk

[pgsmith]

you guys should google the word sokeshit.
There you go Tijs, I fixed it for ya. :)

[sirius1906]

http://www.internationalgrandmasterscouncil.com/
(at 3/4 Grandmaster Soclair)



Chuck Norris and Jet Li are on it. It must be legit!

"GRANDMASTER CHUCK NORRIS WORLDWIDE RESPECTED COUNCIL MEMBER USA."

"GRANDMASTER JET LEE WORLDWIDE RESPECTED COUNCIL MEMBER USA."

[Alison2805]

Ive got lots of belts in my wardrobe. Looks like I should paint them red and gold and put sparkly bits on them and proclaim myself Grandmastersoke15thdan, 10 times world champion of full-contact cheesecake ryu fighting.

[Wraith]

you guys should google the word sokeship.

It's hilarious :D



Hey man! haven't you noticed quite a lot of these guys are WORLDWIDE RESPECTED?

[Peter West]

Hey man! haven't you noticed quite a lot of these guys are WORLDWIDE RESPECTED?

Go to your local bookshop and see how many have "Number one bestseller" or something similar on the cover.
Same thing, unsupported, unprovable marketting bullshit.

[Fuzzy]

Ive got lots of belts in my wardrobe. Looks like I should paint them red and gold and put sparkly bits on them and proclaim myself Grandmastersoke15thdan, 10 times world champion of full-contact cheesecake ryu fighting.

Would you be interested in taking on a new student, i like the idea of combining food and fighting :)


Fuzzy

[Wraith]

Go to your local bookshop and see how many have "Number one bestseller" or something similar on the cover.
Same thing, unsupported, unprovable marketting bullshit.

But, they've got a website and everything! It must be true!!!!

[Missingno.]

you guys should google the word sokeship.

It's hilarious :D

They should get new keyboards. It seems their caps lock keys are broken.

[Kokoro777]

Here's an interesting point though. At which point do you start taking them seriously? There are many schools of Karate for example and at first they must've been ridiculed by the schools they splintered from. When and how did, say, Wado Ryu for example gain its legitimacy and from whom? Didn't they just set up on themselves, get an association going, dojos affiliated to them, enter a few competitions etc? A martial art set up by a film star immigrant from Hong Kong or something and it being a fusion of Tai Chi Chuan, Wing Chung Pa Gua etc. How they must've lauged but it became Jeet Kune Do and the founder, Bruce Lee! Who says Seitei Iai with its non-practical techniques stolen and sanitised from Koryu is 'kosher'? The people running the association and taking our money for doing their courses, affiliating our dojo to them and paying £40 for a certificate? When does a 'new system' become legitimate?

[ender84567]

if you read mr. lees book you will realize he basically says anyone who claims to practice jeet kun do is a moran. (mispelling is intentional.)

[Wraith]

if you read mr. lees book you will realize he basically says anyone who claims to practice jeet kun do is a mormon.

You mean like Donny Osmond?

[JByrd]

Here's an interesting point though. At which point do you start taking them seriously? There are many schools of Karate for example and at first they must've been ridiculed by the schools they splintered from. When and how did, say, Wado Ryu for example gain its legitimacy and from whom? Didn't they just set up on themselves, get an association going, dojos affiliated to them, enter a few competitions etc? A martial art set up by a film star immigrant from Hong Kong or something and it being a fusion of Tai Chi Chuan, Wing Chung Pa Gua etc. How they must've lauged but it became Jeet Kune Do and the founder, Bruce Lee! Who says Seitei Iai with its non-practical techniques stolen and sanitised from Koryu is 'kosher'? The people running the association and taking our money for doing their courses, affiliating our dojo to them and paying £40 for a certificate? When does a 'new system' become legitimate?

I suspect the answer will vary from case to case. Wado Ryu, for example, was started by Otsuka, a senior student of Funakoshi, who is widely considered to be the founder of modern karate. When Otsuka went out on his own he already had a substantial reputation, so his school had credibility right from the start.

[Wraith]

Ōtsuka was also menkyo kaiden in Shindō Yōshin-ryū jujutsu which lends a legitamacy to his creation as he obviously had a solid martial background.

[tango]

and yes, the sokeship DVD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIbx2XPSnnk

OMG... name of deceased family member of mine is on the list at the end of that video.

[tango]

What?!?!?!? "GM RON VAN CLIEF" doesn't get no "worldwide respect"!?!?!??!?!?!

[Kokoro777]

I see what you're saying but it seems that if enough people agree that something is legitimate then the rest of us simply nod our heads and accept it. Perhaps that's what these guys are trying to do by using phrases such as 'world renowned', 'respected by many' etc. Perhaps when a critical mass of people nod their heads, it becomes 'legitimate'.

(I should add that I trained in Wado for many years and hold it in high regards. I even trained with Ohtsuka Sensei a couple of times but I have to say some of his technique was eyebrow raising....)

[hyuna]

I see what you're saying but it seems that if enough people agree that something is legitimate then the rest of us simply nod our heads and accept it.
I think that is basically the right definition. It's legitimate if it's recognized to be legitimate by the people who matter. In this context, that's just general belief (as opposed to, say, tax exempt status where the only opinion that really matters is the government's).

To a certain group of people, kendo is "illegitimate" because of its lack of real-world practicality and effectiveness. So happens that they themselves are considered by many to be "illegitimate" due to lack of history and time-tested technique.

There is a lot of commonly accepted knowledge that is simply wrong, but still accepted as true because of the weight of the number of people that believe it.

[Wraith]

I see what you're saying but it seems that if enough people agree that something is legitimate......

Surely you mean Lagitamate?

[Big One]

We, Kendoka can't be far behind from this advancement. What do you think a good name for new kendo system? The longer, cooler name, the better. I got to be in that Sokeship, it is so cool.

[pgsmith]

I got to be in that Sokeshit, it is so cool.
Why do I have to keep fixing this for you guys? :)

[Alison2805]

Would you be interested in taking on a new student, i like the idea of combining food and fighting :)


Fuzzy

Possibly. But it will cost you $200 a year to subscribe, plus the exclusive uniform with yellow ribbons. You work your way up to the pink frilly 20th dan apron.
Full-contact cheesecake fighting ryu is serious business. It takes dedication, commitment, guts and alka seltzer to really attain lemony enlightenment. Are you really up for it?
You kendo people dont understand REAL martial arts like this. Ive taken on many alleyway thugs, gun-toting maniacs and deli attendants with this art and can attest to its deadliness.

Send me the cash and Ill send you a starter DVD.

[Alison2805]

bah, double post

[ben]

Send me the cash or Ill send you a starter DVD.

Hey this fix-up thing is fun! b

[Reiver]

Possibly. But it will cost you $200 a year to subscribe, plus the exclusive uniform with yellow ribbons. You work your way up to the pink frilly 20th dan apron.
Full-contact cheesecake fighting ryu is serious business. It takes dedication, commitment, guts and alka seltzer to really attain lemony enlightenment. Are you really up for it?
You kendo people dont understand REAL martial arts like this. Ive taken on many alleyway thugs, gun-toting maniacs and deli attendants with this art and can attest to its deadliness.

Send me the cash and Ill send you a starter DVD.

Cheesecakes are deadly. A proper New York cheesecake will crack pavement if dropped from waist height, due to its inherent calorific density. Imagine what it could do if applied with force. However the most lethal technique is to make one and offer your enemies a piece, who after consuming it will expire from instantly clogged arteries. Mock at your peril.

[pgsmith]

But it will cost you $200 a year to subscribe, plus the exclusive uniform with yellow ribbons. You work your way up to the pink frilly 20th dan apron.
Full-contact cheesecake fighting ryu is serious business.
Oooooooo ..... I'd pony up the $200 to see you doing full contact cheesecake fighting Ali! :wink:

[Alison2805]

Ben - careful, I might send you 20 DVDs and make you start a pyramid scheme. Like Tupperwear, but with ninja moves.

Thanks pgsmith, its hard to be the creator of brilliance without the adoring fans to bask in it..*sigh* Im so unappreciated.

Reiver - New York cheesecake sounds nasty... but nothing beats my "white chocolate cherry shortbread cheesecake". The first time I made it, I put my finger in the blender and accidentally turned it on (Im not joking - I actually did that. The same hand I put the drillbit through). I ran around the house in a panic with a teatowel wrapped around my hand, thinking Id chopped half my finger off. Turns out I only gave it a very deep cut, cleaned up the blood in the kitchen, and finished the cheesecake.

It was delicious.

[GothMelancolia]

I though most of blender models are made specifically so you don’t cut your fingers….how did you manage that ?:confused:
But that just enforces my idea that The Kitchen it’s a very treacherous ground full of traps and deadly enemies…one step in the wrong direction and kabummmm…you’re done for. :scared:

What level of expertise do you have to have in order to master the path of the Bloody Cheesecake ?... (Chīzukēki -Do sounds deadly)

(Sorry if I said something st00pid, I just used the google translate option :ponder:)

[Alison2805]

it was one of those handheld blenders. I stuck my finger in between the blades at the end to pull out a piece of biscuit base that was stuck in there, and my other hand accidentally pushed the on switch. Voila, one mangled finger.

To take this path you only need to have expertise as a "good eater" (Aussie for "willing to eat anything in vast quantities"). You will spend the first 6 months of this art perfecting the wax-on wax-off technique through beating egg whites. If you master that you get a belt.

[ender84567]

it was one of those handheld blenders. I stuck my finger in between the blades at the end to pull out a piece of biscuit base that was stuck in there, and my other hand accidentally pushed the on switch. Voila, one mangled finger.

To take this path you only need to have expertise as a "good eater" (Aussie for "willing to eat anything in vast quantities"). You will spend the first 6 months of this art perfecting the wax-on wax-off technique through beating egg whites. If you master that you get a belt.

first rule of tool usage: pull the plug before putting your hand it in. (be it electrical or spark)

[ben]

OK, let's get this thread back on track. After finding myself at the website of the "Bendigo Ryu" (no Aussie will believe me but google it, it exists) I found my way to the All Japan Ju Jitsu International Federation. Lo and behold, their founder is not Japanese! o.0

But he does have one of the most fantastic kuromeishi I have ever seen. I think he even beats Fumon Tanaka, whose titles are at least plausible.


O-Sensei Alexey Kunin - Dai Yokoyori Gunshi Saigo Ha Daito Ryu Aiki Bujutsu (Senior Military Adviser to the Military Commander of the Great Eastern Army)
Headmaster / Head Family Saigo Ha Katabami Ryu Ju-Jitsu Clan
Headmaster / Saigo Ha Daito Ryu Aiki Jiu-Jitsu
Menkyo Kaiden ( License of Total Transmission ) - Successor, Headmaster / Youshinkai Nidai O-Iemoto Denora Ha Daito Ryu Aiki Bujutsu:
O-Sensei Alexey Kunin is the Highest Ranked Ju-Jitsu Grandmaster in the USA and the 2nd Highest Ranked Ju-Jitsu Grandmaster in the World outside of Japan. According to the Traditional Japanese Protocol (Great Eastern Military Traditional Protocol Structure ). O-Sensei Kunin Direct Bloodline unbroken Successor-ship Documented Lineage going back over 1200 years old to Emperor Seiwa Tenno in 850 A.D. Connecting O-Sensei Alexey Kunin to Shogunated Military Art known as Saigo Ha Daito Ryu Aiki Rengokai.

LOTS more Jujitsu goodness here (http://www.ajjif.org/ajjif_founder). b