Welcome to the Jacksonville Bujinkan Website.

Our goal is to help you develop skills that will allow you to have an understanding of martial combat as taught by Soke Masaaki Hatsumi, which he calls Budo Taijutsu.

Budo Taijutsu is a comprehensive martial art based on 9 ryu (schools), the oldest of which dates back over 1000 years.

"Ninpo began as training to become a moral people and to learn to endure in whatever social condition one is in; to know and accept one's fate, and to live for human beings and all other creatures. The person who masters all of these is a Ninja." (Soke Masaaki Hatsumi)

"Being a real ninja means living a good life, a life under the sun - a special place in the sun; to love people, to understand nature and animals, and to love the universe. This type of love I speak of must have a kind of balance in it: It is not only give and take, it is also give and return. The mind of a ninja is a mind of mercy, a mind of God. It is a state of mind that must be kept in order to live a straight, moral life."

"Looking for the meaning of life, one man can discover the order of the universe. To discover the truth, to achieve. a higher spiritual state, that is the true meaning of ninja.."

"Since ancient times, study of the arts and sciences were as important to martial arts as the study of self defense techniques. Ninja no kyomon, the study of all aspects of religion, medicine, mathematics and other disciplines are necessary, for correct judgment and selfunderstanding."