Shobukan Dojo
Santarém, Portugal

The Shobukan Dojo is a branch dojo of the Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin Kai led by Marco Pinto Sensei in Santarém, Portugal. Pinto Sensei has over 25 years experience in Nihon Budo/Bujutsu. He first met Threadgill Sensei at a TSYR seminar in Palma de Mallorca in 2006. In 2007, his brother Artur Pinto Sensei also attended a TSYR seminar in Palma de Mallorca. From that moment forward they became regular attendees at all European TSYR courses.

Early in 2009 they were given permission by Threadgill Sensei to jointly start a TSYR Study Group in Portugal. In 2011, both Marco Pinto Sensei and Artur Pinto Sensei were awarded Shoden Kirigami Mokuroku by the Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin Ryu Honbu Dojo. With this Artur Pinto Sensei founded the Meibinkan Dojo in Lisbon, and Marco Pinto founded the Shobukan Dojo in Santarém. 

Marco Pinto was awarded a Joden Chi no Maki in 2019, and the Shobukan completed construction of new private dojo in Dec, 2021.

For more information contact: marcoadpinto@gmail.com