BUJINKAN HISTORY
Bujinkan is a traditional Japanese martial art with its roots over 1,000 years back in time. Bujinkan is a collective name for nine different martial arts schools and Masaaki Hatsumi is the Grand Master, Soke. Previously, the art has been called Ninjutsu and Ninpo Taijutsu but in 1995 Hatsumi Sensei changed the name to Budo Taijutsu to reflect the art as a whole, since only three of the schools belong ninjutsu, the remaining six are samurai schools.
Hatsumi Sensei chose with this name in honor of his Sensei, and the last Grand Master, toshitsugu takamatsu (1887- 1972) when the subword Bujin refers to him in particular. Takamatsu was an extremely talented martial arts practitioner who was one of the last masters to use their skills in a real battle.
It was in the early 1970s when Hatsumi Sensei took over as Soke he decided to open up the art of the world and spread Bujinkan also to the West. Today the art has around one hundred thousand practitioners worldwide.
Read more about the Bujinkan Norrköping history here.
