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Sensei Nicholls has studied the Kodenkan Danzan-Ryu system of Ju-Jitsu
for over 20 years. His training began in 1980 with the head of the
style, Professor Sigmund Kufferath. This great good fortune of studying
with Professor Okazaki's top student was not lost on Sensei Nicholls
and his time spent with the late Professor Kufferath developed well
beyond the student teacher relationship into a profound and enduring
friendship. The teaching style of Professor Kufferath changed greatly
over the years, moving naturally from an emphasis on waza (utilitarian
application) towards kata (emphasizing form) as his years progressed.
Yet Professor Kufferath always maintained the importance of a balance
between these two facets of the art, insisting that they were mutually
dependant and inseparable.
Sensei Nicholls received his Teaching Certificate of the Kodenkan from
Professor Kufferath, having studied and shown sufficient ability in the
Okugi, or "hidden techniques", an oral tradition passed down from
teacher to student, comprising the most advanced repertoire of the
system. When Professor Kufferath insisted Sensei Nicholls open the
first Kodenkan dojo in Britain, he passed on this great responsibility
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