Please Note: Sensei (Japanese) is used to address any teacher(Of any Discipline) literally translated means “Person Born Before Another” (Kōjien Japanese dictionary, entry for 先生) and in our Context is Interpreted only as “The One Who Has Gone Before”, Thus it should not be interpreted as anything more than a simple Guide.
About Sensei Michael
Sensei Michael Rajchandra, a former Software Engineer who chose to follow his passion for Martial Arts, has been deeply fascinated by martial arts since the age of 9, inspired by the philosophies and teachings conveyed through traditional martial art practices. With over 35 years of experience, his journey has been one of relentless learning, self-reflection, and growth. He has been physically training in various martial art systems since 1997, which include:
# Basic Training in Martial Sport
- Karate Do, TaekwonDo [Under Renshi Lewis Tito]
# Martial Art Training in Traditional Way
- Karate Do [Received 8th Kyu Under Renshi Lewis Tito, Received 1st Degree Black Belt Under Sensei Rajeev Sabharwal, Received Training for 2nd Degree Black Belt Shihan K. V. Subramanyan]
- Aikido [Received 2nd Kyu Under Sensei Paritos Kar]
- Shaolin Kung Fu [Received Xiao Jiaolian Under Shifu Kanishka]
# Basic Training in Martial Combat
- Pekiti Tirsia Kali & Muay Thai [Received Assistant Instructor Training Under Shifu Kanishka Sharma]
# Martial Arts Training for Healing and Meditation
- Tai Chi Chuan Forms + Qi Gong [Received Instructor Training Under Laoshi K.V. Subramanyan, Shifu Kanishka Sharma)
# Meditations Training/Retreats/Workshops attended
- Martial Art Awareness Meditation [At All Dojos]
- Zen [At Bodhi Zendo]
- Vipassana [At Dhamma Sota]
- Gnostic Meditation [At YMCA]
All these MA Systems have helped him go full circle and learn whatever little he knows about Martial Arts, Its Philosophy and other things related to it today…
Sadly, Martial Art, its Philosophies(Specifically those which are the core essence of Oriental Martial Arts) and are based on Deep Spirituality, which focuses on Non-Violence, Peace, Compassion, Love, Sacrifice, Sharing, Perfection Of Character & Maintaining the Peace, Balance and Harmony of Life, is of little interest to & makes no sense to a huge part of the people in the world today who are filled with Insecurity, Hatred, Anger, Jealousy, Greedy etc.
Having benefited from these values and virtues, Sensei as dedicated the rest of his life to share his way of Martial Arts, especially its Philosophy, Spiritual Essence, Meditation and Self-Healing methods to those who love these jewels and are interested in learning the same.