Yume Dojo- Family Tree

Yume Dojo

Glendale, Arizona

Yume Dojo

Shizenryu Jutsu

Jujutsu Arts

Goshin Budo Jujutsu
Torite Jutsu
Hawaiian Jujutsu
Sanuces Ryu Jujutsu
Sambo

Kempo Arts

Hawaiian Kempo
Okinawan Karate(Shitoryu Karate)
Shorinji Kempo
Eagle Claw Chin Na

Shizenryu Jutsu

Welcome to the Yume Dojo

Family Tree Page.

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Below you will find the lineages of Yume Dojo. There are more than 1 lineage for Yume Dojo. There is a Karate Lineage, Jujutsu Lineage, Kempo Lineage and an early Aiki Lineage within the composition of Yume Dojo arts. The information below shows each lineage. This also will discuss the metamorphosis of Yume Dojo and how the arts shaped Yume Dojo and the art of Shizenryu. Today the focus in on returning to the roots of Yume Dojo and adding the cumulative knowledge of the past 20 years to the roots of where we began.

Yume Dojo Family Tree

First Generation:

Okinawan Te

Motobu, Choki Soke-Mabuni, Kenwa Soke-Kuniba,Kosei Soke

Kempo

Professor William Chow

Second Generation:

Okinawan Te

Kuniba, Shogo Soke-Hayashi, Terou Soke-Kise, Fusei Soke

O'Sensei Robert Trias

Kempo

Joe Emperado-Professor Walter Godin

Jujutsu/Torite Jutsu

Kuniba, Shogo Soke

Third Generation:

Okinawan Te

Soke John Simmons

Kempo

Professor Kimo Ferreira

Jujutsu/Torite Jutsu

Soke John Simmons

Fourth Generation:

Shihan/Kyoshi Lou Klaff

Shihan/Renshi Scotty Klaff

Fifth Generation:

Sensei Stacey Klaff

Sensei Liz Lopez

Yume Dojo Family Tree

Seishin Kan Dojo

Motobu, Choki Soke-------Mabuni, Kenwa Soke-------Kuniba, Kosei Soke

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Motobu, Chosei Sensei l l

Hayashi, Terou Soke------------Kuniba, Shogo Soke

O'Sensei Robert Trias l Kise, Fisei Soke

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Soke John Simmons

Professor "Kimo" Ferreira--------Yume Dojo

Shihan Lou Klaff

Shihan Scotty Klaff

Sensei Stacey Klaff

Sensei Liz Lopez

The two Family Tree's represent stages in the development and metamorphosis of Yume Dojo.

The first family tree shows each generation and how each generation is related to Yume Dojo. This in no way suggests we trained with the first generation Sensei, rather how the lineage has been passed down.

The second Family Tree represents the development under the tutelage of Soke John Simmons and his senior student Shihan Mark Smith. Upon the retirement of Shihan Smith, Soke Simmons took over the training of Shuri Ryu Karate, Torite Jitsu and Goshin Budo Jujutsu. Soke Simmons also introduced us to Sanuces Ryu Jujutsu. It was under Soke Simmons that our Family Art initially formed and was called Yume Ha Budo. This is the beginnings of the development of Shizenryu Jujutsu. Under Soke Simmons most attention was paid to the development of our Karate curriculum, and Soke Simmons was the one who allowed us to use more of the Shito Ryu, then the Shuri Ryu of O’Sensei Trias. Most Kata, Bunkai, and Ippon Kumite came from either Hayashi Ha Shitoryu or Kuniba Ha Shitoryu. It was at this time we started adding the Naihanchi katas from Motoburyu Kempo. 2005 saw the Sensei's finally get to meet Motobu, Chosei Soke and train at a seminar with him in his family art of Motoburyu Kempo and Motobu Udonde. Soke Simmons was instrumental in allowing Yume Dojo to adapt the training to fit the needs of the dojo and its students. This is why you will see more Kuniba Ha than Hayashi Ha influence in the Karate of Yume Dojo.

Through the Martial Arts Collective Society and its annual “Gathering” we were to meet many people who would influence the development of Shizenryu Jutsu. There were several influences during this stage. Professor Wally Jay, Hanshi Bruce Juchnik, Grandmaster Eugene Sedeno and several of the top Kempo and Jujutsu Instructors who shared their knowledge which led to the creation of Shizenryu Jutsu. Shizenryu is a ‘collection’ of arts, and is a family art. It is not a style, rather an interpretation of all the influences we have had. We like to say Shizenryu is not a "Style of Techniques" rather a "System of Concepts and Principles". The first lineage chart is our current one, and the second Family tree represents the lineage of Soke John Simmons and the arts he shared with the students of Yume Dojo. These arts include Shito Ryu Karate, Goshin Budo Jujutsu and Torite Jutsu. Soke also introduced arts Such as Sanuces Ryu and V-Arnis Jutsu.

There were however 3 stages, the first stage was Aikido/Aiki Jujutsu stage. This stage of training lasted about 8 years, and is viewed as the initial stage of Yume Dojo. Though these arts are not practiced today, the base of information was essential to the growth of Yume Dojo. Sensei’s who influenced this stage of training were Satome Shihan, Toyoda Shihan, Doran Shihan and Palumbo Shihan.

The metamorphosis of Yume Dojo and Shizenryu Jutsu is very much like the Shuhari Process. For years Yume Dojo was an Aiki dojo, and this base gave an interesting approach to other arts studied. Adding Karate and Jujutsu the flavor changed somewhat, but the Dojo kept evolving. The introduction of more Jujutsu, and ground work, added more flavor to the dojo. Finally adding Hawaiian Kempo to our Okinawan Kempo gave the art the Naturalistic approach and Self Defense application that one sees today. The changing of the butterfly, or the maturation of the bird in the Shuhari process is much the same transformation Yume Dojo made into Shizenryu Jutsu.