Kenshūkai

A RyuTe ® Renmei School
11001 S. Jackson Ave.
Kansas City , Missouri 64137-2040
816-217-9965
Instructors: Tony Skeen, Lee Richards

Instructors

Tony K. Skeen
Instructor
Tony has not provided me a bio so I will wing it at this point.  Trust me that the man is extremely knowledgeable and attained his shodan ranking from Taika on April 3, 1982.  Prior to that he had attained black belt rank in Shito-Ryu as well as studied Judo and other various arts.  Tony is adept at tuite as well as kyusho techniques and has been training students for over twenty years.
Lee Richards

Lee Richards
Owner/Instructor

I began my training in 1989 at Northland Ryukyu Kempo Budokai in Gladstone, Missouri.  Instructors at the time were Shihan Michael Waddell, Fuku Shihan Tony K. Skeen, and Fuku Shihan Gene Burkhead.  I trained there for six years until early in 1996 I went to a seminar where Taika Oyata told me to start attending the black belt class in preparation for Shodan.  Just prior to this Shihan Vince Stallone had allowed me to train some at his dojo as well, since my regular dojo was only open two days a week and I was eager to train more.  On July 19, 1996 I received my Shodan from Taika Oyata at summer camp.  I continued training with Shihan Waddell until he handed his dojo over to Tony and myself, and quit teaching around 1998.  I continue to train with Taika Oyata at the International Headquarters in Independence, MO.  For a while I trained with Kyoshi Steve Stark at his Overland Park, KS dojo as well.  In 1996 we moved the dojo to it's current location where Tony Skeen and I continued to teach until my job soon forced the closing of what we then simply called Budokai.  In the summer of 2004 my job allowed me to begin having a more normal life as I no longer worked nights.  Sandy Nellenbach urged me to start up a dojo again and so Kenshūkai was born.  

In addition to the martial arts, I am also an Advanced Trainer for the National Law Enforcement Training Center through the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department.  This is a set of courses for Law Enforcement.  I am also an instructor in the Rapid Rotation Baton and the Monadnock PR-24 as well as Straight Batons.

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