This page represents ALL the present and active officials of this association. The page is updated regularly and is current.

Hiroshi Akamine 赤嶺 浩
Shinbukan Dojo (Headquarters)
President
 

Shihan and Senior Officials
 

Branch Dojo, Tsukayama, Okinawa

Tomigusuku-Shi, Okinawa

Branch Dojo, Sashiki, Okinawa

Branch Dojo

Kochinda, Okinawa

Branch Dojo, Kokuba, Okinawa

Katsuaki Miyagi
宮城 克明
Shihan (8 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Gibo, Okinawa

Branch Dojo, Oroku, Okinawa

Katsuo Shiroma
城間 勝雄
Shihan (7 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Haebaru, Okinawa

Hiroeki Chinen
知念 弘益
Shihan (7 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Higashi-Shi, Okinawa

Branch Dojo, Kumamoto, Japan

Teisho Sawada
澤田 貞尚
Shihan (5 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Oita, Japan

Devorah Yoshiko Domitrich
Shihan (7 Dan)

Beikoku So Honbu, Kentucky, USA

Choichi Tamayose
玉寄 長市
Shihan (5 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Itoman, Okinawa

Yoshihiko Shinzato
新里 喜彦
Shihan (5 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Florida, USA

Kensho Kina
喜納健昌
Shihan (5 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Tsurumi, Tokyo, Japan

Kagemasa Yoshimoto
吉本 景正
Shihan (5 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Kumejima, Okinawa

Paul Vermiglio
Shihan (5 Dan)

Branch Dojo, UK

Yukio Kinjo
金城 幸雄
(Shihan (5 Dan)
Honbu Dojo, Okinawa

知念 正敏
Shihan (5 Dan)
Honbu Dojo, Okinawa

Emile van Heerden
Shihan (5 Dan)

Branch Dojo, South Africa

Ueda Katuji
上江田　勝次
Shihan (5 Dan)

Shiroma Dojo, Okinawa

Penny van Heerden
Shihan (5 Dan)

Branch Dojo, South Africa

Timothy Jurgens
Shihan (5 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Minnesota, USA

Note 1: Shihan's licenses are issued only to individuals, graded 5 Dan or higher at the discretion of this Association Headquarters in Okinawa, Japan. The testing for Shihan  are done in Okinawa by senior members of the association. Listing according to seniority.

Sensei

伊藤 睦雄
Sensei (4 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Shizuoka, Japan

Chris Nesbitt
Sensei (4 Dan)

Branch Dojo,  Ontario, Canada

Perry Campbell
Sensei (4 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Ontario,  Canada

Takashi Arakaki
 新垣　隆
Sensei (4 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Chatan, Japan

Dell Hamby
Sensei (4 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Switzerland

Branch Dojo

Hamilton,  New Zealand

Matayoshi Fumiya
又吉　郁弥
Sensei (4 Dan)

Okinawa

Setsuko Yoshimoto
吉本　せつ子
Sensei (4 Dan)

Kumejima, Okinawa

Takashi Chigiri
千切 孝

Sensei (3 Dan)

Branch Dojo

 Kumamoto, Japan

Jun Caballero
Sensei (3 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Dammam,

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Philippine

A S Krishnamurthy
Sensei (3 Dan)

Chennai, India

Shozei Arakaki
新垣　昭善
Sensei (3 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Tokyo, Japan

Effi Schleyen
Sensei (3 Dan)

Branch Dojo, Haifa, Israel

Branch Dojo, Melbourne, Australia

Andre Leister
Sensei (3 Dan)

Camberley, United Kingdom

Daphne Leister
Sensei (3 Dan)

Camberley, United Kingdom

Note 2: Instructor's (Sensei) licenses are issued to individuals, graded 3rd Dan or higher at the discretion of the Association Headquarters in Okinawa, Japan. Listing according to seniority. All registered Instructors are listed.

Note 3: Dojo License (Shibukan) licenses are issued to individuals that have Dojo, graded 3rd Dan or higher only at the discretion of the Association Headquarters in Okinawa, Japan.
 

Meneleo De Mesa
Practitioner (2 Dan)

Chairman, Philippine

Rafael Pulgarin Salmeron
Practitioner (Shodan)

Spain Dokokai

José Luis Soto Frutos
Practitioner (Shodan)

Spain Dokokai

Valeriy Kusiy
Practitioner

Odessa Dokokai, Ukraine

Jannie le Grange
Practitioner (Shodan)

Western Cape Dokokai, South Africa

Stephan Coetzee
Practitioner (Shodan)

Glenvista Kobudo Dokokai,
 South Africa

Thomas Podzelny
Practitioner (Shodan)

Germany Dokokai, Erlangen

Holger Massek
Practitioner (Shodan)

Germany Dokokai, Berlin

Craig Pepperell
Practitioner (Shodan)

Wairarapa Dokokai, Masterton,
New Zealand 

Note 4: Dokokai License licenses are issued to individuals that have Dojo outside of Japan, are practicing our style and are not qualified Instructors but are under supervision of an Instructor. This licenses are issued only by and at the discretion of this Association Headquarters in Okinawa,

池城 文政
(4 Dan)
Okinawa

金城
(4 Dan)
Okinawa

Lynn Miyahira
宮平　リン
(3 Dan)
Haebaru Shibu Dojo, Okinawa

(3 Dan)
Israel

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