Budo-Ryu International Netherlands
BUDOKAN NETHERLANDS, A DOJO I AM PROUD OF
Richard Salmon 13-11-2008 - As we have been working to develop our Budo-Ryu International we have found many old and new friends. As all should be aware by now Rob, together with his wife Coby, our administrator, have become the major motivators of our BRI. What astounds and humbles me is that Rob was introduced to the Budokan/Budo-Ryu system in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, way back in 1972, and was then away from our system for nearly 30 years after leaving South Africa in 1978, but he never forgot his Budokan routes and was determined to reunite at some time in his future, whenever he could find and establish contact with a Budokan Dojo somewhere in Europe. At last his wish came true in 2008.
While in South Africa he trained under Sensei Hugh Sadler, the head of the Pietermaritzburg dojo and, as a sign of his dedication to the Art and his wish to advance and gain more knowledge, he regularly traveled the many miles to the city of Durban on the coast, to also receive instruction from the late Shihan Ray Ryan, at that time the overall head of Budokan SA.
On his departure from South Africa in 1978, he received the rank of 1st Dan and on his return to the Netherlands, not being able to find any Budokan/Budo-Ryu instructors or dojos with which to continue his training, he switched over to Shotokan and was able to train with some of their most senior instructors such as Kase 8th Dan, Miura 10th Dan, and the famous Kanazawa 10th Dan. From this training he eventually received a 3rd Dan in the Shotokan system.
In 1989 he started his own 'Budokan Netherlands' and, although he was following the ethics and principals of his Budokan training, he was not at that time teaching our Budo-Ryu. In 1997 he met Vince Morris 8th Dan of Kissaki Kai and, after joining up and training with him, he eventually received a 4th Dan in that system which he shared with his students.
Sensei Rob, however, never forgot his Budokan/Budo-Ryu routes and, on being discovered and re-introduced to me and our Budokan last year, he jumped back into the fold with great vigor to become our most ardent supporter. Once the contact was made he, along with Coby, were determined to get back into the Budokan/Budoryu fold and what has become a wonderful friendship was developed, first through dozens of emails and telephone calls, and then sealed through their incredible generosity of flying my ushi-deshi and myself to the Netherlands to reintroduce our Budo-Ryu system to him and his members.
After more than thirty years of karate training, and with the couple of weeks of intense training together plus his other accomplishments in the Art, I was proud to have been able to grade Rob to 5th Dan and allow him the title of Shihan.
Martial Arts CV
ROBERT ROHREY MARTIAL ARTS CV
1970-1972 
Rob's first sensei; John Malawauw 6th Dan KBN Shotokan Karate
BUDOKAN SA YEARS 1972 - 1978 BUDOKAN SA 1ST DAN 1978
Issued by Ray Ryan, Head of Style Budokan SA / Budo-Ryu
SHOTOKAN YEARS 1984 - 1996
1989 Rob starts Budokan Nederland
17-3-1991 SHOTOKAN 2ND DAN 1991
Issued by Rade Donevic 6th Dan, Ikken Hissatsu Shotokan Karate
29-6-1996 SHOTOKAN 3RD DAN 1996
Issued by Rade Donevic 6th Dan, Ikken Hissatsu Shotokan Karate
ATTENDED SHOTOKAN SEMINARS 1993/1995
Sensei Taiji Kase, sensei Miura, sensei Kanazawa and sensei Shirai
KISSAKI-KAI YEARS 1996 - 2006
1996 International Institute for Kyusho Jutsu Research
Appointed by Vince Morris as IIKR coördinator for the Netherlands
4-10-1997 KISSAKI-KAI 3RD DAN 1997
Issued by Vince Morris 8th Dan Kissaki Kai Karate
11-10-1997 KISSAKI-KAI INSTRUCTOR LICENCE & GRADING
Issued by Vince Morris 8th Dan Kissaki Kai Karate
24-11-1998 KISSAKI-KAI 4TH DAN 1998
Issued by Vince Morris 8th Dan Kissaki Kai Karate
BUDO-RYU YEARS 2007 - PRESENT DAY
2007 Founder member of Budo-Ryu International
13-12-2007 BUDO-RYU 4TH DAN 2008
Issued by Richard Salmon 8th Dan, Doshu Budokan SA/Budo-Ryu
26-7-2008 BUDO-RYU 5TH DAN 2008
Issued by Richard Salmon 8th Dan, Doshu Budokan SA/Budo-Ryu
26-7-2008 SHIHAN TITLE
Issued by Richard Salmon 8th Dan, Doshu Budokan SA/Budo-Ryu
26-7-2008 BUDO-RYU / BUDOKAN INSTRUCTOR 2008
Issued by Richard Salmon 8th Dan, Doshu Budokan SA/Budo-Ryu
5-5-2011 BUDO-RYU INTERNATIONAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2011
Issued by Richard Salmon 8th Dan, Doshu Budokan SA/Budo-Ryu
8-5-2017 KODOKWAN JU-JITSU 5TH DAN 2017
Issued by Shihan Jonathan Kruger 7th Dan Kodokwan Judo & JuJitsu Club Zambia
Shihan Rob Rohrey is the Kodokwan representative for the Netherlands with the original Kodokwan teachings passed down to Zambia, since 1928. By Seishi Teppei, Dr Henry Johnston, Joe Grant Grierson, John Kruger and Jonathan Kruger.
BUDO-RYU INTERNATIONAL NEDERLAND
BUDOKAN NEDERLAND, OPGERICHT IN 1989, TEGENWOORDIG BEKEND ALS BRI NEDERLAND Budo-Ryu Karate, Kyusho- en Ju-Jitsu met Shihan Rob Rohrey, 5e Dan Budo-Ryu & 5e Dan Kodokwan Ju-Jitsu. Eke dinsdagavond 19.00-21.00 uur. Verenigingsgebouw Ammekore, Hertenweg 2, 4455 TL Nieuwdorp.
