Sensei
 Sensei
John Jenkin - 6th Dan
Born in 1956, Sensei John Jenkin began training in Judo at the
age of eight, continuing for ten years. In 1973, at the age of seventeen
he began his aikido training in Yoshinkan Aikido under Sensei Donal
G. Weir, who was the instructor at the Epsom
and Ewell Aikido Club, Rugby Lane, Cheam, Surrey.
In March 1979 Sensei John Jenkin was graded to Shodan by Sensei Wier (Sandan) and in March 1981 he was graded to Nidan
by Sensei M.Victor (Rokudan) of the F.M.A., at this time it was also his honour to be uke for Sensei Weir who was graded to
Yondan.
At the end of 1984 he was given the responsibility of running the
Epsom and Ewell Aikido Club and continued
to run it until the end of 1988 when he handed the club into the
capable hands of Sensei Stuart Rolland. He continued training with
as many different Sensei and styles of Aikido as he could, until
an accident at work in 1990 almost bought an end to his training.
On the 6th August 1993 he founded the Koshinkan Aikido Society and from the very start he had the help of Sensei Tony Hughes.
On the 8th February 1997 Sensei John Jenkin was awarded his Rokudan
On the 7th August 2003 the Koshinkan Aikido Society celebrated its 10th anniversary and Sensei John Jenkin celebrated his 30
years in aikido.
Sensei John Jenkin has also trained in two styles of Iaido (sword drawing) and holds a dan grade in Muso Shinden Ryu; he also holds dan grades in Aikijutsu
and has trained in Jodo; he is a qualified practitioner of shiatsu, including moxabustion, sotai, dry cupping, auricular accupressure, holistic massage
and Qi Gong and he is a member of EMBODY (formally the International Guild of Professional Practitioners).
He is the association child protection officer for the UK
Shinwakai. It is Sensei John Jenkin's belief that everyone can benefit from
studying aikido, and that polotics puts un-necessary barriers in
the way of training. It is for this reason that the Koshinkan
Aikido Society encourages practice with other groups of Aikidoka
for its students.
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