Our school, Aikibudo Seishinkan, gets it's name from 2 sources: Aikibudo, in reference to the Aiki related arts that we teach and Seishinkan in honor of Shogo Kuniba Soke of Motobuha Shito Ryu Karatedo. Although originally a Karate school, we do not teach Karate much anymore. Our focus is on Aikido/Aikijujutsu, Koroho, Iaido/Kenjutsu and Chinese Martial Arts.

These days, our primary art is Yoshinkan Aikido. Our primary training facility is at White Tiger Martial Arts at 428 Broadway in New Haven. "Regular classes" that are held on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Please contact me for information on the Yoshinkan Aikido at White Tiger. Other classes are offered at Indiana University-Purdue Unviersity Fort Wayne (IPFW) Continuing Studies.

In addition to Yoshinkan Aikido, training is available in Koroho Goshinjutsu, a modern art synthesized by Masashi Yokoyama Sensei of Osaka, Japan. Mc Coy Shihan is Soke Dairi for the United States for Koroho Goshinjutsu.

Other arts are centered around the teachings of Shogo Kuniba, Takeda Sokaku, Ryuho Okuyama and others. Our curriculum is heavily influenced by the Motobuha Shito Ryu Karate and Goshin Budo (aka Goshindo) of Shogo Kuniba. We also try to look deeper into the arts that we train in and get as close to the roots as possible. We also offer authentic Japanese swordsmanship.

Newly added, with the expanded schedule at White Tiger, is the Nanban Kai. Nanban Kai is the name given to our higher level training class that is geared towards the more serious student of martial arts and those interested in teaching martial arts in the future. The class is still centered around Yoshinkan Aikido, but we also include cross-training in Koroho and other arts. The name "Nanban Kai" is taken from one of the arts that influenced our curriculum - Nanban Satto Ryu Kenpo. This class will feature considerably more robust Aikido training as well as exposure to other Japanese and Chinese martial arts. Those completing the course will be qualified to teach martial arts at a very high level. There is no other instructor training program like this in the Fort Wayne area.

Long before it's development as a modern sport, even before it was re-organized and renamed "karatedo", the martial arts of Okinawa were primarily grappling arts. Names such as "tegumi" and "udunte" were given to them. In Japan, they were called "yawara", "jujutsu", "kumiuchi" and more. Eventually, Chinese martial arts (Chuan Fa in Chinese / Kenpo in Japanese) were combined with the Okinawan arts. The combining of the arts later became Karatedo. The essence of Karatedo can be found in the kata, the ancient forms passed on from the Chinese or created by the Okinawan masters who combined the Kenpo with the Okinawan forms of grappling. Today, forms are practiced much like a dance and the martial teachings contained in the old forms are largely lost. A big part of what we do in our school is work to preserve the ancient combative methods.

The teachings of the school also include the Aiki arts, primarily Yoshinkan Aikido and Hakko Ryu Jujutsu which both branched off from Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu. Our Karate training focuses on an earlier approach, so we focus more on the grappling, joint locking and throwing techniques of the older Okinawan martial arts. A lot of people comment that our Karate does not look like any Karate they ever saw, or say that our Karate is actually Jujutsu. That is because of the influence that the Okinawan Tegumi had on the early development of Karate.

A casual interest in Chinese Martial Arts grew more serious after Mc Coy Sensei began to train in Ba Men Taichi. Today that study includes Sun Taichi, Chin Na and Shuai Jiao. Taichi is similar in nature to Aikido, Chin Na is essentially a Chinese form of Jujutsu and Shuai Jiao can be compared to a more combative form of Judo. In late 2007/early 2008 Mc Coy Sensei began to train with students of Dr. Yang, Jwang-Ming, one of the world's leading instructors of Chinese Martial Arts. These teachings are also included, to some extent, in our curriculum.

Mc Coy Sensei is also the U.S. Representative for Koroho Goshinjutsu, which was created by Masashi Yokoyama. Koroho classes are currently taught on Saturday afternoon. In this class we focus on the self defense needs of security personnel.

Shiatsu was learned as part of Jujutsu training. This training also sparked an interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine which is studied in conjunction with the Chinese Martial Arts.

As Mc Coy Sensei is considered by many to be Fort Wayne's most senior martial arts instructor, Aikibudo Seishinkan and Nanban Kai offers a martial arts curriculum that can not be matched in the area.

ABOUT THE SYMBOLS OF THE SCHOOL
At the top of the page there are 2 gates, the one on the far left is the Friendship Gate, found at the entrance to China Town in Philadelphia, PA. This was adopted as a symbol for the Chinese aspect of the school. It also represents our connection to the city of Philadelphia. The gate on the far right is a traditional temple gateway commonly found in China.

The pirctures across the top of the page are of Himeji Castle in Japan. They were taken during a trip Mc Coy Sensei took with Yokoyama Soke of Koroho.