What is it?

Hogosha Renmei is not a new association, and does not teach to a certain syllabus, we do not issue rank, back or register any Yudansha or Menkyo of any sort, we are a Union of Traditional or Classical martial arts sensei that will only ever issue earned membership within the Alliance of:

Honorary (Hogosha)
Full (Hogosha Sensei)
Senior (Hogosha Shihan)

But all will be known as Hogosha or Guardian.

Those that are invited for membership will be respected by us for keeping tradition and old school martial arts, not the watered down money making or commercial martial arts that have been around.

A Guardian will be a person that respects martial arts for what it is, will also have a vast amount of knowledge within the art or arts they train or teach in.

Hogosha only have 5 principles, these are:
 
保 Ho – Preserve (preserve the knowledge of our system and our roots)
護 Go – Protect (protect the art we practice and not to water it down)
者 Sha – People (to develop skill and understanding for all people within martial arts)
連 Ren – Group (as a group we share our knowledge)
盟 Mei – Alliance (to be part of this alliance is to uphold its principles)

To be invited as a member you will be someone whom is recognized to uphold the same values and principles.

Why?

This Alliance has been put together with the focus of bringing back traditional values to what martial arts is all about! Not watering it down, franchising for a business or telling their Sensei to teach football in a class instead of martial arts.

In some cases the standards of martial arts have dropped and the focus has been lost, Black Belts have been handed out left, right and centre just to keep numbers, this does mean that the standards have dropped; some black belts could not fight out a paper bag or a answer simple question about their art! Or show an interest in finding it out if not known.

With Hogosha Renmei we guarantee that all members know their art and have earned to wear a black belt, no matter the level, and if asked a question they do not know, then they will try their best to find an answer.

As we mentioned no ranks will be issued or backed, support from the Renmei is being invited into it, and this backs your skill and time in martial arts more than anything and the Renmei will support fully all of its members. The logo can be added to any website or paperwork a Guardian has, and support all their students standards.

Guardians will be listed on the internet with the system they teach and their position that they hold within an association, we will not and do not promote ego.