Rod Sanford

Rod Sanford (born October 12, 1946 in Ventura , California ) is an international American grandmaster of the martial arts , Hanshi and holder of the 9th Dan of Shorinji ryu ( Karate , Kobudo , Tai Chi Chuan ).
He learned under the style founder Richard Kim (* 1917; † 2001), Hanshi, 10th Dan, and is involved as technical director in the establishment of the Kokusai Butokukai (International Martial Arts Federation). Sanford is the technical director of Zen Bei Butoku Kai .

job

Martial arts teacher, police instructor.

Martial arts

• 1960 At the age of 14 he begins judo training for a period of 4 years.
• 1964 Sanford begins teaching Shito-ryu .
• 1965 That year Rod Sanford met his main teacher Richard Kim and began studying Shorinji.
• 1966 1st Dan, Zen at Butoku Kai .
• 1967 Founds his first dojo in Watsonville , California .
• 1980 He opens his commercial dojo in Soquel , California.

Learned arts

Judo, Aiki-Jujutsu , Aikido , Ju-Jutsu , Daito-Ryu Aikijujutsu , Kobudo, Tai Chi Chuan, Xingyiquan , and Baguazhang , Shorinji-ryu Karate, Goju-Ryu Karate, Shitō-Ryu Karate, Shotokan Karate.

Honors

• 2006 appointment as Hanshi by Kokusai Butokukai.
• 2007 8th Dan Shorinji ryu, Kokusai Butokukai.
• 2016 9th Dan Shorinji ryu, Kokusai Butokukai.

Association foundations

• 1983 The Pacific Institute of Defensive Tactics (PIDT) is founded.

Own literature

• Law enFORCEment: Reasonable Force Options | Rod Sanford | 1998 | ISBN 978-0929142029

swell

• 20th Century Samurai | Richard Kim 1917-2001 | Don Warener | 2006 | ISBN 978-0920129265
• Official Homepage of Richard Kim | Short biography of Rod Sanford
• Official homepage of Zen bei Butokukai

Individual evidence

1. ^ Instructor at The Pacific Institute of Defensive Tactics
2. ^ The Pacific Institute of Defensive Tactics

Web links

• KOKUSAI BUTOKUKAI | International Martial Arts Federation of Shorinji ryu
• Zen bei Butoku Kai (USA)
• Homepage of the Martial Arts School of Rod Sanford