Bujinkan
Sign in to saveThe is an international martial arts organization based in Japan and headed by Masaaki Hatsumi. The combat system taught by this organization comprises nine separate ryūha, or schools, which are collectively referred to as Bujinkan Budō Taijutsu. The Bujinkan is most commonly associated with ninjutsu. However, Masaaki Hatsumi uses the term Budo (meaning martial way) as he says the ryūha are descended from historical samurai schools that teach samurai martial tactics and ninjutsu schools that teach ninja tactics.
Key facts
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- Japanese kanji ideogram, BUJIN, as used in 'Bujinkan'. BUJIN roughly translates to Divine Warrior or Spiritual Soldier, whereas 'KAN' is used to mean 'palace or castle' – therefore Bujinkan can roughly be equated to Palace of the Divine Warrior.
- Martial art group.name
- Bujinkan (武神館)
- Martial art group.founder
- Masaaki Hatsumi
- Martial art group.head
- Masaaki Hatsumi (初見良昭)
- Martial art group.arts
- Bujinkan Budō Tai jutsu
- Martial art group.ancestor schools
- • Gyokko-ryū Kosshi jutsu • Kotō-ryū Koppō jutsu • Shinden fudō-ryū dakentai jutsu • Takagi Yōshin-ryū Jūtai jutsu • Kukishinden Ryu • Gikan-ryū Koppō jutsu • Togakure-ryū • Gyokushin-ryū ninpō • Kumogakure-ryū ninpō
- Martial art group.website
- http://www.bujinkan.com
- Martial art group.logo
- 250px|Bujinkan-logo
- Martial art group.logocaption
- The Bujinkan Logo
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Training
- Taijutsu
- ''Tori'' and ''Uke''
- ''Ukemi'' and balance
- Physical conditioning
- Origins
- Recent history
- Ninpo
- Gyokushin-ryū Ninpō
- Togakure-ryū
- Uniforms and rankings
- ''Kyu'' levels
- ''Dan'' levels
- Criticism of historical claims
- References
- External links
The is an international martial arts organization based in Japan and headed by Masaaki Hatsumi. The combat system taught by this organization comprises nine separate ryūha, or schools, which are collectively referred to as Bujinkan Budō Taijutsu. The Bujinkan is most commonly associated with ninjutsu. However, Masaaki Hatsumi uses the term Budo (meaning martial way) as he says the ryūha are descended from historical samurai schools that teach samurai martial tactics and ninjutsu schools that teach ninja tactics.
==Training== The Bujinkan organization incorporates the teachings of the martial arts lineages (ryūha) that Masaaki Hatsumi learned from Takamatsu Toshitsugu under the banner of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. These are: Togakure Ryū Ninpō Taijutsu (戸隠流忍法体術) Gyokushin Ryū Ninpō (玉心流忍法) Kumogakure Ryū Ninpō (雲隠流忍法) Kotō Ryū Koppō jutsu (虎倒流骨法術) Gyokko Ryū Kosshi jutsu (玉虎流骨指術) Kuki Shinden Ryū Happō Bikenjutsu (九鬼神伝流八法秘剣術) Shinden Fudo Ryū Dakentai jutsu (神伝不動流打拳体術) Takagi Yoshin Ryū Jūtai jutsu (高木揚心流柔体術) Gikan Ryū Koppō jutsu (義鑑流骨法術)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bujinkan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.