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This is a partial listing of instructors. Stayed tuned for more as they become available. Check back from time to time.

Gillian Booth - Australia

Gillian Booth

Gillian es actualmente 15o Dan en la Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. Tiene más de 35 años de experiencia en artes marciales, y fue campeona australiana de Judo.

Gillian entrena al menos dos veces al año en Japón con Hatsumi Sensei, Nagato, Noguchi y Oguri Sensei, y otros shihan antiguos.

Gillian es una practicante y profesora dinámica. Posee títulos en administración y desarrollo organizacional.

Sitio web: http://www.courageousheart.com.au

Angeles Bordón Mendoza - Canary Islands

Angeles Bordón Mendoza

Angeles Bordón Mendoza, Shihan de las Islas de Gran Canaria, ha practicado en la Bujinkan desde Noviembre de 1988. Ha estudiado en Japón en varias ocasiones con Hatsumi Sensei y otros Shihan. Su primer viaje fue en 1991 y desde entonces regresa al menos una vez al año.

Angeles ha participado en diversos Taikai, con Massaki Hatsumi en Alicante, las Islas de Gran Canaria y Barcelona, al igual que en varios seminarios dipartidos por otros instructores de la Bujinkan.

Sitio web: no disponible

Sabine Frohlich - Germany

Sabine Frohlich

Sabine Fröhlich inicio en la Bujinkan en 1989. Desde entonces ha estado involucrada con la Bujinkan de Alemania y el dojo Dietzenbach, también de la Bujinkan. Su primer viaje al Hombu dojo fue en 1991, y desde ese momento ha participado en numerosos seminarios y Taikai, nacionales e internacionales.
Junto con su esposo, Steffen G. Fröhlich, organizó dos Taikai impartidos por el Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi en Alemania en 1994 y 1999, lo que les significó la Medalla Dorada otorgada por el Soke.

Sabine también está organizando y hará parte del Buyukai anual de Alemania

Sus hijos, Jacqueline y Robin, han entrenado Ninjutsu por años y bien se puede decir que toda la familia no solamente entrena Budo, sino que también viven la Bujinkan.

Sabine también practica y enseña Tai Chi, Qi Gong y Yoga
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Sitio web: http://www.bujinkandeutschland.de

Sheila Haddad - Germany/USA

Sheila Haddad

Sheila has been training and teaching martial arts internationally since 1989 She holds a 15th degree black belt in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu/Ninjutsu, and high ranks in several other Japanese style arts. Sheila trains regularly in Japan. In addition she teaches Self Defense workshops of all levels for girls, teenagers and adult women, with focuses on the psychological aspects of trauma and abuse, broadening awareness, developing intuition and sensitivities for prevention purposes. Through her affiliations, travels, and studies, she stays current with issues facing women of all ages in our society. Sheila is an Executive Board Member of American Women's Self Defense Association, a member of the National Women's Martial Art Federation, and Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors. She is also an active member, teacher and past event organizer for the Pacific Association of Women Martial Artists.

Sheila founded the Seido Institute, an organization devoted to the integration of the warrior and healing arts. The Institute offers international workshops, seminars and certifications in martial arts and Seido Bio-Energy Therapy. She has earned a Masters degree in Psychology, and conducts workshops and seminars in martial arts, women's self defense and Seido Bio-energy throughout the world.

Website: http://www.livingtheway.com

Frances Haynes - Australia

Frances Haynes

Frances es una instructora de nivel master. Tiene mas de 25 años de experiencia en artes marciales y ha entrenado Ninjutsu por 16 años. Frances también entrena regularmente en Japón.

Es consultora con el gobierno en cuanto a violencia interpersonal y prevención de crimen. Frances tiene un interés particular en defensa personal y en entrenamiento basado en escenarios.

Sitio web: http://www.courageousheart.com.au

Julieta Laorga - Spain

Julieta Laorga

Julieta Laorga holds a 15th Dan in Bujinkan Dojo.
She began to practice Martial Arts, specifically Judo in 1979, with her former teacher (now husband ) Jose María Conejo, who's also a 15th Dan in Bujinkan Martial Arts.
Her training in Ninjutsu began in 1986, in a seminair given by Ruy de Mendoza. After she met Grand Master Masaaki Hatsumi in October 1988 in Japan, Julieta realized that 
Bujinkan Bûdo Taijutsu is what she had been looking for and left Judo to dedicate exclusively to Bujinkan.

Since 1988 she travels almost every year to Japan for training and has attended almost every Hatsumi Sensei's Tai Kai from 1988 till the last European Tai Kai. She organized along with her husband the Alicante TaiKai (given by Soke Massaki Hatsumi) in 1996.
She has two sons: Jorge and Javier, both Bujinkan Shidoshis who also train regularly with Soke Hatsumi. During all these years she has given a lot of seminars for the diffusion of Ninjutsu and is actually teaching at her Dojo in Elche (Spain).

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Website: http://www.bujinkanusagininja.com

Cathy Lewis - USA

Cathy Lewis

Cathy has been involved in martial arts for over 26 years. She has studied and taught kids and adults in Bujinkan Budo for over 19 years. She is a 15th Dan, and has traveled nationally and internationally since 1991. She regularly travels to Japan to study under the Bujinkan Soke, Massaki Hatsumi.

Bujinkan Budo is extremely effective and it doesn’t rely upon size or physical strength. This along with the psychological and emotional aspects of training emphasizes for each person, man, woman or child to develop the ability to deal with many different challenges in every day life. This way of living is the root of all our classes and the women's self-protection seminars.

Cathy teaches at Lifeskills Martial Arts in Irvine, CA. USA.
She is certified as a Hatha Yoga Instructor and in Usui Reiki. She is involved with KidSafe911, SafetyHands Self Defense Tool and is a Board Member of the Association of Women’s Self Defense Advancement.

Website: http://www.lifeskillsma.com

Natascha Morgan - UK

Natascha Morgan

Natascha Tomarkin Morgan is one of a handful of Bujinkan women to hold the rank of 15th Degree Black Belt, having trained in the martial arts since she was 5 years old when she studied Judo in Bern, Switzerland, her native home.

In the past 18 years she has traveled the world extensively, studying and teaching Budo and self-protection skills. In New Zealand she was recognized as a true warrior by the Maori people and given the Maori name for “Woman of Strong Spirit.” In Africa she has lived in the bush, honing her survival skills and studying the wild animals, and has taught self-defense to schoolgirls in South African townships.

Fluent in four languages, she continues to travel, teaching her own unique forms of self-defense to women’s groups, rape crisis counselors, martial artists, and police personnel around the world, while also returning to Japan each year to further her own Budo training.

Estelle Padeloupe - Canada/France

Estelle Padeloupe

Estelle founded the Bujinkan Dôjô of Eure in High Normandy (France) and co-founded, with her husband, the Bujinkan Dojo Montreal in 2007.
She discovered Ninjutsu 12 years ago, for which she developed a real passion. In 1999, she met Arnaud Cousergue, and has been his student ever since. She also trains with other Shihan, Sveneric Bogsäter, Pedro Fleitas Gonzales, Peter King. She has been training from 6 to 8 hours a week, and taking part in more than 15 seminars a year. She goes to Japan on a regular basis to train with Hatsumi Sensei and other Japanese Shihan. She received her 11th Dan from Hatsumi Sensei in 2008.

Website: http://bujinkandojomontreal.ca

Marie-Valerie Saumon - France

Marie-Valerie Saumon

I started training in 1984 with Sylvain Guintard, and at the same time with Arnaud Cousergue. I continued my training with Arnaud when Sylvain left Bujinkan in 1991. I had a Dojo for six years and taught both adults and children. I then took a leave for pregnancy and taking care of my child. I have returned to training now several months. Currently I am a 12th Dan.

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Mariette van der Vliet - 15th Dan, Netherland

Mariette van der Vliet

Mariette started Ninjutsu in 1983. Before that she trained Tae Kwondo. In 1983 she read an article in a Dutch budo magazine about Ninjutsu as it was called then and thought it was very interesting so she wrote the organiser and since then she is hooked because she found it to be so complete.

Her first teacher was Hans Hesselmann and after 2 years Moshe Kastiel from Israel and Larry Jonsson from Sweden.

She travels since 1990 every year to Japan for training with Sensei and the Japanese Shihans and organized the Taikais in Holland in 1996 and 2000. Also, she attended since 1987 about 21 Taikais in Europe, Israel and the States. Teaching since 1988 in countries like England, Germany, United States, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium and Netherlands.

Website: http://www.bujinkanbudokai.nl

Patricia Witteman - The Netherlands

Patricia Witteman

Patricia Witteman lives in Sassenheim, Netherlands and has been training since 1990. Her Bujinkan studies began with George Wagenmaker and 4 years later she continued her studies under Sveneric Bogsater. A new world opened for her when she started to attend seminars, Taikai, training in Japan and developing contacts from all over the world.

Currently she works in a sports facility utilizing Taichi, Yoga, Do-in, Qi-gong, self defense, running, volleyball and fitness as therapeutic means for psychiatric patients. In her spare time she is into horses and continuing to add depth in her Taichi/Qi-gong, and Qi-ji dao which she feels strongly helps her movement and flow in Bujinkan.

The last few years she has added the study of acupuncture, chinese herbs and shiatsu/do-in.

Website: http://www.mikodojo.nl

Beth Zimmerman - USA

Beth Zimmerman

Shihan, actualmente posee el grado de Judan (cinturón negro 10º Dan). Entrena en Japón cada año con Soke Hatsumi, Nagase Sensei y Nagato Sensei. Beth Shihan enseña en el dojo Bujinkan Goshin Budo, ubicado en Fort Wayne, Indiana, EEUU. Ha sido una de las instructorasdel Taikai de 2008 y 2009. Beth planea enseñar también en el Taikai 2010 de los Estados Unidos. Profesionalmente, Beth es una enfermera de trauma en una gran hospital de Indiana, EEUU.

Sitio web: http://goshinbudodojo.com/