What is the Bujinkan

05/18/04

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The Bujinkan Dojo is the home of Masaaki Hatsumi's Bujinkan Budo Taijusu.

The Bujinkan Dojo consists of nine traditions (ryu) which Hatsumi Sensei is Soke (Head of school) which are listed below:

Togakure Ryu Ninjutsu  34th Soke
Kumogakure Ryu Ninjutsu    14th Soke
Gyokushin Ryu Ninjutsu  21st Soke
Gyokko Ryu Kosshijutsu     28th Soke
Kukishinden Ryu Happo Bikenjutsu  28th Soke
Shinden Fudo Ryu Dakentaijutsu  26th Soke
Koto Ryu Koppojutsu  18th Soke
Gikan Ryu Koppojutsu  15th Soke
Takagiyoshin Ryu Jutaijutsu  17th Soke

Masaaki Hatsumi lives in Noda-Shi, Chiba Prefecture,Japan where he was born in 1931. He has studied martial Arts from an early age, and met Toshitsugu Takamatsu (who was the previous head of the above schools) in the mid 1950's. Hatsumi sensei trained with Takamatsu sensei for 15 years before he was granted the title of Soke of the nine schools that he learned from Takamatsu sensei.

Bujinkan translates as 'Divine Warrior Hall' and the Bujinkan is an international organisation with dojo's all over the world.

The Honbu (Headquarters) is located in Noda-Shi, Japan an that carries the title of Bujinden 'Divine Warrior Palace'.

 

 

 


 

     

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