The history of the Shudokan begins with Sensei Thamby Rajah. Known as 'the father of Aikido in Malaysia', Sensei Thamby began his Martial Arts career with the study of Judo. Travelling to Japan to further his studies, Sensei Thamby trained under Ichijima Sensei and Mifune Kyuso Sensei, who was 10 th Dan and one of the foremost teachers at the Kodokan.Whilst training at the Kodokan, Sensei Thamby was introduced to Soke Gozo Shioda. As a result, Sensei Thamby combined his training of Judo with that of Yoshinkan Aikido. A year later, Sensei Thamby returned to Malaysia , having been awarded a Shodan (black belt) in Judo (the first Malaysian to do so) and a black belt in Aikido. Whilst in Japan , Soke Gozo Shioda gave Sensei Thamby the dojo name of 'Shudokan', 'Shu' meaning to study, 'Do' meaning the way and 'kan' meaning house. On returning to Seremban, Sensei Thamby established the 'Shudokan'-'the place tolearn the way'. Sensei...ReadMore

Aikido Shudokan Indonesia was established in 2002 by Sensei Mark A. Hadiarja in Bandung , Indonesia . It is the first dojo of Yoshinkan Aikido to be established in Indonesia. Sensei Hadiarja began studying Aikido under Sensei Joe Thambu in 1997 when he attended University in Melbourne , Australia . In 1999, Sensei Hadiarja was awarded his Shodan by Sensei Joe Thambu. Sensei Hadiarja also had the opportunity to study Balintawak Arnis (a Phillipino stick and knife fighting art), Chinese Kickboxing and Grappling. Sensei Hadiarja, Chief Instructor of the first fully-fledged Yoshinkan Dojo in Indonesia , has been training for 10 years. He has had the opportunity to train under many great instructors such as Sensei Thamby Rajah (the father of Yoshinkan Aikido in Malaysia), Kancho Kyoichi Inoue (the Grandmaster of Yoshinkan Aikido since 2002), Sensei Takeno (Chief Instructor of Yoshinkan Yamanashi Dojo and Soke Gozo Shioda's uchi deshi), Sensei Chida...ReadMore