Membership

    May 24, 2025

Membership in the Ju-te family (Clan) is free and open to all and all ages.

Membership certificates and certificates of rank are available upon request.  Prior martial art experience is counted toward rank in Ju-te. All Ju-te Dojos and schools are independently operated, dojo densho are traditions that are handed down from one generation to another.  Ju-te dojos teach health, self-defense and spiritual training based on the Christian Bible.  The Christian Bible is our main training guide.  Martial Art training is secondary and based on individual need. Not all people are created the same, therefore training should be based on development of each individual’s talents and their desires for the community.

Fees:

1) Membership fee is optional at $25 USD per year

2) Instructor certificates in Ju-Te are $50 a one-time fee (for those that have trained in Ju-Te)

3) Rank cerdtificate are based on years of experience within the Christian community and prior martial art training. We provide a quality certificate for displaying in your in training area.  Rank certificates fees are as follows:

  • Shodan: $150
  • Nidan: $200
  • Sandan: $250
  • Yondan: $300
  • Godan: $350
  • Menkyo: License.
    • Shoden Menkyo $400
    • Chuden Menkyo  $500
  • Menkyo Kaiden: Around thirty years’ experience – No charge

Use the contact form (See Contact in Menu Bar) for membership and any other information

 

Certificate of Kent Hayek Iemoto in Musashi Shibata-ryu Koryu Jutsu: (Grand Master of Old School Martial Arts) presented by The Musashi Shinobi Samurai Clan of Tokyo, Japan

Iemoto System

In old time in Japan, all the classical performance were inherited by legitimate families. They were invited to perform at the imperial court for the special occasion. Their living were supported by old Japanese government system. However, the system had changed, and when these families lost their support, many of them tried to make their living by teaching their way of art to others. Iemoto is a head of a school of traditional art, and Iemoto system is the system licensing the teaching of a traditional Japanese art. Iemoto system contributed for keeping many of the Japanese traditional arts alive throughout radical changes in Japanese history. After the master of tea, Rikyu’s death, the concept and the style of Chanoyu was inherited by Oribe Huruta and Ensyu Kobori. Chanoyu became popular among the Daimyo(feudal military lords) and Samurai. Also the descendants of Rikyu established three Sen schools- Omotesenke of sensyusa, Urasenke of senshushitsu, Mushanokoji of sensyushu, and they were accepted broadly among the people in the cities. Once tea ceremony started its way for people’s enjoyment and commonly performed, Iemoto established precise level of license. Disciples get each level license step by step, and then finally receive a teaching certificate authorized by Iemoto. It is usually a long way to reach, and that is why many people in Japan keep practicing tea ceremony for years and years. This strict system centered of Iemoto keep the traditional art in high level, and it is the concept of Iemoto system.

(Nobuyoshi Mochizuki)