The system under which Mr. Wissler trained was called Bojuka Ryu. It was an eclectic system. Right around the time that he received his 2nd degree Black Belt, Sensei Leisure informed his students that Bojuka Ryu, as a system, in the Midwest was no longer existent. No one was to be designated to continue the system as it was.
As Mr. Wissler had been teaching Bojuka Ryu in Cambridge City, Indiana, this put him and his students in a bad way. He decided that he had to do something positive to continue his teaching, the students progress and maintain rank recognition in the process. One day while reading a martial arts magazine, he ran across an ad for IKSA. Having no idea what if was all about, he sent for the information.
IKSA turned out to be just what was needed, so therefore in August 1985 his school was chartered with them. This association allowed Aibudo to grow in many ways, one of which was the acceptance that Aibudo was a true system and that Dennis Wissler was to be recognized as the Soke of such. This resulted in the system being what it is today.
In 1998, because of some private differences, Aibudo quietly broke ties with IKSA. Since 1985, Mr. Wissler has deleted and added many techniques to develop an eclectic system that is useable to almost anyone, anytime. It is a very effective and respected system to anyone who has had to compete against it. The “internal system basics” are such that a student of the system becomes very effective within a few weeks of training.
Constant upgrades, changes and additions have been made since the beginning and other changes are expected to be made as time goes along. A system is only as good as the members and if the majority of members are not able to perform in the system, changes have to be made to mold them together as “One” (Goitsu).


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Picture and info provided by Master Chad Wissler.