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Shuyokan Traditional and Practical Martial Arts Training offers instruction in Yoshinkan Aikido, Kodokan Judo, Jujutsu, and Shotokan Karate Jutsu. The program also includes a MUNIO Self-Defense Workshop that combines self-defense education with hands-on practice using the MUNIO Designer Self-Defense Keychain.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: A MUNIO Self-Defense Workshop is a 2-hour non-martial arts workshop that combines self-defense education and hands-on practice using the MUNIO Designer Self-Defense Keychain
Shuyokan has been serving the community of Costa Mesa since 1980. Shuyokan offers group classes, seminars and private lessons for adults, youth, and law enforcement in both the traditional and practical training aspects of Yoshinkan Aikido, Kodokan Judo, Jujutsu and Shotokan Karate Jutsu. It also offers classes for adults, youth, and law enforcement in practical applications of these traditional martial arts. The program’s stated mission is that traditional training is important in a martial art, and that students must also study the practical applications of the art as it applies to the modern day warriors of this century, which it calls Martial Arts Reality.
Sensei David Dye leads Shuyokan as Soke of Shuyokan. Sensei Dye began his martial arts training in Kodokan Judo in Inglewood, California in 1962 under Sensei Treese, later training under Sensei Earl Robbins in Costa Mesa and teaching Judo at the Boys Club. He studied Shito-Ryu Karate under Sensei Fumio Demura starting in 1967, then Shotokan Karate under Dan McGeough Sensei beginning in 1978, received his 1st Degree Black Belt in Shotokan Karate Jutsu in 1997 under Earl Treichel Sensei, and was awarded Sandan in Shotokan Karate Jutsu in 2002 by Treichel Sensei. He began serious study of Yoshinkan Aikido in 1978, was awarded a 3rd Degree Black Belt and Teaching Certificate in Yoshinkan Aikido in 1990 by the founder Soke Gozo Shioda, and received his 4th Degree Black Belt in Yoshinkan Aikido in 1998 from Shihan Sam Combes of the Kadokan.
Sensei Dye served as a Costa Mesa Police Officer from 1967 to 1997, with assignments including Patrol, Desk Officer, Custody Officer, Court Liaison Officer, Investigation, and Lead Staff Defensive Tactics Instructor, and then continued as a Senior Reserve Officer from 1997 to 2000 to continue training officers in Officer Safety and Defensive Tactics. He has instructed over 300 officers on the use of the Orcutt Police Nunchaku and has testified as a court expert on the use of force. He produced an 8-volume set of video tapes on the use of Yoshinkan Aikido techniques for law enforcement and has been featured on national television and in leading martial arts magazines.
Sensei Dye’s credentials and awards include induction into the World Martial Arts Hall Of Fame in 1993 with a Lifetime Achievement Award, an 8th Degree Black Belt in Aikido Taiho Jutsu from the World Martial Arts Sokeship Council in 1995, an 8th Degree Black Belt as Technical Advisor to the Keisatsu Aikido of America Inc. in 1996, and an Honorary 10th Degree Black Belt as Technical Advisor to the Goshin Budokan U.S.A. in 1997. On April 7, 2000, he was named Soke of Shuyokan and promoted to Judan in Shuyokan Ryu by Olohe Solomon Kaihewalu and other high ranking black belt members of the World Professional Black Belt Martial Arts Organization. Additional honors listed for David Dye Sensei include the 2000 Masters Hall of Fame, the 2001 Head of Family Sokeship Council Hall of Fame, the 2008 USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame, and being honored for the day at the Martial Arts History Museum in Burbank, California on March 23, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.
Last updated July 4, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: A MUNIO Self-Defense Workshop is a 2-hour non-martial arts workshop that combines self-defense education and hands-on practice using the MUNIO Designer Self-Defense Keychain
Shuyokan has been serving the community of Costa Mesa since 1980. Shuyokan offers group classes, seminars and private lessons for adults, youth, and law enforcement in both the traditional and practical training aspects of Yoshinkan Aikido, Kodokan Judo, Jujutsu and Shotokan Karate Jutsu. It also offers classes for adults, youth, and law enforcement in practical applications of these traditional martial arts. The program’s stated mission is that traditional training is important in a martial art, and that students must also study the practical applications of the art as it applies to the modern day warriors of this century, which it calls Martial Arts Reality.
Sensei David Dye leads Shuyokan as Soke of Shuyokan. Sensei Dye began his martial arts training in Kodokan Judo in Inglewood, California in 1962 under Sensei Treese, later training under Sensei Earl Robbins in Costa Mesa and teaching Judo at the Boys Club. He studied Shito-Ryu Karate under Sensei Fumio Demura starting in 1967, then Shotokan Karate under Dan McGeough Sensei beginning in 1978, received his 1st Degree Black Belt in Shotokan Karate Jutsu in 1997 under Earl Treichel Sensei, and was awarded Sandan in Shotokan Karate Jutsu in 2002 by Treichel Sensei. He began serious study of Yoshinkan Aikido in 1978, was awarded a 3rd Degree Black Belt and Teaching Certificate in Yoshinkan Aikido in 1990 by the founder Soke Gozo Shioda, and received his 4th Degree Black Belt in Yoshinkan Aikido in 1998 from Shihan Sam Combes of the Kadokan.
Sensei Dye served as a Costa Mesa Police Officer from 1967 to 1997, with assignments including Patrol, Desk Officer, Custody Officer, Court Liaison Officer, Investigation, and Lead Staff Defensive Tactics Instructor, and then continued as a Senior Reserve Officer from 1997 to 2000 to continue training officers in Officer Safety and Defensive Tactics. He has instructed over 300 officers on the use of the Orcutt Police Nunchaku and has testified as a court expert on the use of force. He produced an 8-volume set of video tapes on the use of Yoshinkan Aikido techniques for law enforcement and has been featured on national television and in leading martial arts magazines.
Sensei Dye’s credentials and awards include induction into the World Martial Arts Hall Of Fame in 1993 with a Lifetime Achievement Award, an 8th Degree Black Belt in Aikido Taiho Jutsu from the World Martial Arts Sokeship Council in 1995, an 8th Degree Black Belt as Technical Advisor to the Keisatsu Aikido of America Inc. in 1996, and an Honorary 10th Degree Black Belt as Technical Advisor to the Goshin Budokan U.S.A. in 1997. On April 7, 2000, he was named Soke of Shuyokan and promoted to Judan in Shuyokan Ryu by Olohe Solomon Kaihewalu and other high ranking black belt members of the World Professional Black Belt Martial Arts Organization. Additional honors listed for David Dye Sensei include the 2000 Masters Hall of Fame, the 2001 Head of Family Sokeship Council Hall of Fame, the 2008 USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame, and being honored for the day at the Martial Arts History Museum in Burbank, California on March 23, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.
Last updated July 4, 2026.
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