Bujinkan Kyo Dojo

The wait is almost over. Re-opening the dojo in September in Henderson, NV. Tues & Thursday evenings. Let the training begin!!!

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"Among the nine schools, Togakure-ryū is the one that has less information, the one that a lot of people believe is not legitimate; but it was the first one that Hatsumi-sensei presented [to the world], more than Gyokko-ryū, Kotō-ryū, or Takagi Yōshin-ryū.

The name of Togakure, or Togakushi, is named after a place, a village in Japan in the Nagano prefecture, deep in the mountains. We already have the proof and existence of that name already in the 7th century. This place is known to have many caves and waterfalls where a monk, hermit, or ascetic could go to practice, and also, warriors who are looking for places to hide could find sanctuary.
Without talking too much about the history of the school, you need to understand that the name of the school only started to be used as a name maybe six or seven generations after the foundation of the ryū-ha. Of course it’s the name of a village, which means the 'hidden door' or the 'door that hides something'. Just by that alone, you need to understand that what we do, the movement we do, we are always looking for the hidden door. Something that no one can see, or a way to find what the enemy has hidden. What he hides. How to find the weak point that is hidden. And, at the same time, to create a door for which to hide things.

This is how it’s deep Togakure-ryū is. That’s why you have many weapons. That’s why you have 'kakushi buki' (hidden weapons; 隠武器). That is why the movement is really hard to demonstrate.
At the same time, you have a lot of techniques within the school, but everything has to be summarized to a few methods, which when you look at them, it looks strange. You ask yourself if this is even possible to perform this. So, you have to understand a few things about this school and that it is very deep.

When Takamatsu-sensei began learning from Toda-sensei, he started at nine years old. He began with Togakure-ryū, then Gyokko-ryū. And, the first thing that he taught him in Togakure-ryū is the art of walking. Even a prodigy still needs someone to transmit, teach, instruct, and correct him. So my question to you, and listen carefully, is how do children, and Takamatsu sensei was still a child, even one considered a genius, a prodigy at nine years old, not know how to walk? And, this was a child with exceptional abilities of the genius-level. Someone who would quickly reach the level of 'Menkyo Kaiden' (“fully transmitted”; 免許皆伝), the validation of having been transmitted every level of a ryūha, many weapons, techniques, etc.; yet the master said to him that he didn’t know how to move; he needed to learn how to walk? This means something pure and essential, that makes all the techniques truly become sublime and invisible, was not yet known or grasped by Takamatsu-sensei. This is what Togakure-ryū is. Because, one must remember, if you see it, it is not Ninjutsu."

✹ KACEM ZOUGHARI 忍

An event to plan to be at...

may2020nagatodaishihan - DBDI Approved by Hatsumi Soke, Nagato Daishihan will be teaching a three-day Bujinkan USA 2020 Training Event in Dayton, Ohio, USA on May 1-3, 2020. Nagato Daishihan has been training with Hatsumi Soke for more than 43 years. The event is open to US and international Bujinkan members to attend.

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