Bankokuden Dojo

Collett Shihan, although he prefers the title sensei in the dojo, is better known simply as “JC” or as “Mez.” He has been involved in the Japanese martial arts since 1963 when he started in the then rather exotic martial art of Kodokan Judo at his local Police Boys Club as they were called back then, now PCYC, after viewing a newsreel about it at the cinema in the lead up to the Tokyo Olympic Games.

After a while he grew tired of the competitive aspect of Judo and drifted off to look for something else. In those early days, like so many beginning martial artists he floated here and there, a bit of a butterfly, not really knowing what it was he was looking for but knowing he hadn't found it yet!

After witnessing a “friendly contest” between three brothers who were close friends of the family, one a Golden Gloves boxer, another a Tae Kwon Do practitioner and the third a Jujutsu practitioner, that resulted in one broken arm and an assortment of cuts and bruises he decided to concentrate on Nihon Jujutsu!

However, it wasn’t until 1972 after moving to Darwin for work that he found his place in the budo when he met and became a student of now Professor Raymond LEA who was a senior student of the late Professor Kam Hock HOE.   Professor Lea is now the master level instructor and Saiko Shihan, 最古師範, Headmaster of the Kokusai Jujutsu Kenkyukai,國際柔術研究會, the International Jujutsu Research Society. Professor Lea is now the holder of the Dento no Kyoju, 伝統の教授, Professor of the Tradition and Judan, 十段, 10th Dan licences.

Collett Shihan remains to this day a student and close friend of Professor Lea and assists him with research into and promotion of Professor Hoe’s Hyou-ha Bankoku Jujutsu, Kuatsu and Hakuda Kenpo.   In parallel to jujutsu, Collett Shihan has practiced a number of other martial arts including the Korean art of Tang Soo Do, Shotokan karate, Taiji Quan and other Chinese martial disciplines.

Most of Collett Shihan’s non-jujutsu training however, has been in Goju-ryu Kenpo under the guidance of Tino Ceberano Hanshi OAM Judan, 十段, 10th Dan of the Sekai Kushindo Kobujutsu Kenkyukai, 世界空神道武術研究会, the World Kushindo Classical Martial Arts Research Society. 

Collett Shihan has come to understand that these two arts are closely coupled with each providing skills that enhances the other.

Collett Shihan currently holds the following ranks, titles, memberships and accreditations:
Active Jujutsu, Kuatsu and Hakuda Kenpo and Related Grades
       Jujutsu Menkyo Souden (8th Level) from the Kokusai Jujutsu Kenkyukai - 2013
       Jujutsu Hachidan (8th Level) from the Kokusai Jujutsu Kenkyukai - 2013
       Kuatsu Senmonka (5th Level: Kuatsu Specialist) from the Kokusai Jujutsu Kenkyukai - 1976
       Kyoju Dairi, Representative of the Headmaster of the Kokusai Jujutsu Kenkyukai - 1996 - Reissued 2023
       Kobujutsu Hachidan (8th Level) from the Kokusai Bugei Hozon-kai - 2015

Active karatejutsu and Related Grades
       Goju-kenpo Nanadan (7th Level) from the Sekai Kushindo Kobujutsu Kenkyukai - 2020
       Kobujutsu Souden no Maki (8th Level) from the Sekai Kushindo Kobujutsu Kenkyukai - 2019
       Karate-do Godan (5th Level) from the Dai Nippon Butokukai (DNBK) Kyoto, Japan - 2012

Teaching Titles
       Jujutsu, Kuatsu and Hakuda Kenpo Souden Shihan from the Kokusai Jujutsu Kenkyukai - 2013
       Goju-kenpo Kyoushi from the Sekai Kushido Kobujutsu Kenkyukai - 2019

Roles
       Kokusai Jujutsu Kenkyukai - Society Secretary/Treasurer/Registrar
       Kokusai Jujutsu Kenkyukai - Sibu-cho Minami Bankokuden Dojo
       Sekai Kushindo Kobujutsu Kenkyukai - Society Registrar
       Sekai Kushindo Kobujutsu Kenkyukai - Shibu-cho Minami Bankokuden Dojo
       Sekai Kushindo Kobujutsu Kenkyukai - Technical Leader Goju-kobujutsu
       Kokusai Bugei Hozonkai - Counsellor
       Kokusai Bugei Hozonkai - Society Secretary/Treasurer/Registrar

Accreditations
       HLTAID003: Provide First Aid - Valid until 20231029
       Five Star CoachCheck Accreditation - 2020
       MA-IAP Martial Arts Instructor Accreditation - 2021
       South Australian Deptartment of Human Services Working with Children Check SRN 0126-4694 - 20200929

Memberships
       Kokusai Jujutsu Kenkyukai - the International Jujutsu Research Society (IJRS)
              Member since: 1972 - Originally the Bankoku Jujutsu Gakuin Australasia
       Sekai Kushindo Kobujutsu Kenkyukai - the World Kushindo Classical Martial Arts Research Society (SKKK)
              Member since: 1985 - then the Kokusai Karate-do Goju-kai - the International Karate-do Goju-kai Assoc. (IKGA)
              now the Sekai Kushindo Kobujutsu Kenkyukai incorporating the Kokusai Goju-kenpo Kenkyukai (IGK), the Kokusai
              Goju-kobujutsu Kenkyukai and the Kokusai Goju-kalis Kenkyukai
       Dai Nippon Butokukai - the Greater Japan Martial Virtue Society (DNBK) - Certified Member since 2011 
       Kokusai Bugei Hozonkai - the International Martial Arts Preservation Society (IMAPS) - Member since 2015
       Australian Jujutsu Association - Member since 2003
       International Budo Federation (IBF) - Member since 2022
       CoachCheck - Member since 2020