NINPO

The 36 Ninpo essentials (Ninpo Sanjurokkei) are made up of 2 categories: 18 basic martial arts (Bugei Juhappan) and the special 18 Ninja categories (Ninja Juhakkei). There are many Ryu-Ha of Ninpo: Gikan Ryu, Gyokko Ryu, Koto Ryu, Iga Ryu, Togakure Ryu, Kukishin Ryu, Shinden Fudo Ryu, Tatara Shinden Ryu, Kumogakure Ryu, ...

Some of the Ninpo essentials are: Tai-Jutsu (unarmed defense), Bo-Jutsu (full staff - 180 cm - 6 feet), Biken-Jutsu (secret sword techniques), Yari-Jutsu (spear), Tanto-Jutsu (knife), Hanbo-Jutsu (half staff - 90 cm - 3 feet), Shuriken-Jutsu (throwing blade), Hobaku-Jutsu (restraining), Tessen-Jutsu (iron fan), Naginata-Jutsu (halberd), Kiai-Jutsu (power yelling), Henso-Jutsu (disguising), Tenmon (astronomy), Kyu-Jutsu (archery), Kusarigama-Jutsu (sickle/chain), ... . Techniques of those Ryu-Ha have been systematically put together by Grandmaster Tanemura Tsunehisa Shoto Sensei to form the Genbukan World Ninpo Bugei Federation techniques.

The main categories in Ninpo are: Tai-Jutsu, Bo-Jutsu and Biken-Jutsu. One must first master these techniques because they are the 3 fundamental parts of Ninpo. First one must learn the basics of Ninpo Taijutsu (Kosshi-Jutsu, Koppo-Jutsu, Daken-Taijutsu, ...). Later one can learn Yari-Jutsu, Naginata-Jutsu, ... . The Genbukan Ninpo ranking system is from 10th Kyu to 10th Dan. There are Master licencing titles as : Renshi, Kyoshi, Shihan, ... .

The traditional Ninpo wear is a black Karate-Gi. From 10th Kyu to 1st Kyu we use a green belt with black stripes on it. From 1st Dan to 10th Dan we use a black belt with golden stripes on it. The Genbukan patch is worn on the left chest. If you are also a KJJR member, you wear this patch on the left upper arm.

The true martial artist will not be content with a way (Do) to learn ... His goal is to understand eternal truth, to live within the natural laws and to fully develop martial techniques. By maintaining the spirit of enlightenment, a practitioner can build up a society as perfect as possible.

This martial art is not called "Nindo" or "Ninjutsu", but "Ninpo" should be used, because of its high spiritual level. This ancient martial art, the mother of all martial arts, is like the rain of the water cycle: it remains constantly fresh and in motion ... .

Genbukan Ninpo Bugei is taught for illumination, awareness and defense of the mind, body and spirit. It combines 3 parts: martial arts, religion and culture. The true mission of the Ninja is to deliver light to a dark world through perseverance (Nin), making life a sacrifice for the peace of humanity. A true Ninpo martial artist must have a compassionate heart and pursues peace and harmony. Ninpo martial artists must do a service for humanity and use Ninpo for maintaining justice in our society. A true martial artist must also continue the handed down traditions of the Ninpo martial art, developing it further and actively spread it, to keep it alive for next generations ... .

If you want to train in the Ninpo-system you must be a member of Genbukan.