{"id":554,"date":"2017-07-03T15:55:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T15:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nzjjf.org.nz\/NZJJF\/jujitsu\/?page_id=554"},"modified":"2017-09-16T08:42:41","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T08:42:41","slug":"dave-butler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nzjjf.org.nz\/NZJJF\/jujitsu\/dave-butler\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Butler"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Head of Samurai Arts, Rotorua. Presented at Hastings, 22 August 2015<\/p>\n

David Butler\u2019s introduction to ju-jitsu was in 1969 at Ivan Gale\u2019s Pukekohe Jiu Jitsu Club.\u00a0 Ivan was the fourth black belt graded by\u00a0Hans van Ess<\/a><\/strong>, the pioneer of Kawaishi ju-jitsu in the North Island.\u00a0 Dave became the New Zealand Jiu Jitsu Association\u2019s youngest black belt when he was graded to shodan (1st<\/sup>\u00a0degree) in 1978. Soon after, Dave left for Australia where he spent a year studying judo and ju-jitsu with the Australian Society of Ju-Jitsuans.\u00a0 On his return in 1979, Dave opened his first club at Mt Albert, Auckland, which he called Bushido Ju-Jutsu Kai.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 1984, Dave travelled to Canada to train with Ron Yamanaka, a member of Jiu Jitsu International.\u00a0 That meeting led to a further trip in 1987 to Europe, which included a visit with Richard Morris, founder of Jiu Jitsu International.\u00a0 Thereafter, Dave travelled to JJI and World Kobudo Federation conferences throughout the 1990s, often taking groups from the Bushido club.\u00a0 At the time, Dave also met the likes of Wally Jay, Dan Inosanto and Toshishiro Obata in the USA and Shizuya Sato in Japan.\u00a0 This resulted in Dave studying and gaining grades batto-jutsu, bo-jutsu and aiki-jutsu under Obata and Nippon Goshin Ju-Jutsu under Sato.\u00a0 It also led to his organisation being renamed NZ Aiki-Bu-Jutsu Federation and then Samurai Arts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As well as travelling, Dave brought world-renowned martial artists such as Alain Sailly and Pascal Stoupy (JJI), Robert Clarke, Giacomo Bertoletti and Tony Siong (WJJF), and Obata to New Zealand.\u00a0 These visits provided exposure for New Zealanders to highly-graded, international ju-jitsuka.\u00a0 Throughout the years, Dave maintained contact with Richard Morris, receiving his nanadan (7th<\/sup>\u00a0degree) from JJI in 2011.\u00a0 He also received the menkyo title of kyoshi from both Obata and JJI, and is the only New Zealand ju-jitsuka to hold such a title. \u00a0One of the leading kodansha in this country, Dave\u2019s ju-jitsu career has spanned four decades and resulted in the development of ten black belts of his own training.<\/p>\n

Subsequent Achievements<\/strong><\/p>\n

2016 \u00a0 \u00a08th degree black belt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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