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History
The Bujinkan (Warrior Spirit Training Hall or House of the Divine Warrior), or more properly the Bujinkan Dōjō is
a martial arts organization. It is headed and operated by sōke Masaaki Hatsumi , who learned from Toshitsugu
Takamatsu . The Bujinkan hombu dojo is in Noda just outside Tokyo. Bujinkan dōjō can be found all
over the world.
The Bujinkan Dōjō method is named Bujinkan Budō Taijutsu , and is a collection of nine martial arts
family lineages, called ryūha. The art was previously called Bujinkan Ninpō Taijutsu and before that it was
known under the more generic name of ninjutsu - a name that many serious practitioners of the art today avoid as it has
acquired something of a bad reputation.
(Taken from Wikipidea.)
Wikipedia
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Masaaki Hatsumi is the founder of the Bujinkan Dojo, with it's Hombu Dojo located in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Dr. Hatsumi inherited the nine schools that comprise the Bujinkan from the late Toshitsugu Takamatsu Soke shortly before Takamatsu's
passing in 1972. Hatsumi named his organization Bujinkan (Devine Warrior Training Hall) in honor of Takamatsu, whom he considered
a Devine Warrior.
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Toshitsugu Takamatsu was known as Moko No Tora (Mongolian Tiger). Once while in the mountains of China, he was attacked
by several bandits. One of the bandits grabbed Takamatsu around the waist. The bandit suddenly screamed, and letting go of
Takamatsu, fell to the ground holding his face. Takamatsu later said he did not know what he had done to the man but, feeling
something wet and warm in his hand, he realized he had plucked the man's eye out. He gave the bandit first aid and then charged
him for his services.
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