Welcome to Jokokan Honbu Dojo Lejre Member of Shindenkan Denmark
Jokokan Honbu Dojo Lejre Main School for Europe and Denmark
Jokokan Honbu Dojo Lejre is in everyday speech called JHLE or Honbu Dojo (本部道場) which is the term for the main school and headquarters of a given style. Honbu means "Main Center" and Dojo means "The place of enlightenment through Do - the way".
The fact that it is the main school does not mean that it is necessarily the biggest school, but this is where the main skills and "heart" of the style are and are passed on to the entire organization.
Since Hassei Yashin Mon. Yakami no Taijutsu consists of four naturally overlapping steps, where each step consists of an integrated Yakami-Ryu style, there are necessarily also four steps of Honbu Dojo in the organization Jokokan Europe, including Scandinavia and Denmark.
In JHLE we were approved as an independent competence organization by DGI in 2009.
JHLE is a member of Shindenkan Denmark and through that of Shindenkan Scandinavia and Shindenkan Europe (Jokokan Europe), which is a member of the international non-political federations; Bujutsu Kodosoku-kai and Jokokan International, both of which have organizational headquarters in Japan.
Come with us on a journey
We meet you where you are and take you on a journey in traditional multi-track martial arts.
Honbu Dojo is also divided geographically and according to Yakami-Ryu officially recognized and graduated competencies by Shindenkan Europe, including Scandinavia and Denmark.
This means that each country, parts of Europe and the whole of Europe can have between one and four Honbu Dojo's depending on the achieved graduated Yakami-Ryu competencies that exist and are recognized in that part of Jokokan Europe.
In this way, we still pay tribute to the principle that there is room for everyone in Shindenkan, depending on the life cycle, needs and motivation of the members.
The Shindenkan motto "To create whole and happy people, and space for everyone - the elite as the exerciser". This is what we practice and strive to do, and practice in all our schools all the time.
It is Jokokan Honbu Dojo Lejre that takes care of Yakami Shinsei-ryu Karate-do and is responsible for all the system-related activities offered in Shindenkan.
There's about 350 members in Honbu Dojo (01.02.2023).
Honbu Dojo - Role model for Shindenkan
Role model
Honbu Dojo is a role model for all member schools both in terms of system competencies, standards, maintenance, instructors and not least for Shindenkan value set. So when you enter the Honbu Dojo (training hall), you will always be welcomed by the highest competence, well-prepared and skilled Honbu instructors who will use all their abilities to be a true role model for Shindenkan value set.
Mutual respect and acceptance with Space for everyone
highest competences in traditional multi-track martial arts.
Shindenkan value set.
We have room for everyone - the elite as exerciser
In Jokokan Honbu Dojo Lejre, we always want to reflect the diversity that exists in our society, and this means that we always have room for EVERYONE who wants to train Yakami Shinsei-ryu Karate-do. Regardless of age, gender and religion, you are welcome in Shindenkan as long as you respect others and our system, values and safety rules.
Honbu Dojo Concepts
Shindenkan is a multi-track competence organization with a 1,000-year unique cultural tradition and this sets great demands on the passing on with the most efficient, optimal and motivating structure.
With many years of experience, Honbu Dojo concluded that mediation is done best through a symbiotic learning circle structure, which ensures space for everyone, the elite as the exerciser through all life cycles.
Learning circles which give all members, member associations and national associations the optimal democratic rights in a strong community with an optimal learning environment. Still 80/20 – 80 % local and 20 % national.
Our Concept for Learning Circles
The optimized Honbu concept is based on the Shindenkan common syllabus handbook, which applies to all members of Shindenkan.
The concept is composed so it takes into account development at all levels, development of higher skills, optimal learning circles from Honbu to local, across SB-BB-KYU syllabus events and of course with room for everyone, the elite as the exerciser and progression by effort according to your setting and life cycle – the whole life.
Learning circles where the main focus is on quality, rather than quantity.
Our Family concept
Family concept - The Jokokan Karate schools run 100 % according to Shindenkan successful family concept, where children, teenagers and parents can train on the same team, which very few other sports and associations can offer!
There is room for everyone, and we are very proud of that 
Shindenkan recognized more than 30 years ago that there was a need for special supportive concepts for children and young people, to promote healthy self-confidence, self-esteem, mutual respect and acceptance of each other.
In collaboration with municipalities, psychologists, educators and our own extensive teaching experience, the very successful JokoKidz and JokoTeens concept was launched, developed and tested in various municipalities. The concept has been continuously updated with the latest new knowledge. The concept was expanded with Asperger and autism concepts.
Later stress concepts for everyone. We have also added a family concept developed for the modern needs of a busy and hectic everyday life. The concepts are very successful and over the years have been shared with many other sports organisations, federations and municipalities for the common joy and development of our children and young people.
We are really happy about that!
Our Katsu-Jin concept
Katsu-Jin - If you are over 50 and still want to train for life, you are welcome with us, because in the eyes of Shindenkan you are a role model. Life is what you make of it, and with us the glass is always half full! – Instead of half empty.
In Shindenkan, we take into account all the different phases of life, including the fact that we all get older. In order to contribute and support public health and quality of life, we encourage all our members to train throughout their lives.
Statistically many people over 50 say they are too old for martial arts. We say that today age is just a number, and your attitude to life is what matters.
We have therefore developed a concept that directly supports this - in all phases of life. Your age is taken into account, and you are supported in the fact that you can do much more than you and others tell you! Our Katsu-Jin concept has proven its success, and that is why we now have active, healthy and happy Yakami Shinsei-ryu practitioners in their 70s.
Those Katsu-Jin who achieve the brown or black belt are celebrated and recognized visibly, as hero or heroine during the major national joint events.
Yakami Shinsei-ryu - Multitrack Martial Arts and Skills
Yakami Shinsei-ryu is a genuine multi-track martial arts system with over 1,000 years of history and 55 years of history in Denmark, and we follow Shindenkan's Curriculum Handbook, which is the common national standard we ALL must live up to in order to be graduated in Yakami Shinsei-ryu, it applies to all degrees, and so it has always been.
In Yakami Shinsei-ryu, everything is tied together in OBC learning circles, where EVERYONE who chooses and invests the effort, has access to the best instructor resources regularly with the original common thread over an entire season - a year wheel.
Competence courses
Understanding of and competencies in unarmed and armed close combat and ranged combat and understanding of and competencies in whole body training, meditation in movement, increased self-confidence and self-esteem, value set and leadership.
- Distance combat, close combat, free combat and power generation.
- Sword, knife, staff, spear and gun.
- SKK & KataFIT, Ki and Meditation, History & Instructor training, Tai Chi and Shiatsu massage
Targeted Curriculum Seminars
Honbu Dojo wishes all members the best opportunities on their way to the next belt and therefore in Honbu Dojo's concepts there is maximum focus on learning circles between the groups and the connection from SB to BB, to KYU to the local school, and back to Honbu. You can switch very fluidly between the groups, again completely depending on your effort according to your attitude and life cycle - all your life.
- 6 annual Syllabus seminars targeting the 9th – 5th Kyu's syllabus.
- 11 annual Curriculum seminars targeting Brown belt.
- 18 annual Curriculum seminars targeting Black Belt
OBC - Annual Competency Certification
OBC KM 1-4 has been developed and planned by Honbu Dojo's Chief Instructor so that it supports the current course structure optimally and structured instructs, helps and guides the participants towards their OBC KM.
OBC KM structure is divided into 1-4 which are targeted step by step from OBC KM1 to OBC KM4, where SKK & KataFIT 1 is an integral part of all OBC so that the Honbu Dojo's Chief Instructor can continuously instruct, help and guide the participants towards their stop test test.
Shindenkan Year Wheel
Honbu Dojo Instructors
Our Association
Our association is approved as a democratic association in Lejre Municipality under the Public Information Act with an independent CVR number and finances, and was founded in August 1988.
The highest authority in Jokokan Honbu Dojo Lejre is the general assembly.
We hold a general meeting at the same time each year. Here, the board reviews the agenda of the year, including last year general meeting minutes, the chairman report, the annual accounts with documentation, budget, proposals for the coming season and the like.
All agenda items go to a vote, and are thus approved or rejected at the general meeting in accordance with the applicable statutes and guidelines.
In addition, progress on a strategic level, progress in all work areas, elections to the board and, if necessary, are reviewed.
The board of directors of Jokokan Honbu Dojo Lejre consists, according to the rules from Lejre municipality, of at least 4 members, who are elected from among the members at the annual general meeting after a democratic vote, for a 2-year period at a time.
Jokokan Honbu Dojo Lejre works according to a 5-year strategic plan, and the day-to-day running of the association is handled by the elected board with 6 regular board meetings per year. year according to a fixed agenda and with minutes from each meeting.
All work in the association is voluntary and unpaid for the benefit of the members of Jokokan Honbu Dojo Lejre and the local community. Over 90 % of all Jokokan Honbu Dojo Lejres income is invested back into the members. The remaining 10 % are used for administration and organizational development. Any annual surplus is put into a pool for unforeseen expenses and future investments.
By the way, did you know that the association was established in Copenhagen municipality as early as 1988 and had a Dojo in the old warehouse "Gimle"? It then moved to Danmarksgade in Randers until 1996, after which it moved to Greve Strand until 2018. The association then decided that Lejre Municipality was the optimal and most central place in the middle of all Shindenkan's member schools.
Our Board elected at the 2023 general meeting
Kimu Bjarkmann
Chairman
Jens Iversen
Cashier
Kjeld Nyrup
Board member
Michael Nørgaard
Board member
Steffen Rasmussen
Substitute
Activities, training and membership
We offer activities here
Training and course days
Annual quota
Paid as part of the annual federation quota
