The NYBA + PRATT IAIDO CLUB welcomes special guest instructors RODNEY CASTILLO SENSEI (AUSKF Iaido (4th DAN, AUSKF Kendo – 3rd DAN, and RSR Kobudo – 5th DAN Renshi) and BEN SARDINAS SENSEI (AUSKF Iaido 4th DAN, AUSKF KENDO 2nd DAN, RSR Kobudo 4th DAN Renshi) from MIAMI BUDOKAN.

Miami Budokan is a not-for-profit martial arts and cultural academy specializing in traditional Japanese swordsmanship. The core of its mission is to preserve these arts through an unbroken line of transmission keeping true to their martial roots in Japan while applying them in a relevant form to the modern western practitioner. They practice – Kendo, Iaido, and Kobudo.