Kyoshi
Patrick Donahue started formal training in the Martial Arts in
1976 at the age of six at an American Kenpo Dojo in Taunton,
Massachusetts. In 1982, Kyoshi Donahue moved to Nashua, New
Hampshire and continued his training, this time at a Chinese
Kempo school. After
graduating from high school, Kyoshi Donahue continued his martial
arts studies with a more serious approach. Searching for a
true traditional Sensei, he finally met a Master Instructor,
Sensei Sali Azem, and began training with him in
1988.
Through Azem
Sensei, Kyoshi Donahue met and trained with many Budo instructors.
To name a few of them: Hanshi Richard Bernard (Goju-ryu Karate),
Shihan Dennis Palumbo (Hakkoryu JuJutsu), Renshi David
Poulicakos (Okinawan Kobudo), and Master Teruo Chinen (Goju-ryu Karate-do).
On Kyoshi
Donahue's nineteenth birthday he received a gift certificate from
his father to train with Soke Mike Pabst. Kyoshi Donahue
accepted this gift and began studying with Soke Pabst in 1989.
Kyoshi Donahue continues his studies with Soke Pabst to this day
as his direct student.
In
1995 Kyoshi Donahue founded and opened the Brattleboro School of Budo.
In 1997, Kyoshi Donahue and the School of Budo became official members
of Shidokan International, founded by Hanshi Richard Bernard. This
partnership continued until 2003 when the Brattleboro School of Budo
resigned from Shidokan Intl. The separation occured in good standing
and with no ill will. The School of Budo looks forward to future
projects with Shidokan International on the Martial Path we are both
on.
In
1996, at the request of Soke Mike Pabst, Kyoshi Donahue looked into the
Kokonryu Renmei International, an organization that Soke Pabst was
affiliated with, headed by Soke Thomas Burdine. In 1998, Kyoshi Donahue
and the Brattleboro School of Budo became official members of the
Kokonryu Renmei International. In 2006, Brattleboro School of Budo
resigned from this organization in good standing and with no ill will.
Today, the School of Budo is an independent dojo, continuing to grow
with the guidance of Kyoshi Donahue's teacher, Soke Mike Pabst.
Kyoshi
Donahue has trained all over the world, throughout the United
States, Europe, Australia, Okinawa, and Japan. He continues his personal training with some of the most
respected Sensei in the world today. Some of the
teachers that Kyoshi Donahue has trained with either extensively,
or in repeated seminars, include:
- Soke Mike Pabst (Aiki Budo)
- Sensei Sali Azem (Shorin-ryu and Aikijujutsu)
- Master Teruo Chinen (Goju-ryu)
- Hanshi Richard Bernard (Goju-ryu)
- Shihan Dennis Palumbo (Hakkoryu Jujutsu)
- Soke Thomas Burdine (Aikijujutsu, Aikido)
- Sensei David Poulicakos (Okinawan Kobudo, Kobu-jutsu / Karate-Do)
- Soke John Rubiano (Jujutsu)
- Sensei George Donahue (Matsubayashi-ryu)
- Sensei Jeremy Hrbek (Judo)
- Master Wally Jay (Small Circle Jujutsu)
- Nidai Soke Okiyama (Hakkoryu Jujutsu)
- Erle Montaigue (Tai Ji and Baguazhang)
- Master Zenpo Shimabukuro (Seibukan Shorin-ryu)
- Kyoshi Dan Smith (Seibukan Shorin-ryu)
- Steven Seagal (Aikido)
Just to name a few...
Kyoshi
Donahue is a certified practitioner of Koho Shiatsu (acupressure)
and provides treatments in several locations around Vermont. He continues to teach
and study the healing arts as part of his Budo. Kyoshi Donahue also practices and teaches Zen meditation
and Eastern philosophy. In
addition to this work, Kyoshi Donahue teaches Non-Violent Crisis Intervention
to private group homes and other psychiatric residential care
facilities. He worked at one of
the largest psychiatric hospitals in the U.S. doing mental health
work and crisis intervention for over six years. Kyoshi Donahue has taught Budo (as a fully accredited
course) at Marlboro College, a well known liberal
arts institution in Marlboro, Vermont, and runs programs at various Elementary and High Schools in the region.
Kyoshi Donahue is co-owner of Tri-State Firearms LLC, with a store in
Vermont and New Hampshire. Tri-State Firearms supplies police and
civilians with the highest quality self-defense goods and related
equipment, as well as NRA Certified safety courses. Tri-State
Firearms will be opening a indoor shooting range
soon, early memberships are on sale now. Kyoshi Donahue is a
certified instructor of Home Firearm Safety and Basic Pistol courses,
along with co-owner Eric White.
