The US Federation of Battodo is affiliated with the All Japan Battodo Federation (ZNBR) whose Kaicho is Mitsuo Hataya Sensei,  9th Dan Battodo; 9th Dan and Chairman, Toyama Ryu Iaido Federation, and direct student of Nakamura Taizsaburo Sensei; 7th Dan, Kodachi Goshindo Federation, and Dojo Cho, Seizankai Sword-Art Dojo, Machida, Japan.  He is also active in Doshinei Ryu Naganatado and Takeda Ryu Yabusame. Hataya Sensei has enthusiastically supported the development of Battodo in the United States and elsewhere in the world.  It is under his umbrella that the US Federation of Battodo has fashioned itself.  He will spend two days in Memphis in February teaching tameshigiri and kenjutsu bokken.