Jutte Ten no Kamae
BRIEF HISTORY OF NINJUTSU IN UK
While Stephen K. Hayes was introducing and promoting ninjutsu in
On October 1983 , Bo F. Munthe ,3rd dan, Branch Chief of Europe, personal student of Ishizuka Sensei and member of the Bujinkan Dojo,Ishizuka Society came over to teach two, one day courses held in London and Dublin on the invite of course organiser, Brian McCarthy ,Brian had previously attended a 5 day training seminar organised by Stephen K. Hayes in Ohio in 1982, Keith Lebihan from London also attended. Bo was joined on the courses by Sveneric Bogsator, 1st kyu, the only other person attending the
The following year , March 1984, Sveneric and Brian both received their 1st Dan, shidoshi ho from Dr Hatsumi in Japan and Bo was promoted to 4th Dan all three were made personal students of the Soke, from this association the EBNS was formed, later that year at the August camp in Wales, Bo F. Munthe promoted Matts Gulberg, Sveneric and Brian to 2nd Dan and in the spring of 1985 Peter King received his 1st Dan, shidoshi ho from Grandmaster Hatsumi, the first person in the UK to do so, by the end of 1985 saw the demise of the EBNS and putting it in simple terms, in the UK, Bo’s students went with Bo and Brian’s students went with Brian.
Since 1985 much has changed, without the contribution made by all the above named individuals, as well as the original area representatives and training group leaders who organised courses and training in their areas ninjutsu would not be as well established as it is in Europe, UK and Ireland, all played their part.
Now there are many teachers, too numerous to mention as the Bujinkan has grown, in the beginning there was only one teacher , Bo F. Munthe, the man everyone called sensei, he’s where it all began in Europe , he’s part of our history, part of our lineage.
KUMOGAKURE RYU (HIDING IN THE CLOUDS SCHOOL)
Hatsumi Soke is the 14th Grandmaster of this school, to date to my knowledge Sensei has not taught or given much information out in regards this school.
GYOKUSHIN RYU (IMMOVEABLE HEART SCHOOL)
Hatsumi Soke is the 21st Grandmaster of this school and to date Sensei has demonstrated only the feeling of the school, has not to date shared any real information on the school to my knowledge. The school was founded by Sasaki Goeman Teruyoshi.
GIKAN RYU (TRUTH, LOYALITY AND JUSTICE SCHOOL)
Hatsumi Soke is the 15th Grandmaster of this school and this school is the first of the three where very little is known even amongst some of the Japanese shihan, I wish this was not so, but to my knowledge like the following two, Hatsumi Soke has only demonstrated the feeling of the school not any actual techniques, nor has the structured outline of the various levels been given so all I will say is the founder was Uryu Hangan Gikanbo and the school was founded in the 15th century.
KUKISHINDEN RYU ( NINE DEMON GODS TRADITIONS SCHOOL)
Hatsumi Soke is the 26th Grandmaster of this school which was founded by Izumo no kanja Yoshiteru early 11th century , (this is the gentleman that also founded the Shinden Fudo Ryu) , its from this school that the weapons taught in the Bujinkan mainly come from.
TAKAGI YOSHIN RYU (RAISING THE HEARTS TO HIGH TREES SCHOOL)
Hatsumi Soke is the 17th Grandmaster of this school also known as the bodyguard school , founded by a Buddhist monk, Uryu around the late 15th century and developed further in the middle of the next century by Takagi Oriemon Shigetoshi .
SHINDEN FUDO RYU (IMMOVEABLE GODS TRADITIONS SCHOOL)
Hatsumi Soke is the 26th Grandmaster of this school founded in the 11th century by Izumo no Kanja Yoshiteru. The school is divided into Dakentaijutsu and JuTaijutsu.
KOTO RYU (KNOCKING TIGERS DOWN SCHOOL)
Hatsumi Soke is the 18th Grandmaster. Momochi Sandayu, founder of Iga Ryu Ninjutsu was a Grandmaster of the school.
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