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The following information is presented here as a valuable resource to
persons interested in learning authentic Bujinkan Budô Taijutsu (BBT). This
information is valuable to persons in the south-central Pennsylvania area and
around the world too. Each martial art and self-defense system has their own
unique requirements that determine who is, and who is not, an qualified
instructor. Below are the requirements to become an instructor in Bujinkan Budô
Taijutsu as determined by Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi.
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Instructor |
Instructors must possess the following official documents
that are written in Japanese and issued by Hatsumi Sensei.
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Assistant Instructor |
Assistant Instructors (shidoshi-ho) must possess the following official documents
that are written in Japanese and issued by Hatsumi Sensei, OR be teaching under
very close
supervision on a fully qualified instructor.
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Training Group |
A group of people that are interested in BBT and usually have
some "limited experience" but do not have a qualified
instructor that regularly teaches class. The person(s) teaching could have
a black-belt, a green belt or have no rank at all in BBT. Sometimes, these
groups work totally on their own and try to attend BBT seminars whenever
possible to increase their limited knowledge. Other times they may
have a working relationship with a qualified instructor. ALL HONEST
TRAINING GROUPS WILL IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS HAVING LIMITED INSTRUCTIONAL
ABILITIES, AND WHO, IF ANYONE, IS THEIR INSTRUCTOR MENTOR. |
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Fake |
Any person who blatantly lies or deceptively misleads others
with greatly exaggerated claims of their knowledge of Bujinkan Budô Taijutsu and their
qualifications and authorization to teach. There are people with
absolutely no experience in BBT that are claiming to teach BBT. There are
other people that have very limited experience in BBT and have not trained with
any BBT instructor (nor attended any seminars) for many years, but still
claim to be teaching it. Some of these people even have low level BBT black-belts too. Many times
these deceptive persons will use Hatsumi Sensei's name freely and may also
use their past instructors name freely too. This "name dropping"
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Important Note!
Hatsumi Sensei supplies ALL certificates of promotion, from green-belt to
black-belt. If your instructor is promoting you, and telling you that it is for
Bujinkan Budô Taijutsu, you MUST receive official Japanese certificates.
Hatsumi Sensei says that no other fake certificates (those not issued by him)
are valid. Below are examples of what these certificates should look like.
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Kyû
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Shodan Certificate |
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Godan Certificate |
Judan Certificate |
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Teaching Certificate |
These certificates have all been issued by Hatsumi
Sensei. Your "official" certificates should very similar to
these, but there will be a few differences in persons name, date and rank.
There will also may be differences in the stamps applied to the certificates.
The bottom two images are wallet type cards and must be issued annually.
Only the front of these cards has been shown here. |
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Bujinkan Membership Card |
Instructor Membership Card
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If you would like to verify the authenticity of a Bujinkan
Budô Taijutsu instructors teaching credentials please contact us. We are more
then willing to help. We know instructors from across the US, Europe, and in
Japan. The Bujinkan is a very close-knit organization and all qualified
instructors are known by other qualified instructors.
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