03/16/2025
Come see us at the Shoseian Teahouse in Glendale!
We’ll be here for the whole event today and will perform at 11:30am.
First Ancient Martial Arts
03/16/2025
Come see us at the Shoseian Teahouse in Glendale!
We’ll be here for the whole event today and will perform at 11:30am.
12/12/2024
Here are some older class photos from the Culver City dojo. Great memories.
Kitano Sensei and Odate Sensei demonstrating Ryōtō in Japan last year.
12/05/2024
Here are some photos from one of the shrine demonstrations in Japan last year. There was quite the turnout.
12/05/2024
More photos from the Japanese shrine demonstration last year.
Kitano Sensei and Odate Sensei demonstrating Gogyō no Tachi in Japan last year.
11/27/2024
A photo from a workshop we hosted in Los Angeles with Nobutoshi Sensei.
Kitano Sensei and Odate Sensei demonstrating Gokui no Kodachi at a shrine in Japan last year.
11/19/2024
We had a wonderful class at the Shoseian Teahouse in Glendale. The morning started off pretty cold but as the sun came out it was just right.
Here is a video from one of the Japanese Shrine demonstrations from last year with Kitano Sensei and Odate Sensei performing Omote no Naginata.
10/29/2024
Some images from a great training day at our West LA dojo.
10/18/2024
Masashi Odate Sensei (Menkyo/Shihandai)
Odate Sensei is descended from samurai. He is a US representative for Katori Shinto-Ryu and teaches out of Los Angeles. He is a martial artist, actor, and producer, known for his appearances in The Last Samurai, Dragonball Evolution, Letters from Iwo Jima, and Falcon Rising.
| Tuesday | 8pm - 10pm |
| Wednesday | 7:30pm - 9:30pm |
| Thursday | 8pm - 10pm |
| Saturday | 3pm - 6pm |
| Sunday | 11am - 1pm |
| 1pm - 4pm |