Shinkendo recently experienced it's 17th Shosai. On May 10th 1990 Obata Toshishiro founded the International Shinkendo Federation. If you have not already, please take the time to read a little bit about the origins of Shinkendo at the link below.
http://www.shinkendo.com/origins.html
http://www.southwestshinkendo.com/article.php?story=20070513200554777