The Dai Nippon Butoku Kai was originally established in Kyoto, Japan in 1895 under the authority of the Ministry of Education and the endorsement of His Royal Highness, Meiji Emperor to solidify, promote, and standardize martial disciplines and systems throughout Japan. It was the first official and premier martial arts institution sanctioned by the government of Japan. The DNBK was closed down after World War II but subsequently re-opened. Among the masters who were associated with DNBK were Jigoro Kano, Chojun Miyagi, Gichin Funakoshi and Hironori Otsuka.

Pictured: Karate masters including Kenwa Mabuni, Hironori Otsuka and Gogen Yamaguchi gathering at the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai headquarters

Kokusai Budoin (International Martial Arts Federation) is a Japanese budo organisation founded in 1952 in Tokyo, Japan, to provide access to archives of historical information and sources of traditional instruction, as well as to promote Japanese martial arts. It claims to be the civil successor-organisation of the (pre-World War II) Dai Nippon Butoku Kai. Among the masters associated with IMAF were Hironori Otsuka, Gozo Shioda, Kyuzo Mifune, Minoru Mochizuki, Gogen Yamaguchi and Hirokazu Kanazawa.

Pictured below: Tokugawa Yasuhisa, hereditary shogun of Japan, addresses Kokusai Budoin delegates as masters including Shizuya Sato and Keiji Tose look on. Bushinkai head Simon Keegan's license was signed by Sato and Tokugawa.

In 2003 Bushinkai became a member of Kokusai Budoin and instructor Simon Keegan was awarded the grades of 2nd Dan Karatedo and 2nd Dan Nihon-den Jujutsu. Simon subsequently trained with various Kokusai Budoin masters including Tadanori Nobetsu, Mitsuhiro Kondo, Shizuya Sato and Jack Hearn. Simon was awarded 3rd Dan (Shoto Ryu and Niseikai) by Kokusai Budoin.

Following a schism in the UK branch of Kokusai Budoin, two organisations were formed, IMAF UK and IMAF GB (of which Bushinkai was a founder member), the latter became the United Kingdom Budo Federation (UKBF) and resigned from Kokusai Budoin. On the UKBF's inaugural masters course there were, for the first time, teachers from Japan's three most venerable bodies Kokusai Budoin, Dai Nippon Butoku Kai and the Seibukan together on the mat. 

In 2009 the UK Director of Dai Nippon Butoku Kai awarded the UKBF and its lead member TEMAA the mandate to award Shogo (Imperial titles such as Renshi, Kyoshi and Hanshi) and awarded TEMAA directors Colin Hutchinson and Craig Bailey the grade of 5th Dan Renshi. Simon Keegan was subsequently awarded 4th Dan Renshi.

Pictured below: Allan Tattersall Hanshi (UK Director of Dai Nippon Butoku Kai) and Simon Keegan Renshi on August 8th 2008 (08/08/08)