Taigishin-kan

TAIGISHIN-KAN®

TAIGISHIN-KAN

Twenty years of tradition

Taigishin-kan® 体技心館 was founded in 2005 by Prof. Angelo Bonanno in Calabria (South Italy), with the goal to teach both karate and jujutsu. The Taigishin-kan school of traditional Japanese martial arts and culture is to be considered in the most traditional sense of a branch of style 流系 or more precisely a line of thought of how to study, preserve and spread the culture of Budo. Taigishin-kan is registered in Japan under the prestigious Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, and it's Italy Dojo of Matayoshi Ryugasaki Kodokan with authorization of the Matayoshi Kodokan honbu of Okinawa.

In addition to the organizations mentioned above, kancho Prof Bonanno is also registered in Okinawa and Japan as:

8th dan Kyoshi in Shinzanryu (Shorinryu • Kojoryu) - OSKKK, Okinawa
8th dan in Okinawa Karate - IMCF, Japan
8th dan in Karate-do - JBIF, Japan
7th dan Kyoshi in Gojuryu - IKO, Okinawa
3rd dan Shidoin in Okinawa Kobudo - DNBK, Japan
Shidoin in Nihon Jujutsu • Samurai Heiho - IMCF • ASBA, Japan
Shihan (middle school level) in Callygraphy - JATC, Japan.

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Background in pills

1986 start of practice: karate Shotokan (ex FIJLPIK) until 2nd kyu
1994 start of practice Gojuryu and Kickboxing (AGKAI) until 3rd dan, under W. Di Bilio Sensei
2000 enlistment in the Carabinieri Force, start of practice jujutsu (ICIF) and certification under the Force as “Instructor of military self-defense and disarm technique”
2000 start of practice Shorinjiryu Jujutsu and Matsumura Shorinryu Karate (ISJF - ISKKF)
2001/2002 certifications as Instructor ISIF and ISKKF
2001 met A. Hiroku Sensei (KSKK) and certification as 3rd dan in Karate under him and Di Bilio Sensei
2002 start to teach in a gym club
2003 certification as 4th dan in Karate under Hiroku Sensei
2003 certification as Assistant Instructor in Muay Thai (IMBA) after a mastering course
2005 certification in 5th dan under Hiroku Sensei
2007 detachment from the ISJF - ISKKF Italy Branch (because of the desire of this shibucho to connect with other organizations)
2006-2011 due to the premature passing of W. Di Bilio and the loss of contact with Hiroku Sensei, prof Bonanno, remaining "orphan", joined several organizations such as the famous International Budo Association and the Kokusai Shurite Karate Kobujutsu Rengokai, in order to have an administrative structure to which to connect his school; honorary certification from both organizations as 6th Dan in Shorinryu karate after evaluation of curriculum and dedication to the association's activities
2010 met S. Sacaba Sensei (OSKKF)
2010 affiliation to Nippon Seibukan/All Japan Budo Federation (NSD/AJBF) and certification as 5th dan Renshi in Karate under Y. Kawano Sensei after the European test
2011 ratification of the 6th dan and certification as Shihan under S. Sacaba Sensei after a test conducted in person
2013 met S. Nitta Sensei and ratification of 6th dan Shihan in Matsumura Seito Shorin-ryu under the UMAA Shibu-cho for the West
2013 start of practice Toyamaryu Morinaga-ha Iaido (ZNTIK)

2012 joined Matsusokan of T. Yabiku Sensei (Okinawa) and honorary certification as 7th dan in Karate and Shibucho for Italy
2014 1st trip to Okinawa - intensive training period and test under Yabiku Sensei, who awards him the 8th Dan Kyoshi in Shinzanryu [Shorinryu • Kojoryu] Koshinkan karate as a license for the total transmission of the style; at the same time he begins studying Uechiryu and Kingairyu
2014 joined T. Hokama Sensei's International Karate Kobudo Kenshikai Organization (IKO - Okinawa); intensive training in Okinawa and takes an exam, receiving the 6th dan in Gojuryu and the Shihan license
2015 2nd trip to Okinawa - authorization from Yabiku Sensei to teach Shinzanryu [Shorinryu • Kojoryu] karate under the name of his own school Taigishin-kan; deepened Bai-He qigong (White Crane kikou) under S. Osamu, upon presentation to Yabiku Sensei, who issues him a training certificate
2016 start of practice Shodo in Italy
2017 joined Dai Nippon Butoku Kai
2017 start of practice Shodo under the Akitsukai of Tokyo
2017 start of practice Kojoryu under S. Hayashi Sensei (Shodokai)
2018 3rd trip to Japan - joined the M. Yokoyama Sensei's IMCF, he receive ratification for 8th dan in Okinawa Karate and start of practice Koroho Self Defence System
2019 start of practice Shodo under the Bokuan Gakko of Osaka, certification as Shihan 3rd level under the Japanese Association of Technical Calligraphers (Japan)
2019 start of practice Mondoryu Heiho under Yokoyama Sensei
2019 4th trip to Japan - certification in Kojoryu under Hayashi Sensei

2020 award signed by the Minister of State for Special Missions N. Takemoto, and ex-Vice Minister of Defense S. Oomae, "for the promotion of international friendship through culture and martial arts" thanks to the Luci dal Sol Levante event organized in Italy, which included a Mondoryu Heiho and Koroho system seminar for police forces held by M. Yokoyama Sensei and an international shodo/sumi-e exhibition held by five renowned Japanese artists
2022 certification as Shidoin in Nihon Jujutsu under the Yokoyama Sensei's IMCF
2023 5th trip to Japan - joined the Matayoshi Ryugasaki Kodokan under H. Yoshifumi Sensei starting practice Kingairyu Tode and Matayoshi Kobudo
2024 6th trip to Japan - certification as Italy Dojo of Matayoshi Ryugasaki Kodokan with authorization of the Matayoshi Kodokan honbu of Okinawa
2025 ratification of 8th dan in Karate-do under the Japan Budo International Federation (Japan)