The Boston Shinkendo Scandals
The first post we do related to the Boston Martial Arts scene will be focused on the infamous Boston Shinkendo Shoshinkan dojo located in the Chinatown district.
Boston Shinkendo exploits have recently come to light after a series of postings were published on the very well respected website: www.wayofbushido.com here are links to those articles
Boston Shinkendo Horror at Honbu Dojo
These article are definitely recommended reading if you are doing research into the Boston Shinkendo dojo.
This school isn't thought of highly by most martial arts practitioners, and when you interview current or former students you get the same feedback... DRAMA! NOTHING BUT DRAMA!
The Sensei whom many have nicknamed "Little Shafty" is rumored to be a serious megalomaniac who only cares about appealing to the Soke of the International Shinkendo Federation (Yukishiro Obata) and not a lot of focus on producing quality martial artists.
The drama is so bad at Boston Shinkendo there are reports of the Sensei meddling in peoples personal lives, asking for LinkedIN business references and even recently a scandal on the YELP website around fake reviews and censroship.
The style of Shinkendo is basically a rip off of Toyama Ryu and while the ISF doesn't claim to be a Koryu or "traditional old school" art, the Boston Shinkendo Sensei tries to play it off to prospective students as if it is a "TRADITIONAL JAPANESE DOJO" which it most certainly IS NOT.
There are even online meetings and monthly get togethers of students who want nothing to do with the Sensei and train together, and or discuss how horrible their experiences were at Boston Shinkendo.
Here is a list of resources you may wish to look into should you want more information about Boston Shinkendo Dojo
https://bostonmartialartsblog.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/BostonShinkendo
https://bostonshinkendosucks.wordpress.com/latest-boston-shinkendo-posts/
Unhappy Boston Shinkendo Student Meetup
There are plenty more, but these give you the basic set of details for you individual research.
Overall our assessment of this Dojo is its not recommended.
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