toriiofwa@andersons-web.com

Nestled in the trees of Brooksville, the Torii of Wa Dojo is the International Headquarters of Wa No Michi Ryu Martial Arts. open for a few private students who wish to learn about the Martial Arts style of Wa No Michi Ryu. Chief Instructor Hanshi Jim Anderson, F.S.B.B., is a Hachidan 8th degree Black Belt and the President of Wa No Michi Ryu Martial Arts. In close contact with Hanshi Michael McGann, F.S.B.B. a Judan 10^th degree black belt and the Soke of Wa No Michi Ryu Hanshi Anderson works with the arts of Karate and Kobudo at the Torri of Wa.

Torii of Wa dojo was started by Soke McGann, he placed it in the capable hands of Hanshi Anderson when he moved to Clearwater in 1998. Hanshi Anderson has been the Chief Instructor since that time. Soke McGann keeps his hand in the training by attending almost every class held here. The Torii of Wa is a family dojo and a not a business dojo for sure. We offer Wa No Michi Ryu Karate and Kobudo to a few students who wish to work with Soke McGann and Hanshi Anderson, and several other fine black belt instructors. If you are in the Central Florida area and would like to find out more about this dojo family please e-mail us for more information.

Pictured above are HanshiJim Anderson, F.S.B.B. on the left and Soke Michael McGann, F.S.B.B. on the right.

Click here to go to the Hanshi Jim Anderson bio page.

Click here to go to the Soke Michael McGann bio page.

The Chief Instructor for the Torii of Wa is best known as "Michael's Dad" or "Amy's Husband". However he has a few credits of his own that he brings to the dojo. You can read about all of those on Jim's bio page which you can reach by clicking his name in yellow above.

Along with his Martial Arts activities, Jim has been the head coach of his sons Hernando Youth League Basketball team and an assistant coach to his sons Hernando Youth League Baseball team. In oher HYL sports activities Jim has helped coach soccer teams as well as sponsoring teams when possible. Jim has an active Scouting back ground as well, having served for many years as a Scoutmaster as well as many other positions within the Boy Scout Ranks. In Cub Scouts Jim has been an Advancement Chairman and served as a Den Leader of Cub Scout Pack #71 in Brooksville Florida. Jim was on the School Advisory Council for Brooksville Elementary School for five years, after serving as co-chair for a year he was voted Chairman of this Council each of the following two years. Brooksville Elementary is the school where Michael graduated with straight "A"s! Want to see Michael's award winning web site? Then Click Here!! Jim also served as the Vice Chairman of the Parrott Middle School Advisory Council for one year and Chairman for two more as Michael moved through Middle School. Moving on to high school, Jim served one year as secretary of the Hernando High School Advisory Council, then a year as it’s vice chair and then was voted in as chair of this council. Jim could not complete the full school year as chair because of a health issue, but remained in charge of the student SAC at Hernando High as well as becoming sub-comiittee chair of the joint meeting sub-committee. In his spare time Jim is Web Master of Anderson's Web, the home of this web page as well as many others. Jim earned his living however as owner of Anderson's Music, which dealt in Native American Music, which Jim just loves to sing at Native American Gatherings. Jim is now retired.

Wa No Michi Ryu Karate and Kobudo is an American Christian style of Martial Arts created officially in 1995 by Soke Michael McGann. Wa No Michi Ryu means the "Way of Peace" and is a combination of various systems: Karate, Kenpo, KungFu, Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Aikido and Kobudo. To excel at anything in this life it is very important to have a way to follow. Our current membership is composed of people of many faiths and cultures, and all are welcome to become part of the Wa No Michi Ryu family. Soke McGann, a very devout Christian, he is following the lead of the Native American Church where Christians and non-Christian Traditionalists are all part of the same congregation and family. Soke McGann is a strong enough Christian to allow people of all beliefs to be part of the family and share the common ground in the "Way of Peace".

Wa No Michi Ryu is recognized both Nationally and Internationally and the list of systems that recognize our system reads like a Martial Arts who's-who. Our list of affiliates also is very impressive. We owe all of this to our great leadership in Wa No Michi Ryu. You can view much more about Wa No Michi Ryu at it's web site which can be reached by the link below.

Thank you for the visit to our page, we hope you will come back often. Please visit these special friends via the links below. 

Wa No Michi Ryu Martial Arts

McGann's Art Gallery