On August 1, ten members of Tesshinkan Europe travelled to Okinawa to seek an encounter with the spirit and essence of our martial art. Tamayose Hidemi Sensei (10th Dan Kobudō and 10th Dan Shōrin-Ryū) had kindly given us the opportunity to train there. This was made possible thanks to the excellent organisation of Frank Pelny … Read more
in Ryūkyū Kobudō Tesshinkan on May 10 in Jena (GER) Kata Individual Dan Ranks Mix 1st Place Doreen Schilling (KDK Nordhausen e.V.) 2nd Place Katrin Zoche (Shōtōkan Dōjō Leipzig e.V.) 3rd Place Heike Pelny (KDK Nordhausen e.V.) 3rd Place Ramona Risch (Bushido Ilmenau e.V.) 5th Place Robert Zinecker (Bushido Ilmenau e.V. / KDK Nordhausen) Kata … Read more
Ryūkyū Kobudō Tesshinkan in Russian Siberia was revived with its first Kobudō seminar in Jurga on April 2, 2026, led by Frank Pelny Shihan, Shibu-Chō for Europe. Twenty participants from Jurga, Tomsk, and Anzhero-Sudzhensk trained intensively for five hours, focusing on the use of bo, tekko, and nunchaku. Organizer Marin Artem Sensei arranged for a … Read more
This seminar, led by Frank Pelny Renshi, Shibu-Chō for Europe, took place on February 21 and 22, 2026, in Łódź. Vladimir Shakhov Sensei of the Karate Senkó Łódź Club extended the invitation and organized the event excellently. Guests from Estonia enriched the seminar with their participation. Over the course of two days, participants trained for … Read more
24th -27th Juli 2025 Nordhausen / Thuringia / Germany Nearly 40 participants from all over Germany, Poland, and Estonia once again took advantage of the opportunity to train under the guidance of Tamayose Hidemi Sensei. For four days, they worked intensively on the details of Ryūkyū Kobudō Tesshikan. Tamayose Sensei was supported by Frank Pelny … Read more
This year’s seminar series in Russia with the Shibu-Chō of Europe, Frank Pelny Shihan, began in Kaliningrad. The training sessions with Bō, Sai and Nunchaku were good preparation for the three candidates (2x 1st Dan, 1x 2nd Dan), who then successfully passed their exams. Pavel Dolgachev Sensei had once again organized everything well, and the … Read more
26th July – 8th August 2024Naha / Okinawa / Japan The European group gathered 21 members from Germany and Russia that had a busy schedule on the 12 days on their Okinawa stay. Already on the first day the group went for sightseeing: the kings palace Shurijo-Castle, the mausoleum of the king Tama-Udun, the stone … Read more
4th – 7th July 2024 // 44 participants from eight German federal states, three guests from Poland and of course Tamayose Hidemi Sensei (10th Dan) with his wife Masako-san from Okinawa traveled to Nordhausen in Thuringia to spend four days intensively learning the intricacies of the Ryūkyū Kobudō Tesshinkan. In addition to the content from … Read more
28th March – 9th April 2024 // Tomsk – Jurga – Kaliningrad Pelny Sensei’s annual seminars in Russia took place over Easter this year. After initial concerns due to the current tense political situation and the associated very difficult journey via Istanbul, he nevertheless accepted the invitation. He was greeted with warm hospitality on site. This … Read more
