New Soke Successors of 9 Ryu Ha



At around the time of Soke Masaaki Hatsumi's 88th birthday (Beiju: ja:米寿) on 2 December 2019, he announced his successors

 

At around the time of Soke Masaaki Hatsumi's 88th birthday (Beiju: ja:米寿) on 2 December 2019, he announced his successors for most of the above schools:

 

Tsutsui Takumi
筒井巧

Noguchi Yukio
野口幸夫

  • 35th successor of Togakure-ryū

 

  • 19th successor of Kotō-ryū

 

Ishizuka Tetsuji
石塚哲二

Nagato Toshiro
長登敏郎

  • 29th successor of Gyokko-ryū

 

  • 27th successor of Shinden Fudō-ryū

 

Kan Jun'ichi
菅純一

Sakasai Norio
逆井 則男

  • 22th successor of Gyokushin-ryū

 

  • 18th successor of Takagi Yōshin-ryū &
  • 16th successor of Gikan-ryū

 

Furuta Kōji
古田恒二

  • 15th successor of Kumogakure-ryū

Iwata Yoshio
岩田義雄

  • 29th successor of Kukishinden-ryū

 



2018 All the old Studens of Soke Masaaki Hatsumi they recived the award from the imperial house Higashikuni.
[This house is special in that it is not controlled by the imperial family (from which he has also received and imperial award) and is separate from government control. This award was first given in 1963 and the winners of the award are chosen by elite scholars in Japan.]

 



2017 Right to the left: Kan Jun'ichi - Toshiro Nagato - Yukio Noguchi & Seno Hideo

 


2017 The old Students they recived the Special price from Soke, For than 50 years of training.
Left to Right: Seno Sensei, Noguchi Sensei, Ishizuka Sensei, Nagato Sensei & Kan Sensei

 

 

 

 

 

Bujinkan Greece Dojo - Ninpo Taijutsu

温故知新
On ko chi shin

"To Study Something Old and Discover Something New"

 

 

Bujinkan Greece Dojo - Ninpo Taijutsu


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