11/10/2026
Manu 🙏🏻
Honours and Appointments within the Kokusai Butokukai
It is our great pleasure to announce a series of significant honours within the Kokusai Butokukai.
Meijin Jean Chalamon, 10th Dan, has today appointed Jean-Michel Argant, Max Bouton and Stephan Peitz as HANSHI during the training course in Mulhouse. In addition, Manuel Estevez and Christophe Odorico were awarded the title of KYOSHI.
These honours recognise not only their long-standing commitment to the martial arts of Shorinji Ryu, but also their dedication to their preservation, further development and transmission. They symbolise a path characterised by devotion, responsibility and continuous self-improvement.
We offer our heartfelt congratulations to all those honoured on this special recognition and wish them continued success and fulfilment on their martial arts journey.
Congratulations!
(From the left: Odorico, Argant, Peitz, Chalamon, Bouton, Estevez)
