Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu is a martial arts school that stems from Ninja and Samurai techniques and tradtions. Known as “the Bujinkan”, it is the school of Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi in Japan. Hatsumi Soke presents once ancient knowledge of the ninja (ninjutsu) and samurai martial arts techniques and philosophies. Also known as shinobi arts or ninpo, Hatsumi Soke teaches the warrior code of Budo along with thousands of self defense techniques passed down from generations of legendary martial art wisdom.
Grandmaster of the Bujinkan, Masaaki Hatsumi
Masaaki Hatsumi is the founder and current Soke (Grandmaster) of the Bujinkan Organization and he openly teaches Ninjutsu and Samurai techniques, applied to modern environments as well, in a system/school that he calls Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. He is also a doctor in Japan, specializing in the science of bones. Students of the Bujinkan train in dojos and clubs around the world and also at the honbu dojo (home dojo) in Japan. The Bujinkan teachings are comprised of the 9 ryu (once-secret schools of martial arts grounded in ninja and samurai history.) He inherited the position of sōke of the 9 ryū from Takamatsu. Many other techniques remain secret and are intentionally not taught openly.
The openly taught 9 ryu Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu are:
- Togakure-ryū Ninpō Taijutsu (戸隠流忍法体術)
- Gyokko-ryū Kosshijutsu (玉虎流骨指術)
- Kuki Shinden Happō Bikenjutsu (九鬼神伝流八法秘剣術)
- Kotō-ryū Koppōjutsu (虎倒流骨法術)
- Shinden Fudō-ryū Dakentaijutsu (神伝不動流打拳体術)
- Takagi Yōshin-ryū Jūtaijutsu (高木揚心流柔体術)
- Gikan-ryū Koppōjutsu (義鑑流骨法術) Gyokushin-ryū Ninpō (玉心流忍法)
- Kumogakure-ryū Ninpō (雲隠流忍法)
What is Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu Training?
The most comprehensive Bujinkan Black Belt and Mastery courses on the planet are available from dozens of Dai Shihan sensei around the world. The Dai Shihan are the highest ranking sensei in the Bujinkan organization. Each sensei is permitted to develop their own curriculum. Unlike other highly regimented martial arts, there is no single ‘system’ to follow for training or rank. You can find a selection of video and live training programs that are all quite different. It’s a beautifully endless journey, not a proscribed set of steps.
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What does it mean to Be A Ninja in the 21st century? From Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu Grand Master Masaaki Hatsumi at the Honbu Dojo in Japan flows everything we call Ninja. Read this excerpt from the Bujinkan Honbu Guidelines:
The tradition recognizes nature and the universality of all human life, and is aware of that which flows naturally between the two parts:
•The secret principle of Taijutsu is to know the foundations of peace.
•To study is the path to the immovable heart (fudoshin).
Just as there are various time zones, so exist various taboos among the worlds peoples and nations. We must respect each other, striving to avoid such taboos. We must put the heart of the warrior first, working together for self-improvement and for the betterment of the organization.
Learn about Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu from Hatsumi Soke Himself
Read Bujinkan guidelines at Hatsumi Soke’s home website.
Hatsumi Soke’s wisdom is translated into timeless books about Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu, ninpo, shinobi, ninjas, samuria, fudoshin, traditional weapons, modern applications of the art, the warrior code of Budo and much more. Hatsumi Soke teaches thousands of ancient ninjutsu, ninpo waza and had developed limitless modern ninja training applications under the Bujinkan organization, which has thousands of students worldwide.
Recommended Hatsumi Books:
Essence of Budo: The Secret Teachings of the Grandmaster
Unarmed Fighting Techniques of the Samurai
Hatsumi and Takematsu on Enlightenment
“Real ninjutsu is not for assassins or wrongdoers, but for those who wish to cultivate perseverance and endurance in order to find better ways of leading a happy life. Looking back over nine hundred years of history, ninjutsu was understood as shinobu ho or a way of perseverance and endurance; and then came to be called ninjutsu (nin meaning perseverance and jutsu meaning an art. ) The well-tried ninjutsu developed into ninpo, which embraces a religious and philosophical concept as well as the art of war.” (-Hatsumi Soke, from Essence of Ninjutsu, ch.6)
Takematsu was the teacher of Hatsumi.
“I’m not telling you to defeat the enemy, but be a man who can live. Never be enslaved by martial arts take pleasure in them. I wonder if only one out of tens of thousands of people can take pleasure in martial arts, though.The ninja should dedicate themselves to sincerity and justice. Sincerity is also interpreted as trust. Trust has many meanings. It can be understood as advent or coming which may be the advent of the mind and eyes of god or communication between human beings and god. It also means faithfulness or being unsuspicious.” (Takematsu to Hatsumi, Essense of Ninjutsu p.68)
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