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Masaaki Hatsumi is the Grandmaster or "Soke" of this art
Masaaki
Hatsumi ( 初見良昭 ) is the founder and current
Soke, or Grandmaster, of
the Bujinkan Organization, currently residing and teaching in the city
of Noda, Chiba, Japan. He is also a doctor of oriental medicine,
specializing in the mending of bones. From his martial arts
instructor he inherited the position of sōke (headmaster) of 9 ryū
(schools of martial arts):
*
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)
Masaaki
Hatsumi focuses the training of the Bujinkan on the "feeling" of
technique, or perhaps more accurately, what he terms the feeling of
real situations. While technical knowledge of an art is considered
important, the direction of this feeling-based approach guides the
practitioner towards a "natural understanding" of what links various
martial lineages as well as what is most effective in real situations.
In addition Bujinkan students do not participate in martial art
tournaments as it is Hatsumi's belief that martial arts are not about
winning or losing but about surviving. (from Wikipedia) |