Instructors and Classes information:

Michael Smith, based on the west coast of Canada, has studied under several very experienced Bujutsu practitioners for many years. With training 3 – 4 days a week and regular trips to seminars around the world, he has earned a Teacher’s license (Shidoshikai) under Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, 34th Grandmaster of nine ancient Samurai and Ninja schools.

These schools and their ideals have been brought together under Soke Hatsumi, into a system called the Bujinkan Dojo, for them to be studied individually and collectively. Most of them date back to the Middle Ages - some as far back as 600ad.

Michael has over 30 years of backcountry survival experience right here in some of B.C.’s most remote areas and is a business owner in our community. He is operating this school to help afford the costs involved with traveling for this kind of education

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About the Classes:

There are structured classes 2 days a week for 2 hours: Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings. All classes are held outdoors in our local parks, forests, mountains, and beaches - rain or shine. We believe that an art that adheres to the principles of nature is best learned out there in all of its elemental variety. Outdoor survival is constantly being learned through ever changing terrain, weather, and dressing appropriately.

Body conditioning, multiple opponents of varying sizes, and training in the dark are also important aspects of our relaxed atmosphere classes. Without weight divisions, trophies, tatami mats, or regulations, we are free to explore many different scenarios and solutions.

Many local seminars with other schools and traveling Master Teachers are scheduled throughout the year. There are also opportunities to travel to other parts of the world to learn from various teachers and to Hombu Dojo in Japan to learn from Soke Hatsumi directly.

*** In honour of (what we believe to be) the spiritual nature of Ninpo’s history, this school is not operated as a business. Moneys collected go toward equipment for the dojo (personal bills are paid for through outside employment) and to travel costs for further learning, which is then taught in the dojo.

How to Begin Training:

Call 604 740 9498 or email Michael