JOHN M. VIOL
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E-Mail - [email protected]
The Chief Instructor at the Sei Shin Kan is John Viol. Mr. Viol began his Martial Arts
career in 1967. He has lived, trained, tested and been
certified in Japan by some of the top Japanese Martial Arts masters of our time. He served
3 terms at the Toitsu Budo Kai
Headquarters in Japan as an Uchi Deshi - live in apprentice.
He was awarded the All Japan Outstanding Budoka Award 4 times
in Japan for significant contributions to Japanese Budo. He is the only non-Japanese ever
to win the elite All Japan Invitational Karate Championships 4
consecutive times in Japan. He is a graduate of all 4 levels of International Instructor
Training Programs and holds high rankings in Jiu Jitsu, Iaido, Karate and Kobujutsu.
Mr. Viol has trained extensively with and taught high ranking members of the Self Defense Ground Forces Division of the Japanese
Imperial Army. He is one of only a handful of Westerners who has a Dojo and teaches
Martial Arts in Japan.
In 1991, at a special ceremony in Japan, Mr. Viol was
presented with the highest level Martial Arts teaching license available, the coveted Menkyo Kaiden. Also at that time in Japan, Mr. Viol was awarded the
title of Shihan - Master Teacher by a panel of his peers. In 1997, Viol Shihan was given the title of Cultural
Ambassador and appointed the sole United States representative for the All Japan Sogo Budo Federation.
Each year, Viol Shihan returns to Japan to teach and train, keeping up to date with
current events and developments within the traditional Martial Arts community there. He
brings that information back and passes it on to his students at the Sei Shin Kan Sogo
Budo Dojo in Rochester Hills Michigan. Viol Shihan has no
other job. He has always made his living by instructing the Martial Arts 7 days a week. He
has devoted his life to the study, practice, promotion, preservation and teaching of
authentic Sogo Budo.
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