A nafuda is a small name board that is hung up in traditional dojos to indicate the names and current ranks of senior members (generally yudansha or black belt holders) of the dojo. The area in the dojo where the nafuda are hung is called the nafudakake.

Since the Kengokai dojo has no permanent facility, I have chosen to create the Kengokai Nafudakake as an online place.

Those listed here are either students of the Kengokan Dojo (or its predecessor dojos in Brisbane) or are senior instructors who have contributed or influenced the development of Shorinjiryu, the Kengokan dojo and/or myself. Where the individual is from another dojo, their dojo or organisation name is listed beside their name.

10th Dan

• Shinan Kori Hisataka (Founder, Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karate)

9th Dan

• Hanshi Shunji Watanabe (Shorinjiryu Kenyukai Watanabe Ha Karate)
• Hanshi Myron Lubitsch (Shorinjiryu Shinzen Kyokai)
• Hanshi Masayuki Hisataka (Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo)

8th Dan

• Hanshi Patrick McCarthy (International Ryukyu Karate Research Society)

7th Dan

• Shihan Phil Hooper (Australian Shorinjiryu – Kenkukan Dojo)
• Shihan Jim Griffin (Shorinjiryu Kenyukai Watanabe Ha Australia – Seiryukan Dojo)

6th Dan

• Shihan Max Estens (Shorinjiryu Kenyukai Watanabe Ha Australia – Kensuukan Dojo)

5th Dan

• Renshi Des Paroz

4th Dan

3rd Dan

• Sensei Mark Zaglas

2nd Dan

1st Dan

• Sempai Andrew Birchley
• Sempai Adrian Cepak