Manaka Unsui, Kancho
Jinenkan Honbu Dōjō, Japan
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Fumio Manaka, (Warrior name “Unsui”) has over 50 years of experience in the Japanese arts of kobudo. He began his training at the age of 14 as the first student of Masaaki Hatsumi Sensei after winning a regional Judo championship. Unsui Sensei holds certificates of mastery (menkyo kaiden) in several martial schools. In 1996, Unsui Sensei founded the Jissen Kobudō Jinenkan with a goal of preserving the traditions taught to him by his teacher while making certain each of his students had a sincere focus to the fundamental principles of movement and practice.
After retiring from a career in the Japanese Military, Unsui Sensei moved to the US in order to teach his personal students. From April 2001 to May 2004 he lived and taught in Baltimore, Maryland. His goal in this move from Japan was to allow martial artists in the United States and Europe easier access to him and to raise the level of training in these areas. With his goals achieved, he returned to Japan in June 2004. In 2011, Sensei taught his final international seminar in Gent, Belgium. He continues to teach students who travel from all around the world to study under him at the Jinenkan Honbu Dōjō, located in his home town of Noda, Japan.
Adam Mitchell, Yondan
Jinenkan Dōjōchō, New York
Personal student of Unsui Sensei and head of the Jinenkan Kōsei Gōgi Dōjō in New York, Adam Mitchell has dedicated his life to the study and preservation of traditional Japanese martial arts. Adam is the only certified Jinenkan instructor in the state of New York and has achieved the rank of Yon Dan (4th Degree Black Belt). As well, in 2010 during a special training in Japan, he received certification of ‘Chi no Menkyo’ in two systems of classical weaponry from his teacher, Manaka Unsui. It has been Adam’s goal to travel to Japan each year to train with his teacher and he frequently brings his students along for the experience.
Adam has been a professional teacher for over ten years, not only teaching thousands of students at his Dōjō, but also regularly training students all over the world in workshops and seminars. He is an active keynote speaker at school assemblies and youth conferences around the north east US, advocating counter cruelty initiatives in school districts for young people. As a father of four small children, a family man and community leader, creating peaceful learning environments for kids will always be at the forefront of his work.
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