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Each Monday we publish two lists. Bujinkan News is short summaries of articles that actually appeared that week, with a link back to the original page. The seminar list is upcoming training: taikai, workshops, and camps, in date order, again with the organiser’s URL. Neither list is an official Honbu calendar. If a page is wrong or sold out, the source site wins.
Use the lists to plan travel. Use the source link to register. That is the whole site.
Past Bujinkan News and past seminars stay on the site as an archive. Use those lists to read earlier Monday digests, compare dates, and open the original source pages. New weeks are added; old weeks are not deleted.
If you want a seminar or a news item to appear here, publish it on your own website with dates, place, and how to register. Do your own marketing on that public page. If the page is clear, we can find it on the next Monday pass.
This Week in Bujinkan
A quieter week, with good things in it. Noguchi Sensei’s taikai in Pilar, Argentina, his first visit to South America, ran 16–18 October, and dojos there have started sharing photos from the mat. Michael Glenn streamed a long Bujinkan Live on 陰陽 in’yō, Swedish clubs are picking up their phones to film training, and Nagato Sensei’s Denver 2028 date is now on the calendar. Don’t miss Paul Masse’s talk with Duncan Stewart below. (image: Tallinn seminar 2020, Mats Hjelm)
— Saga
Words from Sōke
“Remember this flow. The flow of life force.”この流れを覚えろ。生命力の流れ。
“I’m teaching your own life force, you see. Life force.”自身の生命力を教えているんだからね。生命力。
“Please keep at it.”頑張ってください。
— Hatsumi Sōke, from the last training in the Ayase dojo, Tokyo, 30 June 2015.
Bujinkan Seminars
- 2026-44 Weekly Seminars
Seminar list compiled and published by The Toryū Team from public listings · 26 October 2026, 09:14 CET
2026-10-30 – 2026-11-01 — Shiraishi Taikai
Potsdam, Germany · bujinkan-dojo-potsdam-ev.de
Shiraishi Taikai 2026 Germany with Daishihan Isamu Shiraishi, 30 October to 1 November at Luftschiffhafen Potsdam. Tickets are sold out. Sakki test is possible; yondan certificate copies must be submitted by 30 September 2026. Contact [email protected].
Helsinki, Finland · bujinkankingdojo.com
Bujinkan evening seminar on Thursday 13 November 2026 at Bujinkan Sakura Dōjō in Helsinki, Finland. Instructor Peter King, Jūdan Kūgyō, Dai-Shihan and Bujinkan Dōjō Shiten’nō. Organiser Erick Ellison; contact [email protected].
2026-11-13 – 2026-11-15 — Nagato Sōke Taikai Tasmania 2026
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia · nagatotaikai2026-tasmania.com.au
Bujinkan Tasmania Dojo hosts Nagato Sensei in Hobart, 13–15 November 2026. Limited to 70 Bujinkan attendees in a traditional dojo setting for a focused, personalised experience of Nagato Sensei’s taijutsu. Venue listed at 159 Macquarie St, Hobart TAS 7000. Contact [email protected] or 0421 024 714. Waitlist noted on the organiser site.
2026-11-21 — Nidan–Yondan Curriculum Workshop
Dayton, USA · daytonbujinkan.com
Dayton Bujinkan Dojo Nidan–Yondan curriculum review on Saturday 21 November 2026, 11:00–16:30, at 3180 Kettering Boulevard, Moraine, Ohio. Jeff Ochester and lead instructors review nidan, sandan, and yondan requirements toward the godan sakkijutsu test. 40 USD, pay at the door. Open to Bujinkan students 5th kyū and above and approved guests.
2026-12-05 — Daikomyosai Stockholm
Västerhaninge, Sweden · somo.social
One-day seminar Saturday 5 December, 10:00–17:00, at Nynäsvägen 190, Västerhaninge. Instructor Rikard Sundelius. Theme is his understanding of Kotō-ryū, kurai dori, and the last nine shoden-gata techniques. Dojo opens 09:15, dinner from about 19:00. 500 kr. Register by Swish to 123 683 52 27 with event and name.
2027-01-15 – 2027-01-17 — Paul Masse
Green Bay, USA · paulmassegreenbay.com
Paul Masse teaches ninpo taijutsu at Oneida Casino Hotel, Green Bay, 15–17 January 2027. Friday 17:30–20:00, Saturday 10:00–17:30, Sunday 10:00–16:00. 155 USD for three days or 75 USD for one day. Open to all Bujinkan ranks. Hotel J has an 89 USD block under Paul Masse Bujinkan Seminar until 16 December 2026. Contact Shihan Daniel Metoxen.
Dayton / Moraine, Ohio, USA · daytonbujinkan.com
Bujinkan 2027 Noguchi Tai Kai, hosted by Daishihan Sean Askew (BKR Budo) at Dayton Bujinkan Dojo, 5–7 March 2027. Facility is about 9200 sq ft with 100+ tatami mats. Registration website, hotel information, and taikai logo still to be announced. Contact and visitor tips via daytonbujinkan.com.
2027-04-23 – 2027-04-25 — Nagato Taikai Spain
Valladolid, Spain · taikainagatospain2027.com
Toshiro Nagato Dai Shihan, Sōke of Shinden Fudō-ryū Dakentaijutsu, teaches a taikai in Valladolid, Spain, 23–25 April 2027. Hosted by Bujinkan Collado Dojo. Official interpretation into English and Spanish. Clean black keikogi; only wooden or plastic weapons. Photography during training is not permitted. Detailed schedule and pricing still to be published.
2027-05-27 – 2027-05-29 — Furuta Taikai Germany
Dietzenbach, Germany · bujinkandeutschland.de
Furuta Taikai Germany 2027 with Sōke Koji Furuta and Shoshi Nakagawa, 27–29 May 2027 at Hotel Sonnenhof, Dietzenbach (Frankfurt area). Authorised by Hatsumi Sōke. Theme is a résumé of recent teachings on Kumogakure-ryū, “Beyond the Nature” / Shizen no Chōetsu. Limited to 300 tickets. Early hotel booking by phone 06074 4890 with code TAIKAI 2027.
Helsinki, Finland · noguchifinland.com
Noguchi Yukio Sensei teaches a three-day taikai in Helsinki, 6–8 August 2027. Open to Bujinkan members in good standing; beginners welcome. Ticket covers all three days, programme booklet, and certificate. Super Early Bird 225 €, Early Bird 270 €, Regular 300 € until 31 May 2027. Payments via Stripe. Venue and hotels to be published closer to the event. Contact [email protected].
2027-09-17 – 2027-09-19 — Kunoichi Tai Kai 2027
Berlin, Germany · bujinkan-berlin.com
Kunoichi Tai Kai 2027 in Berlin, Germany, 17–19 September 2027. Save the date; more information to come. Listed by Bujinkan Berlin among the big events of 2027 and on Go Bujinkan, which names www.kunoichi.berlin as the event site.
2027-10 — Nagato Taikai
Ewell, Surrey, UK · uktaikai.org.uk
Nagato Sensei’s first U.K. taikai is listed for 2027 in Ewell, KT17, near Epsom in Surrey. Exact dates still to be confirmed. Open only to current Bujinkan members. Two-day attendance is given priority. Early-bird tickets, merchandise, and a banquet can be booked on the official U.K. Taikai site.
Denver, Colorado, USA · daytonbujinkan.com
Save the date: Rich Pace, Bujinkan Daishihan and dojo-cho of the Denver Bujinkan Dojo, hosts Nagato Sensei in Denver, Colorado, in March 2028. Exact dates, venue, lodging and cost will be announced as each is settled, and registration opens in 2027.
Stockholm, Sweden · bujinkan.se
Nagato Taikai Stockholm, 1–3 September 2028. Announced by the Swedish Bujinkan Federation on behalf of Nagato-sensei, Sōke of Shinden Fudō-ryū. Organiser Fredrik Markgren of Bujinkan Mutekatsu Hyōhō (Sundbyberg). Further schedule and registration details are still to come; watch bujinkan.se channels and the seminar page.
Bujinkan News
- 2026-44 Weekly News
News summaries compiled and published by The Toryū Team from public sources · 26 October 2026, 09:14 CET
2026-10-19 · bujinkan.se
The board of Svenska Bujinkanförbundet, the Swedish Bujinkan Federation, has decided this autumn to step up its activity on social media, mainly Instagram and TikTok, and is asking member clubs for help. The aim is to show how widely the art is practised in Sweden, from Malmö in the far south to Piteå in the far north. Clubs are invited to film as much of a training session as they can on a phone in portrait format, varying the angles: close-ups of details such as a strike landing or a grip in a throw, and full shots of the whole technique.
2026-10-07 · bujinkan.se
On the weekend of 2–4 October, Bujinkan Norrköping hosted a seminar with Shawn Gray, a Canadian practitioner now living in New Zealand who spent more than 17 years in Japan studying under Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi and his closest students, often serving as interpreter and uke. Around 20 practitioners from Swedish dojos and from Finland trained the exercises and methods Shawn teaches his students in New Zealand. The weekend focused on fundamental ukemi, with and without weapons, and on how he trains Sanshin no kata and Kihon Happō. It was his 16th visit to Sweden; the last was Stockholm in 2016.
2026-10 · insideninjutsu.com
How do you know a technique really works? Speaking with Bujinkan Gokui Dōjō, Dai-Shihan Rob Renner says you have to test it against resistance. “There’s no correct way of doing kihon happo,” he argues; what matters is whether you can make it work. Students first learn positions and mechanics with a cooperative partner, then the partner begins to stiffen, withdraw or block the lock. The answer is not to add strikes or muscle when a technique fails, but to refine timing, positioning and body mechanics, while partners communicate so that joint-lock practice stays safe.
2026-10-01 · insideninjutsu.com
Inside Ninjutsu asks what comes next for the Bujinkan, with Hatsumi Sensei now in his nineties. In a video posted by Bujinkan Gokui Dōjō, Dai-Shihan Rob Renner, who began training in the early 1980s and has lived in Japan for over a decade, calls his years under Hatsumi and the senior instructors a “golden age”. Nagato, Noguchi, Oguri and Ishizuka were united through Hatsumi rather than close to one another; Oguri and Ishizuka have since passed away. Renner warns the art could split into “little teeny tiny empires” and says he is focusing on relationships and a wider network instead.
2026-09-28 · bujinkan.se
On 26–27 September the Swedish Bujinkan Federation held this year’s Sverigeläger in Nynäshamn, hosted by Bujinkan Nynäshamn with Magnus Minghetti as head instructor. More than 30 participants from around Sweden trained under the theme “Bujinkan in everyday life”. Saturday opened with the school techniques Kokū and Renyō, then became a workshop where groups worked through scenarios that put them in unfamiliar roles, sparking deep discussion. Robin Norrman of Bujinkan Dojo Malmö received the federation’s gold medal for many years as treasurer. On Sunday groups showed their own interpretations of school techniques. Ken Banh describes warmth, community and friendship.
2026-09-25 · bujinkan.se
Ken Banh interviews Gustavo Rodriguez of Bujinkan Bushin Dōjō in Västerhaninge after a weekend under Rob Renner in Barcelona. Renner has lived many years in Japan and regularly translated for senior Japanese Shihan. Rodriguez calls his teaching unique: deep Bujinkan and Japanese culture, plus an athletic background that breaks down principles Japanese instructors often take for granted, all in clear English. Takeaways include totoku—always ready for the next attack—and Renner’s depth on Sanshin and Kihon Happō. He stresses testing techniques on different partners as one of Bujinkan’s six treasures, and urges people who can to train with Renner at Honbu.
2026-09-25 · toryu.se
Toryū explains Taka no Mai (Hawk Dance), a TenChiJin Ryaku no Maki training form under Hira-ichimonji no kamae taught only by kuden. The side-to-side rock with arms out builds leg strength, balance, and hip and spine mobility in little space. The essay traces 鷹 (taka) versus falcon vocabulary and 舞 versus 踊り, then describes left/right weight shifts into strike kamae with Shikan-ken. Toryū also discusses tai shichibunme—working at about 70% so 30% remains in reserve—and recalls watching “Mr T” explore full reach at Daikomyosai 2009 in Ayase.
- Complete KOTO-RYU KOPPOJUTSU with MATS HJELM
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All 60 Kotō-ryū Koppōjutsu techniques, filmed at the Bujinkan Kaigozan Dojo in Stockholm in summer 2015: Gohō no Kamae, Shoden, Chūden, Hekitō, Okuden and Kaiden kata. Each technique is shown several times from all angles, including slow motion, with no verbal instruction and chapter markers for easy study. Six HD files, 55 minutes in total, 1280×720. $24.99 download. A good companion ahead of Noguchi Sensei’s 2027 taikai in Dayton and Finland.
Selected to match this week’s Bujinkan news and seminars.
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