All About Us
A Living Lineage. A Path for Every Warrior.
The International Bujinkan Dojo Association and Bushindo University: bringing authentic Bujinkan Ninjutsu and Budo Taijutsu training to students around the world.
IBDA
International Bujinkan Dojo Association
The IBDA, a division of Bushindo University, is dedicated to helping you and others around the world more easily obtain quality Bujinkan Ninjutsu and Budo Taijutsu training and information. We are the one-stop source for authentic Ninjutsu information; no one offers more to the general public than we do. IBDA is dedicated to making a better Bujinkan through quality education.
Bushindo University
Living the Optimal Empowered Life
Bushindo University is dedicated to helping individuals have the most rewarding lives possible through its teachings, study materials and seminar events. Every course, from your first bow to Master Teacher, now lives there, online, on any device.
Our Lineage
From Teacher to Student, Unbroken
O’Sensei
Takamatsu Toshitsugu
One of the greatest martial artists to have ever lived. He not only practiced his Ninja art, he lived it, and victoriously fought many battles to the death against challengers. It is his legacy that has inspired us all.
Soke · Grandmaster
Masaaki Hatsumi
Inheritor of the nine schools from O’Sensei Takamatsu, and founder and International Director of all Bujinkan Dojos, with its Hombu Dojo, the Bujinden (Divine Palace), in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Founder · IBDA & Bushindo
Doshi Richard Van Donk
Personal student of Soke Hatsumi. Founder and Director of IBDA and founder of Bushindo Martial Arts University, supplying knowledge to students around the world from its International Dojo Headquarters in Middletown, California.
“When a person is motivated by a sense of justice and genuine sincerity, then he conforms to the Celestial Way.”Takamatsu Toshitsugu
Leadership
The Founders
Founder & Director, IBDA
Doshi Richard Van Donk
Personal student of Soke Hatsumi, and founder of IBDA and Bushindo Martial Arts University. Pioneer of distance learning in the martial arts since 1986, and author of over 75 books, courses and DVDs.
Read Doshi’s story →JuGodan · Bushindo President
Shihan Linda Van Donk
Personal student of Soke Hatsumi, Director of the ABD (American Bujinkan Dojo division of IBDA) and President of Bushindo. Shihan Linda is greatly responsible for the Ninjutsu courses being made available to the public.
Read Linda’s story →Our Art
The Nine Schools of the Bujinkan
The Bujinkan incorporates the teachings of nine martial arts lineages (ryūha), studied together as Bujinkan Budō Taijutsu.
Join the Lineage
Your Path Starts Today
Train with us from anywhere in the world. Step by step, rank by rank, with online training on computer, phone and tablet.
Doshi Richard Van Donk