About

Rick Bothma – Student and teacher in Classical Japanese Warrior Arts for over twenty years. Qualified instructor in To-shin Do. In addition to the teachings of To-Shin Do, Rick is a Reiki Master in the Usui System under the teachings of The Grange Reiki Masters Guilde. Rick is the owner and teacher of the To-Shin Do Dojo in Pierre van Ryneveld.

Rick's teacher, Brett Dotoshi Varnum 6th Degree Hombu Shihan,began To-Shin Do training in the mid-1980s and founded his own Quest Center Affiliate School in Maine,USA in the mid-1990s. In addition to To-Shin Do striking and grappling arts, Dotoshi Varnum's teaching specialties include survival in hostile environments, firearms, and archery.

Our Founder, An-shu Stephen Kinryu-Jien Hayes is the Black Belt Hall of Fame founder To-Shin Do martial arts, author of 18 books, began martial arts training in the mid-1960s, was the original American uchi-deshi disciple of ninja grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi in the 1970s, traveled as personal security escort with the Dalai Lama of Tibet in the 1990s, and founded the SKH Quest network of schools.

TO-SHIN DO

TO - the sword
From the nin-po combat methods of the legendary ninja phantom warriors born of Mt. Togakure and cultivated in the wooded mountains and marshes of Iga comes the core of our physical protection techniques and strategies. To-Shin Do martial arts practice is a great way to reduce stress and increase strength, endurance, and flexibility, while fostering a sense of peace, security, and control in life.

Shin

SHIN - the focused spirit of intention
From the rigorous kuji intention-channeling training of the shugenja of Mt. Yoshino comes the essence of our program for the discovery and development of the nine key qualities that characterize a fully actualized human being. We can achieve a more focused and disciplined understanding of the cause and effect dynamics that lead to success and fulfillment in life.

DO - the path to mastery
From the originally Himalayan esoteric mikkyo vajrayana mind and spirit sciences of Mt. Hiei comes the technique of cultivating our unlimited physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual potentials. We can learn skillful ways to transform the inner and outer challenges of life into success, and ultimately come to grips with the question of how to experience directly the significance of life itself.