Here is a fun video of a young Soke Hatsumi, enjoy! This interview was done a long time ago and included as part of an extra for a movie.

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Takagi Yoshin Ryu (High Tree Raised Heart School)

Just an update in addition to the newsletter about the school for this year's focus. From this Spring till next Spring, we will be exploring the Takagi Yoshin Ryu Jutaijutsu (Jujutsu). This is a very old school from Japan and is often called the body guard school. It is one of the Bujutsu (Samurai fighting arts) schools of the Bujinkan. This school had very close ties to the Kukishinden Ryu, another Bujutsu school, and possibly one of the most prominent Samurai schools/families in Japan. FYI, Kukishinden Ryu is another of the Bujinkan's schools that Hatsumi is the Soke of. We will explore Takagi Yoshin Ryu as only part of our overall training. The largest portion of training will still be the Ninjutsu syllabus of the TenChiJin. The remainder of the training will be in Takagi Yosin Ryu, or studying which ever of the past yearly themes we are currently on as we work through all past themes. See you on the mat!

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A Must Read...

I read this blog article and really enjoyed it. It describes the nature of training and learning in the Bujinkan really well. I'd post the whole article here, but that might violate some plagiarism laws and I wouldn't want to be rude to the author, even though it is intended as a sincere compliment because of how good it is. I will just post the link here: http://kumafr.wordpress.com/2014/01/11/not-wanting-in-order-to-get-it/

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Gift From the Heart to all the Bujinkan

So as you may or may not know, the Hambu Dojo in Japan is being torn down because of railroad expansion. This has been planned for quite some time, and Hatsumi's influence in the country is very likely what has staved it off for so long. However, it is certainly going to happen know very soon. A new Hambu Dojo will be built to replace this one so many in the Bujinkan have called or thought of as their home dojo away from home ; ).

As a gift, a Bujinkan member, William O'neill, spent hours working on a miniature replica of the Hambu Dojo to give as a gift to Hatsumi. The detail is amazing and Hatsumi said he will place it in the new dojo when it is built. This will be a gift for the whole Bujinkan. Read more about it here in a blog written by William's teacher. http://bujinkansantamonica.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/a-gift-from-heart-to-all-of-bujinkan.html

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2014 Tai Kai

Boy was Tai Kai fun, and exhausting, but in a good way! The theme was "All Things Bladed," and it lived up to that name. Not only was there training in swords and knives, but we did throwing weapons and archery as well. There were many excellent training weapons to play with like yari (Japanese spear) and naginata (Japanese halbred). We ended the seminar playing with kunai, which requires very good taijutsu as it was part of Soke Hatsumi introducing the advanced principles on Juppo Sesho. What is best about Tai Kai is the unified friendship all us budo (warrior path) brothers and sisters share at this event. The Bujinkan is like one big family. And in Idaho, your place for training in the traditional martial arts of the Bujinkan is with us at the Living-Warrior Dojo, located in Meridian.

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