Simon Keegan 4th Dan Renshi

Bushinkai grades are as follows with Dan-I grade in black; TEMAA coaching awards in green; UKBF Shogo in blue and Bushin Ryu densho in red.

10th Kyu White Belt
9th Kyu Red Belt
8th Kyu Yellow Belt
7th Kyu Orange Belt
6th Kyu Green Belt
5th Kyu Blue Belt
4th Kyu Purple Belt
C5 Assistant Instructor
3rd Kyu Brown Belt
C4 Club Instructor
2nd Kyu Brown Belt
1st Kyu Brown Belt
1st Dan Black Belt
C3 Regional Instructor
Menkyo: Oku Iri (Entrance to the secrets)
2nd Dan Black Belt
C2 National Instructor
Menkyo: Aiki no Jutsu
3rd Dan Black Belt
C1 International Instructor
Menkyo: Hiden Mokuroku (Catalogued secrets)
4th Dan Black Belt
Menkyo: Bushin Ryu
Menkyo: Kigan Ryu
Menkyo: Goshin no Te
SC1 Senior International Instructor
Shogo: Renshi (Polished Teacher) [Chinese equivalent Sifu]
5th Dan
6th Dan
Shogo: Kyoshi (Professor of Teachers) [Chinese equivalent Sigung]
Menkyo: Kyoju Dairi (representative headteacher)
7th Dan
8th Dan
Menkyo: Kaishaku Shoden (performing headteacher)
Shogo: Hanshi (Exemplorary Teacher)
9th Dan
10th Dan

In Bushinkai Sifu David Keegan holds the grade of 4th Duan (Dan) and Simon Keegan Sensei holds the grade of 4th Dan Renshi.

The senior teachers of TEMAA all received their grades prior to 2005 from Kokusai Budoin (which along with Dai Nippon Butokukai) pioneered the use of Shogo. In 2009 TEMAA, through its governing body the UKBF were awarded the mandate to present Shogo by the UK Director of Dai Nippon Butokukai.

'Renshi' is an official title in Japanese society, which originated in the samurai warrior class, and means a 'Polished Teacher' of a particular martial art. Ever since the Meiji restoration in 1868, the title was issued and recorded by the Dai Nippon ButokuKai in Kyoto, which became the National Governing Body and 'records office' for all of the traditional martial arts in Japan since 1895. 

The "Kanji" for Renshi is made up by Ren (as in Renshu) meaning Train, Polish, Refine; and (On the right) by Shi (as in Bushi) meaning Samurai or Gentleman.  Depending on the context, as in all Japanese writing, one reading is that it implies "A person who teaches Samurai" or in an alternative context it may be read as:- "A person who has become Samurai through their diligent efforts of training" (As distinct from one who is Samurai by blood, or inheritance).

Simon Keegan's Grading History (Adult Grades):

BAOMA
9th Kyu (Bushido Freestyle) - Awarded by Stephen Bullough (1995)
8th Kyu (Bushido Freestyle) - Awarded by Stephen Bullough (1996)
7th Kyu (Bushido Freestyle) - Awarded by Stephen Bullough (1997)
6th Kyu (Bushido Freestyle) - Awarded by Stephen Bullough (1997)
5th Kyu (Bushido Freestyle) - Awarded by Stephen Bullough (1997)
4th Kyu (Bushido Freestyle) - Awarded by Stephen Bullough (1998)
3rd Kyu (Bushido Freestyle) - Awarded by Stephen Bullough (1998)
2nd Kyu (Bushido Freestyle) - Awarded by Stephen Bullough (1998)
1st Kyu (Bushido Freestyle) - Awarded by Stephen Bullough (1999)
1st Dan (Bushido Freestyle) - Awarded by Stephen Bullough (1999)
KYR
1st Dan (Kiai Yamabushi Ryu) - Ratifed by Jaimie Lee-Barron (2001)
1st Dan (Seiki Juku Shotokan Karate) - Ratified by Robert Carruthers (2001) 
2nd Dan (Kiai Yamabushi Ryu) - Awarded by Jaimie Lee-Barron (2002)
IMAF
2nd Dan (Nihon-den Jujutsu) - Ratified by Dave Wareing & Jack Hearn (2003)
2nd Dan (Seiki Juku Karate Jutsu) - Awarded by Robert Carruthers (2003)
3rd Dan (Niseikai Karatedo) - Awarded by Reiner Parsons (2005)
WKA/UKBF/TEMAA
4th Dan (Bushinkai Freestyle) - Awarded by Peter Lewis (2007)
1st Dan (Jin Hu Quan Taiji) - Awarded by David Keegan (2009)
Renshi (Shogo) - Awarded by Colin Hutchinson & Reiner Parsons (2010)