Bokuyōkan

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name = Bokuyōkan Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu
(牧羊館大東流合気柔術)
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date founded = c.1995
country = flagicon|Japan Japan
founder = Katsumi Yonezawa (米沢 克巳 "Yonezawa Katsumi", May 6 1937–November 271998)
head = Hiromitsu Yonezawa
arts = "Aiki-jūjutsu"
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ancestor schools = Daitō-ryū Kōdōkai
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nihongo|Bokuyōkan|牧羊館, a school of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, is a Japanese martial art founded by Katsumi Yonezawa (1937 - 1998) [cite encyclopedia
last = Pranin
first = Stanley
title = Yonezawa, Katsumi
encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Aikido
date = 2006
url = http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia?entryID=778
accessdate = 2007-07-20] . This school descends from the school of jujutsu founded by Takeda Sokaku [cite encyclopedia
last = Pranin
first = Stanley
title = Takeda, Sokaku
encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Aikido
date = 2006
url = http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia?entryID=664
accessdate = 2007-07-20] . One of Sokaku senior students, Horikawa Kodo (1894-1980) [cite encyclopedia
last = Pranin
first = Stanley
title = Horikawa, Kodo
encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Aikido
date = 2006
url = http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia?entryID=723
accessdate = 2007-07-20] , founded the Kōdōkai school of Daitō-ryū in 1950 in Kitami,Hokkaidō [cite encyclopedia
last = Pranin
first = Stanley
title = Kodokai
encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Aikido
date = 2006
url = http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia?entryID=408
accessdate = 2007-07-20] . After receiving a 7th dan grading through the Kōdōkai and acting as one of the organization's senior teachers, Katsumi Yonezawa founded his own organization, the Bokuyōkan [cite encyclopedia
last = Pranin
first = Stanley
title = Yonezawa, Katsumi
encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Aikido
date = 2006
url = http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia?entryID=778
accessdate = 2007-07-20] . This organization is currently headed by his son, Hiromitsu Yonezawa.

Founder

Katsumi Yonezawa founded his own Daitō-ryū organization, the Bokuyōkan in Muroran, Hokkaidō, and was one of the first teachers to bring Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu to Mexico, the USA and Canada while still a senior teacher at the Kōdōkai. [Pranin, Stanley [http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia?entryID=778 Yonezawa, Katsumi] Aikidojournal.com]

Affiliated Schools

The Bokuyōkan is currently run by his son Hiromitsu Yonezawa from Hokkaidō with a following at the Yonezawa dojo in the USA. [Pranin, Stanley [http://www.daitoryu-roppokai.org/ Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Roppokai] Aikidojournal.com] Additional branches of Bokuyōkan are in Canada, at Hiromitsu Dojo, and in Germany at Shinki Dojo. [Tung, Tim, Bokuyōkan [http://TungBudo.com/links.htm] http://Tungbudo.com]

Controversy

While teaching abroad, in North America, Yonezawa awarded a considerable number of 'Hiden Mokuroku' scrolls denoting mastery of the first level of Daitō-ryū's curriculum. [cite encyclopedia
last = Pranin
first = Stanley
title = Yonezawa, Katsumi
encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Aikido
date = 2006
url = http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia?entryID=778
accessdate = 2007-07-20] . Due to these and other philosophical differences, Yonezawa decided to form his own organization, independent of the Kōdōkai.

References

Further reading

* [http://www.daitoryu.net/daito-ryu-history.html Profiles of Daito-ryu teachers.]