June 8, 2009:
Cynthia Hayashi Sensei, Aikikai aikido sixth-degree black belt, has joined the SMAA.
We'd like to welcome Hayashi Sensei to our association. You can read more about her at the
SMAA Blog.
June 27-28, 2009: Join us in the San Francisco Bay
Area for a seminar featuring H. E. Davey Sensei! See the SMAA blog for details.
July 25, 2009:
The third event in the 15th Anniversary SMAA Seminar
Series will take place in Ann Arbor, Michigan on
July 25, 2009! The theme is "SMAA All-Swords Day."
See the
SMAA Blog
for details.
Aug 24-29, 2009: The SMAA presents its first European
seminar, led by John Evans Sensei, in London! See the SMAA blog for details.
What is the SMAA?
The Shudokan Martial Arts Association (SMAA) is an
international coalition of enthusiasts dedicated to
promoting traditional Japanese budo and bujutsu. The
SMAA, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, is headed
by an elite group of high-ranking Japanese and Western
instructors whose backgrounds encompass many decades
of studying and teaching the traditional martial arts
and ways of Japan.
Who can join?
The SMAA invites all individuals who are interested in
traditional Japanese budo and bujutsu to apply for membership.
There are two levels of membership in the SMAA: full members
are eligible to apply for rank and teaching titles; associate
members receive all the other benefits of membership, but do
not receive rank or titles. All members are bound by the
SMAA Code of Ethics. For more
information, see the Membership
page and the Frequently Asked
Questions page.
