He was champion in the All Eastern US Kendo Federation Kendo Championship consecutively twice and place 1st place in the Detroit Open Kendo Tournament Team Division twice. Additionally, he provided coaching and teaching to the Cornell Kendo Club, Rochester Institute of Technology Kendo Club and the Towanda High School Kendo Club. In 1998 he founded Shu Do Kan Dojo in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, instructing classes in Kendo, Iaido and Taijitsu training. In 1978 Matsushita Sensei was featured in the documentary movie, Budo, which won awards at the Miami International Film Festival. At the age of 31 he received a Master’s Degree in Shin Kage Ryu.ĭuring this period he left his mark in many tournaments finishing three times within the Top 8 of the All Tokyo Kendo Championship, Team Division Championship of the Shinjuku Kendo Championship, and the Team and Individual Divisions Champion of the Koshigaya Open Kendo Championship. In 1974 he entered the Shin Kage Ryu Integrated Budo Dojo where he was apprenticed for the next 7 years in Kendo, Iaido, Taijitsu, Judo and Karate. We are an officialy recognized Kendo Club, mentored by Sensei Shuji Matsushita and affiliated with the Eastern US Kendo Federation ( EUSKF).īorn in 1950 on the island of Kyushu, Japan, Matsushita Sensei started practicing kendo at the age of 7.

To hold in esteem human courtesy and honor,Īnd to forever pursue the cultivation of oneself.Īnd to promote peace and prosperity among all peoples. To strive for improvement in the art of Kendo, The concept of Kendo is to discipline the human character through the applied study of the katana or Japanese sword.

Iaido documentary