Phil Davison

Born in 1959, Phil Davison began training in Judo as a child, but dropped out of martial arts practice during his teenage years. In the early 1980s he began the study of Hapkido under Master Sung Do Kim at the International College of Hapkido on Paramatta Road Strathfield, Sydney. During the first year he trained full time under Master Kim, Duncan Schofield and Trevor Rant. Phil also trained under Hapkido Master Cha Won Gyu, in addition to study of Jujutsu and other related arts. In 1987 or 1988 he began training in Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu under the tutelage of Anthony Karasulas Sensei. During 1991 Phil traveled to Korea to further his study of Hapkido and to Taiwan where he lived, teaching English and studying White Crane Kung Fu with Master Chen Wu Chang in the town of Lukang in Chungwha County.

Returning to New Zealand, he founded the Seishinkan club at Auckland University in 1993. In 2000 he moved to Dunedin and established the Dunedin Seishinkan dojo. He has also made several visits to Japan to further his study of martial arts, participating in Daito Ryu Jujutsu and sword training. In 2004 he was appointed New Zealand Shibucho (branch head) of Komei Jukyu Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu by Sekiguchi Komei Sensei, and graded to 4th Dan Jujutsu by Master Bruce Watts. He is currently the CEO of Jujitsu New Zealand and a committee member of the Jujitsu Federation of New Zealand.

Sekiguchi Sensei and Shimizu Sensei to visit Dunedin

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Dunedin will be fortunate to host a visit from three of Japan's top classical martial artists. Sekiguchi Komei, his senior student Fuji Katsuko, and Shimizu Nobuko are some of the senior instructors at Tokyo's Komei Jyuku martial arts school. Sekiguchi Sensei is recognised as the current soke, or successor-headmaster, of Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iaijutsu […]