Soke Teruo Hayashi was born in Nara, Japan (the old capital of Japan, near Osaka), the 21^st of October 1924, and died in Osaka the 24 of September 2004. He studied and practiced several types of traditional Japanese Martial Arts (Karate-do, Kobu-do, Ju-do, Aiki-do, Naginata-do, Iai-do, etc.). Teruo Hayashi was a serious man, intelligent, tenacious, respectful and above all extremely gifted in learning. Due to these qualities he has conquered the trust of the Great Masters of Japanese Martial Arts, having therefore the possibility to learn and understand those deep and great techniques transmitted exclusively to those persons so good to be able to apply the practice and the secular philosophy of the Code of the Japanese Martial Arts (the code of the Samurai).

Master Mitsuya, student and assistant of the Soke Hayashi, had the possibility to receive unique trainings, trough the perfection of Soke’s techniques, unifying himself with his master and improving his techniques at every action, making all trainings a fight of extreme realism (technical study and research of effective actions).

Soke Hayashi, recognizing in Master Mitsuya extraordinary technical abilities and sense of art in the fighting and decided to entrust him with the difficult task to demonstrate and diffuse his style and his school all around the world.