Danzan Ryu Jujitsu. It is a result of Master Okazaki's studies in
several older styles of Japanese Jujitsu, Okinawan Karate, Chinese
Kung Fu, Hawaiian Lua, Filipino knife fighting, boxing and wrestling, as
well as traditional restorative massage and healing techniques.
Kodenkan was the name of Master Okazaki's school in Hawaii. The
name Kodenkan may be translated as "The School of Ancient
Tradition" or as "The School in which Senior Students Transmit
the Tradition." Both translations are accurate. This method of
instruction requires senior students to teach less advanced students in
the spirit that Master Okazaki declared was inherent in the Hawaiian
word "Kokua" : to mutually help one another. This spirit of Kokua is
the foundational philosophy of the Alaska Jujitsu Kodenkai. MORE
