Sensei S.C, a personal student of Takeshima Toshio Soke, started training Eishin Ryu in Japan in 1983 and was the first westerner initiated into Tosa no Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu. Sensei S.C was awarded Kongen no Maki (Menkyo Kaiden) by Takeshima Soke in 1995, the fifth such license awarded in the previous 50 years. Sensei continues to be a part of Eishin Ryu in Japan and is an iai brother of Muranaga Soke.
During his stays in Japan, Sensei S.C lived in Gokukuji, a small Zen training temple known for its intensive Sesshin which focus on 17 hours a day of zazen.
Sensei S.C. was a national level swim coach for 18 years but gave it up to go to medical school and then residency in Emergency Medicine after he spent time volunteering in the shantytowns of Delhi, India. He directed a 50,000 visit per year Emergency Department for a very nice but under-served population on the Navajo Reservation. Sensei has also done 6 international medical missions ranging from 1 week to 3 months. Sensei recently retired.