Sukh Sandhu

-Written by Senior Student Aman Brar
 
Mr. Sukh Sandhu is the Director (Kancho) and Senior Instructor (Sensei) of the GiYu Dojo in Dayton, Ohio.  He has over 25 years of martial arts experience along with team athletics such as Football, Free-style Wrestling, Junior Golden Gloves Boxing, and Indian Kabbadi.

Mr. Sandhu trained in the Jinenkan for 12 years and was the senior student of Manaka Sensei, achieving the rank of Godan or 5th Degree Black Belt in 2005. He was the only active student in the Jinenkan who had achieved this rank as of Fall 2007.

Mr. Sandhu also studied in the Bujinkan organization for 8 years prior to his training in the Jinenkan.
The Bujinkan is headed by Soke Maasaki Hatsumi.  Hatsumi Sensei is considered by many as the last historically traceable Ninjutsu Grandmaster living today.  In the Bujinkan, Mr. Sandhu was awarded the rank of Nidan, or 2nd Degree Black Belt in 1995.  Throughout his koryu martial art training he was supervised as a direct senior student of Shawn Havens and Manaka Sensei (currently of the Jinenkan) when they were both under the Bujinkan organization.

Back in the early 90’s, Mr. Sandhu studied with numerous established practitioners of Jujutsu and the ground fighting related arts, to help his overall understanding of “real” fighting martial arts. 

Mr. Sandhu, in the spirit of always learning and exploring, achieved his ShoDan 1st Degree Black Belt in Judo in 2009 under The Buckeye Judo Club. He trained and competed diligently to receive his black belt after just 7 months of study.

In addition to close quarter combat training, he has extensive training in both firearms and personal protection (security consultant).
He has trained with John Farnham of Defense Training International, (DTI) in Colorado.
Mr. Farnam is considered the top handgun instructor in the nation.  He has personally trained thousands of federal, state, and local law enforcement personnel as well as civilians in the tactical use of firearms.
Mr. Sandhu continues his firearms training under Dr. Joseph Bobovsky, an Assistant Instructor of Mr. Farnam.

Mr. Sandhu’s philosophy regarding martial art training is that it is an integrated, comprehensive part of a person’s lifestyle.  Training strengthens the body, mind, and spirit. This is not to be confused as a religious statement in either Eastern or Western ideology.
The spirit is the core beliefs, internal strength and fortitude of a human being.
Martial training forges and advances this spirit to cultivate a person to be a good person in their family and community.