He was awarded the rank of Kyoshi<\/em> (\u6559\u58eb, translated as “High Master”) in 2016 before grading to 8th Dan in 2022. He was granted the kengo<\/em> (iaido name) of “Agou” (\u963f\u8c6a) in 2022 by the 24th Soke of Musou Jikiden Eishinryu<\/em>, Aseisai Fukushima<\/strong> (Hanshi 10th Dan) of the Agonokai (\u963f\u53f7\u4e4b\u4f1a), which is dedicated to the preservation of the style. <\/p>\n Seishinkan was established as the first division of the Renmei based outside of Japan, initially as the Australia Shibu<\/em> (Australian Division) and then later as the Seishinkan Shibu<\/em> as the membership became more international. Seishinkan now operates as six separate Shibu<\/em>, with the Seishinkan Brisbane Shibu<\/em>, Seishinkan Gold Coast Shibu<\/em>, Seishinkan Sydney Shibu<\/em>, Seishinkan Melbourne Shibu<\/em> in Australia, the Seishinkan Tokyo Shibu<\/em> in Japan, and the Seishinkan Shibu<\/em> remaining as the base for the dojos in other regions such as the USA and Poland. Regardless of where they are based, all students of Seishinkan are able to train at any of the Seishinkan dojos in the world and to compete in the Dai Nihon Iaido Renmei Kyoto National Iaido Championships each year. <\/p>\n \n \n Please help support our site by clicking on relevant ads below!<\/p>\n [the_ad id=’1373′]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About Seishinkan Iaido The head (Kancho) of Seishinkan Iaido, Dr Glenn Agou Stockwell, is the first non-Japanese in history to receive the rank of 8th Dan from the Dai Nihon Iaido Renmei (All Japan Iaido Federation), having completed all requirements including the Japanese written examination. He was trained directly by Meishinkan’s Yasuyoshi Kimura (Hanshi 10th Dan) (\u7bc4\u58eb, translated as “Grand Master”) in Osaka. Seishinkan Iaido was started in January 1993 by Glenn Stockwell, originally as a subsidiary of the Meishinkan Dojo, until Kimura Kancho’s death in January, 1999. Seishinkan practises the waza (forms) in exactly the same way that they were taught by Kimura Kancho, with the objective of preserving the art. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-364","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","user-has-not-earned"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seishinkan-iaido.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seishinkan-iaido.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seishinkan-iaido.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seishinkan-iaido.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seishinkan-iaido.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.seishinkan-iaido.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1426,"href":"https:\/\/www.seishinkan-iaido.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions\/1426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seishinkan-iaido.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAgou Stockwell (8th Dan)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
SEISHINKAN IAIDO KANCHO<\/strong><\/h2>\n
DIRECTOR OF THE DAI NIHON IAIDO RENMEI
HEAD OF THE SEISHINKAN DIVISION OF THE DAI NIHON IAIDO RENMEI
DIRECTOR OF THE AGO-NO-KAI<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.seishinkan-iaido.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/600px-Marunisumitateyotsumeyui.jpg\")
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\n <\/td>\n 1st Place
1st Place
1st Place<\/strong>
2nd Place
3rd Place
2nd Place
1st Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
1st Place
1st Place
1st Place
1st Place
3rd Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place<\/strong><\/td>\nIndividual 7th Dan Division
Individual 7th Dan Division
Individual 7th Dan Division
Individual 7th Dan Division
Individual 7th Dan Division
Individual 7th Dan Division
Individual 7th Dan Division
Individual 7th Dan Division
Individual 7th Dan Division
Individual 7th Dan Division
Individual 7th Dan Division
Individual 6th Dan Renshi Division
Individual 6th Dan Renshi Division
Individual 6th Dan Division
4th-6th Dan Teams Division
Individual 6th Dan Division
Individual 6th Dan Division
Individual 6th Dan Division
Individual 5th Dan Division<\/td>\nTokyo Iaido Championships, 2013
Japanese National Championships, 2013
Tokyo Iaido Championships, 2012
Japanese National Championships, 2012
Japanese National Championships, 2011
Tokyo Iaido Championships, 2010
Japanese National Championships, 2010
Tokyo Iaido Championships, 2009
Japanese National Championships, 2009
Japanese National Championships, 2008
Japanese National Championships, 2007
Japanese National Championships, 2006
Japanese National Championships, 2005
Japanese National Championships, 2004
Japanese National Championships, 2003
Japanese National Championships, 2003
Japanese National Championships, 2002
Japanese National Championships, 2001
Japanese National Championships, 1999<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n