Practitioners are studying the Ninjutsu and Budo Taijutsu arts worldwide now. The International Bujinkan Dojo Association IBDA has had a strong position in offering the world the teachings of Soke Masaaki Hatsumi for about 40 years now. 

We have a dedicated mission to help those without reputable certified teachers in their area have the opportunity to study the art until a teacher develops near them or they become one themselves.

This process, although not always appreciated by those that do not understand our goal and how much we help people with our program, has been highly successful. At IBDA we have worked very hard at creating a trust able standard and a study curriculum that is 2nd to none.

At IBDA we have strived to make our ranks mean that you actually learned something to get them. At IBDA we have worked hard to have a unified organization where every instructor is trained to be an instructor and knows all the material up to their grade.

You may be thinking “Well, isn’t it that way everywhere?” It should be but it is not. Bujinkan ranks do NOT mean the same thing from one dojo to another unless you are with IBDA. All IBDA dojos have a set standard that students learn for a grade. AND they also study whatever they want in addition to the material tested on. No limits!

Hatsumi-Sensei (Now retired) had chosen to have no uniformed organization and no structure to the teachings or to the rank grade system. This freedom is wonderful in so many ways and yet can be a major challenge to an art that grows beyond a few teachers.

You see there has been no qualification of what it means to be a teacher in the Bujinkan. Nor is there any structured study curriculum in the Bujinkan. So untrained instructors can teach whatever they want to make up. There is no set structure for what a rank grade is in the Bujinkan. So the ranks vary so much making it hard to decide on choosing a real good Bujinkan teacher. With IBDA you will go through a Teachers Training Program and become certified.

Because of all these variations in grades unscrupulous Bujinkan instructors go around giving seminars and issue new rank grades to students that they have only met a few hours before. This is harmful to the elated student and the instructor who is now powerless to help guide their own students along the Budo path. I have seen great harm come in this immature and inconsiderate grading method by even high ranked instructors. I personally feel that no one should rank someone else’s student. There is a great meaning to the student-teacher and the art relationship; if not there is no relationship. Call me old fashion if you want. But this is the way martial arts has been handed down for hundreds of years and why I have stuck closely to my teacher, Soke Hatsumi, all these years when others haven’t. Enough said on this.

• We offer a solid connect to Soke Hatsumi in Japan, near 40 years of affiliation. 
• We offer a well established Organization with students and Instructors all over the World.
• We offer a solid proven strategic study system (tested over 35 years in over 100 countries) taking you from beginner to Master. We offer all of Soke Hatsumi’s study materials, as well as a University of Ninjutsu/Budo Taijutsu studies from Doshi Richard Van Donk both online and in complete Dojo/Distant Learning Courses. Plus forums and a Ninja Vault. Ninjutsu.com Youtube and Ninjutsu.com Facebook Channels.
• We offer a solid proven ranking system. You know what to study for your next grade.
• We Offer you Ninjutsu / Ninpo Taijutsu teachings that are NOT taught in Japan. You learn this first just like Doshi Richard Van Donk did. Then you learn Budo Taijutsu starting at Nidan.
• We offer you a school by school wazas training plus the master principles of Budo Taijutsu.
• We offer you a Teachers Training Course – to become a Shidoshi teacher of the “Warrior Ways of Enlightenment”.
• We offer you an IBDA Teachers Council to help you personally with your lessons both in and out of the dojo. The teachers are called Shidoshi or Shidoshi-ho, a junior teacher. At 5th dan you become a Shidoshi.
• We offer the opportunity when eligible to take the 5th dan, Godan, Sakki test anywhere in the world. Doshi Richard Van Donk has been authorized to administer this test on behalf of Soke Hatsumi. Please note he will only do this for prequalified IBDA students. Your IBDA instructor will let you know. All other need not apply. We do not grade other peoples students.
•  We offer private lessons (in person or by Skype), seminars, and Tai kais.

To learn more please visit http://www.ninjutsu.com/ and www.BudoTaijutsu.com to learn more about our art and what we offer you.

See you on the mat,

Richard Van Donk, Doshi

The International Bujinkan Dojo Association (aka American Bujinkan Dojo) and Bushindo Martial Arts University is the One Stop Shop for Authentic Ninjutsu Information, no one offers more information to the general public than we do. In offering our students a direct lineage to Soke Masaaki Hatsumi in Japan.  It was Doshi Van Donk that helped create Hatsumi videos and at one time was the only official Hatsumi (Quest Co. Ltd) video distributor outside of Japan. 

We secured English subtitles on Soke’s videos so that you can better understand what he is teaching and now the conversion to DVD is in progress. We also secured distributors for his Japanese and English book titles and hired translators of his Japanese books (both in and out of print). We established a structured step- by- step Ninjutsu learning and ranking system all the way to 10th dan for interested parties. 

We have a Ninjutsu forum where students can help each other learn and find training partners. We have a Shidoshi training program and a how to open and run a successful dojo for our affiliated IBDA members. Every licensed iBDA teacher in Ninjutsu must be certified by Doshi Richard Van Donk first as a Shidoshi-ho (licensed instructor) and then as a Shidoshi (Master teacher of the warrior ways of Enlightenment- 5th degree rank is required). 

We now have many affiliated training groups and Branch dojo’s and Bujinkan friends (Buyu) all over the world. Hundreds of our students are now Shidoshi (5th dan or above) and a many are Judan (10th degree level). We are proud of that success as it says we are doing many things right.