Our teacher
Rick Bothma – Student and teacher in Classical Japanese Warrior Arts for over twenty  four 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 Guild.

Rick is the founder of To-Shin Do South Africa, is actively teaching students and friends to unleash their infinite potential and live life as " tatsujin" a complete being.

The Gentle Giant
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, travelled as personal security escort with the Dalai Lama of Tibet in the 1990s, and founded the SKH Quest network of schools.