The Finnish Kendo Association's (FKA) three-level tutor education program is primarily aiming to improve the capabilities of iaido, jodo and kendo instructors. From a wider perspective, the tutor education program integrates the FKA into the world of Finnish physical education by developing the clubs and the possibilities to practise the disciplines of the FKA. The FKA's tutor education program is based on a holistic view of human beings. The effects of the learning process as a factor in forming identity has been carefully considered. A constructivist approach to learning has been taken as a theoretical frame of reference. In this study, its major applications are the model of expertise in skill acquisition and the model of progressive inquiry learning. The tutor education program has also its own four stage evaluation program. The traditional teaching methods of kendo and the rules and activities of the FKA are fundamental guidelines for the tutor education program. One purpose of the tutor education program is to answer the growing need for qualified instructors for all the FKA disciplines who are able to teach different age groups, coach teams, act as competition judges and be members of grading panels. The FKA's instructors are under growing pressure from higher and higher expectations, therefore the FKA has to improve their pedagogical and communication skills. In the tutor education program instructors will also be given basic information on health, welfare and ethics. The program is made up of weekend courses on different themes and training camps, where teaching skills are put into a practice. The aim of the first level of tutor education is to ensure that instructors know how to teach the techniques of kendo, iaido or jodo. The first level gives an assistant instructor basic knowledge on the following topics: how to plan training sessions, how to teach, physical training and the process of skills acquisition. The second level of tutor education is to develop the skills of the head instructors in clubs who are responsible for judging and grading. Other topics dealt with on the second level are: communication skills, planning of training, coaching, development of training methods and leadership. On the second level the instructors' own responsibility to evaluate and reflect on their own actions are strongly emphasised. The third level of the tutor education program helps senior teachers to become experts in their own areas of interest. On the third level instructors are expected to make a wide scale project for the FKA, which has to be planned, executed and reported. Instructors will take courses or acquire education to help them achieve these goals.