Bujinkan Shinmyōken Dōjō
Classical Japanese Martial Arts in Westchester New York
Established 2005
Japanese budō as transmitted by Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, Sōke of the Bujinkan Dōjō.
Dōjō-chō: Fred Feddeck (Shidōshi)
Saturday Mornings | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Malcolm Wilson Park Scarsdale Road
Yonkers, NY 10707
Yonkers, NY 10707
Dojo contact: bujinkanshinmyoken@gmail.com
Located in Westchester New York, we are martial arts training group founded in 2005 with the aim of coming together as martial arts friends to study the Japanese martial arts of Masaaki Hatsumi through the lessons of the Bujinkan Dōjō.
We practice the Japanese martial art of Bujinkan budo taijutsu (divine warrior martial arts ways of moving the body), which is an expression of martial arts movement transmitted by Masaaki Hatsumi.
Drawing from the lessons of old-style Japanese martial arts schools (ryu-ha) that he inherited from his teacher Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Masaaki Hatsumi's budo taijutsu may be described as a system of philosophy expressed through movement of the individual with the aim of becoming zero (muto dori).
Training incorporates a variety of movement skills, including strikes, throws, locks, and immobilizations, along with studying a number of traditional Japanese training tools such as the sword, stick, and spear: kenjutsu, bojutsu, sojutsu.
These martial arts lessons are used as a way to understand human movement, how the individual moves, how other people move, and how they all move when it come together, allowing for the practitioner to adapt appropriately for the situation at hand.
In that moment of action, regardless of style, technique, or application in the martial arts there is only movement.
The point in time when action takes over and there is only you and the other person- will you know what to do?
What are the martial arts?
How are these arts transmitted to the next generation?
How does one “learn” the martial arts?
Our martial arts are about movement and understanding how the human body works mechanically.
There are no techniques or set forms- the transition of the art is in understanding the manipulating of distance and timing. It is the passing of eternal ideas and strategies from teacher to student as it was done by the Japanese samurai for hundreds of years before.
Our practice is about illustrating the concepts so one can better understand them and begin to see them in the day to day movement of people.
First you understand yourself and how you move, then how others move, and finally by combining the two one arrives at the transmission of the art.
Our art is about creating opportunity in the moment, an opportunity to put yourself in a better situation, an opportunity to neutralize a situation, and opportunity above all others to escape a situation and make it back home safely.
These are the questions we explore in each class, and the solution to that moment of action- in that moment of critical decision there is only movement.
Training Principals:
Control the distance, timing, & rhythm.
Movement will open up opportunities for techniques.
Always keep moving!
Self-defense is NOT about fighting, it is about escaping and extracting yourself from a dangerous situation.
Forget the notion of beginner or advanced, every moment in training has the opportunity for a personal breakthrough.
The most important martial arts skill is not about fighting, it is awareness of the situation before, during, and after.
First you become aware of how your own body moves in the martial arts, then how your training partner’s body moves, and then you prevent them from moving with the awareness of how you move.
Movement will open up opportunities for techniques.
Always keep moving!
Self-defense is NOT about fighting, it is about escaping and extracting yourself from a dangerous situation.
Forget the notion of beginner or advanced, every moment in training has the opportunity for a personal breakthrough.
The most important martial arts skill is not about fighting, it is awareness of the situation before, during, and after.
First you become aware of how your own body moves in the martial arts, then how your training partner’s body moves, and then you prevent them from moving with the awareness of how you move.