Eight students showed up last night (Nov. 2) as we continue our Seitei Jodo training under Andy Wells sensei at our school. We trained from 7 to 8 pm as a group and then some stayed for an extra 30 minutes of training. Wells sensei will be testing in December for sandan (Good luck! We’re […]

Along with our students dressing up for Halloween (see previous post), one of our instructors’ dogs (Charlotte & Tom Bryant) decided to dress up as Charlie the Bird Watcher (photo below). No word if Charlie went from bird watcher to bird catcher to add to his Halloween stash.

Some of our kids – either students or youngsters whose parent(s) train at the Midlands School of Martial Arts – had a great Halloween evening Saturday night. Below are some photos their parents submitted: Judah is the Master Chief from Halo, Conrad (2 pix) is the Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars and Daniel is the

Thanks to our Seitei Jodo instructor Andy Wells sensei, our dojo – Kashikan Jodo – now has its own website: https://kashikanjodo.com. So if you’re interested in joining us for training or are just interested in jodo in general, the website has plenty of information. We also will be putting link to the site on our

Nine students trained under Seitei Jodo nidan Andy Wells sensei Monday night at our dojo, the most we’ve had so far. Overall, we’ve had a dozen different students show up for training (which makes us one of the largest dojo in the nation). We worked on both kihons (the system has 12 kihons, which are

We continued our twice-a-month Monday night Seitei Jodo training under sensei Andy Wells last night at the Midlands School of Martial Arts. Students worked on kihons 1-4 and 6 along with, for the beginning students, the first kata of the system, Ippon me Tsukizue, while Charlotte Bryant and myself, fresh off earning our ikkyu rank

Shuri Ryu fifth dan Charlotte Bryant and myself just returned from the 2026 ECUSKF Cincinnati Jodo Seminar, which was hosted by the Kosho School of Karate and Seitei Jodo fifth-degree black belt Nate England. Just under 50 students and teachers attended the seminar, including the United States’ most senior instructor, seventh dan renshi Thomas Groendal

The latest Seitei Jodo class under Nidan Andy Wells (soon, we are sure, will earn his sandan) at the Midlands School of Martial Arts. We had seven students along with Wells sensei Monday night, Sept. 21, working kihons 1-4 and 7 (out of 12) of the system along with the first two-person kata of the

Conrad Jones (left) and Judah Clayton are the latest blue belts at the Midlands School of Martial Arts. Congratulations to the youngsters, whose instructor is Tom Bryant (center). The two boys were elevated from white stripe blue belts to full blue belts at our last class. Both have worked hard and are doing a great

Wanted to give everyone a heads up on what looks like an interesting local seminar on Sept. 26 hosted by WellWithin Martial Arts here in Columbia. Below is the seminar flyer, including information on how to obtain more information: