Welcome to Jez Hanton SENSEI's ZEN SHIN DO web site. Feel free to click-on the links above to find out more. By clicking on the KAI MONJI, to the left on any page, you will return back to this page .
Over the years the Club has collected a number of books relating to Japanese culture, arts, crafts and swordsmanship. These books are avalible for Members to borrow. A list of titles is avalible by clicking HERE
Jez Hanton ( click here to see photo ) trains at the Hombu DOJO in St. Austell, Cornwall on a Monday and Thursday evenings under the guidance of Chief instructor and founder Jon Alexander SHIHAN.
Alexander SENSEI ( click here to see photo )devised his all new style of Japanese sword, ZEN SHIN DO KENJUTSU, during a life time of martial arts study. His style is rooted in traditional KENJUTSU, with an ICHI GO ICHI E flavour, incorporated with a smooth and more natural flow of timing. The kata based style lend its self well to the hard/soft rhythms of traditional styles of KARATE making it an ideal form for all ages to start and learn.
Alexander sensei was taught a range of martial arts by many famous oriental martial instructors including Mr. Okimitsu Fujii an ex-Japanese patron. Once Mr. Fujii ( click here to see photo ) had arrived in the United Kingdom he set up the British Kendo Association. Mr. Fujii was taught a wide range of martial arts in the Japanese streets he lived in by Kensai SENSEI.
The ZEN SHIN DO BUDO KAI now incorporates many of Alexander SENSEI interpretations of martial arts such as KYUDO, SAI-DO, KOBUDO, KARATE-DO and KENJUTSU.