PROFILE ON MASAAKI HATSUMI

Born in Noda City Chiba Prefecture, Masaaki Hatsumi spent his youth training in a number of martial arts amongst which he was highly accomplished in judo, karate, aikido, traditional budo and western boxing. Upon meeting his future teacher the renowed warrior Toshisugu Takamatsu, he had never looked into the "face of budo and found it glaring back". Through this encounter he began his apprenticeship in the nine lineages he inherits as 'Soke' (lineage head).　

Togakure Ryu 34th generation
Kukishinden Ryu 28th generation
Gyokko Ryu 28th generation
Koto Ryu 28th generation
Shinden Fudo Ryu 26th generation
Gyokkoshin Ryu 21st generation
Takagi Yoshin Ryu 17th generation
Gikan Ryu 15th generation
Kumogakure Ryu 14th generation

Combining the essence of these teachings he established the Bujinkan (Devine Warrior) Dojo to teach the importance of 'total awareness' through the martial arts.

Soke Hatsumi's unique training and teaching style of never repeating the same technique twice, is based on the principle of "one technique in response to varying situations will produce innumerable variations". It's this training philosophy of moving away from the 'form' of the technique, to developing one's response in accordance to the situation at hand, that brings forth a heightened awareness and a more dynamic budo.

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