Introduction
Bujinkan includes nine traditional schools or Ryu Ha (流派).
We study fighting armed techniques (Katana & Wakisashi, Spear, Halberd, Staff, Knife, Sickle, Rope, Japanese Armor ...) and unarmed (Punches, Kicks, Blocks, Locks, Strangulations, Throws ...)
Dated between 9th and 15th century, these combat methods were created on the Japan feudal battlefields.
The study of Budo Taijutsu (武道体術) has only one goal, to achieve natural movement.
It is a method, apart from efficient self-protection, to maintain excellent health, develop the body's natural resistance and increase cognitive perceptions.
Techniques are not "stuck" into the practitioner's body but adapts to his physical abilities and personality.
Those techniques uses the whole body allows the practitioner to create a movement suited to his own body.
Bu Jin Kan means :
武 = Military-War
神 = Spirit-Heart-Divinity
館 = Mansion-Palace-Hall
Hatsumi Soke gave this name to the organisation in memory of his Sensei,
Takamatsu Toshitsugu, from his Chinese nickname "Wǔ Shén" (武神) or "God of War".
He inherited this name during his ten years of Musha Shugyo (武者修行) in China,
however he spent time in Korea and Mongolia as well.
We study fighting armed techniques (Katana & Wakisashi, Spear, Halberd, Staff, Knife, Sickle, Rope, Japanese Armor ...) and unarmed (Punches, Kicks, Blocks, Locks, Strangulations, Throws ...)
Dated between 9th and 15th century, these combat methods were created on the Japan feudal battlefields.
The study of Budo Taijutsu (武道体術) has only one goal, to achieve natural movement.
It is a method, apart from efficient self-protection, to maintain excellent health, develop the body's natural resistance and increase cognitive perceptions.
Techniques are not "stuck" into the practitioner's body but adapts to his physical abilities and personality.
Those techniques uses the whole body allows the practitioner to create a movement suited to his own body.
Bu Jin Kan means :
武 = Military-War
神 = Spirit-Heart-Divinity
館 = Mansion-Palace-Hall
Hatsumi Soke gave this name to the organisation in memory of his Sensei,
Takamatsu Toshitsugu, from his Chinese nickname "Wǔ Shén" (武神) or "God of War".
He inherited this name during his ten years of Musha Shugyo (武者修行) in China,
however he spent time in Korea and Mongolia as well.