2011 Bujinkan Theme
(From Hombu/Ayase)

The theme for 2011 seems to be "Kihon Happou", but Soke uses different Kanji as usual, and we still have no idea as to what it actually means.

 

Budo Taijutsu

Shidoshi Ross Brinsden & Shidoshi Matt Fisher

 

   

The Bujinkan  is an international martial arts organization based in Japan and headed by Masaaki Hatsumi, it is best known for its association with ninjutsu. The system taught by this group, called Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu, consists of nine separate martial arts traditions.

 

The Bujinkan organization incorporates the teachings of nine martial arts lineages (ryuha)

 

Togakure-ryu Ninpo Taijutsu 
Gyokko-ryu Kosshijutsu 
Kuki Shinden Happo Bikenjutsu 
Koto-ryu Koppojutsu
Shinden Fudo-ryu
Takagi Yoshin-ryu Jutaijutsu
Gikan-ryu Koppojutsu
Gyokushin-ryu Ninpo
Kumogakure-ryu Ninpo

 

The head of the Bujinkan organisation, Masaaki Hatsumi, is the lineage holder of several ryuha taught in the Bujinkan, transferred to him in the middle of the 20th Century by his teacher Takamatsu Toshitsugu