Bujinkan New York Dojo

Ninpo Ikkan

Spirit of perseverance. Experience your life as if each moment may lead to the treasure of enlightenment.

Kami hito e

Thinness of a single piece of paper. To be on the edge of the opponent's attack so it will evaporate to nothing.

Sen. Nagare. Kukan.

Encounter initiative. Flowing motion. Spatial relationship. These are lessons we research in every class.

Banpen Fugyo

10,000 changes, no surprises. Be able to adapt to the ever changing path of nature.

Kentai Ichijo

The body and fist (weapon) as one. Strive to release all tension while moving the body as a flowing unit.

About Instructors

Joe Maurantonio, shihan

Maurantonio-sensei was born in New York. After years of martial arts training, he found his passion in ninjutsu. Circa 1983, he formally began training with Stephen K. Hayes and Darryl Caldwell. In 1986, Joe met Hatsumi-sensei and founded the Bujinkan New York Dojo a year later. In 1991, he was awarded the title of shidoshi (teacher of the warrior ways). He is a senior member of the American Shidoshi Kai, member of the International Bujinkan Hombu and is editor of Ninpo: Wisdom for Life. After 27 years of continuous training, he is ranked as a Ku-i Happo Biken Menkyo Shihan and regularly trains with Hatsumi-soke and other senior Bujinkan instructors from Japan, Australia, Europe, and USA.

 

Glenn Catania, shidoshi

Catania-sensei is a lifelong New Yorker but moved to Long Island in 2003. He has been training in Togakure ninpo taijutsu since 1986 when he joined a small Bujinkan training group in the Bronx. Catania-sensei first met Hatsumi-soke at the 1991 Texas Taikai. He is the oldest, most senior student of Maurantonio-shihan and currently runs a small training group of his own called the Bujinkan Nassau Dojo. Catania-sensei continues his weekly training at the Bujinkan New York Dojo.

 

 

Bill Lami, sensei

Lami-sensei is a native of New Jersey and began martial arts training in 1985. After 15 years of searching he found the Bujinkan New York Dojo. He first met Hatsumi-soke at the 2001 Tai Kai in Washington, DC. In 2007, enamoured with Bujinkan training, he made his first trip to Japan. Lami-sempai has trained with many senior Bujinkan instructors and often attends seminars in the USA.

 

 

 

Jesse Lipscher, sempai

Lipscher-sempai joined the Bujinkan New York Dojo in the summer of 2005 after a short hiatus from martial arts training. Discouraged by the commercial nature of most martial arts schools he was drawn to Bujinkan New York Dojo for its authentic martial training and history. Now, years later he enjoys the dojo training and people as much as he did on his first day of class. He is looking forward to many more years.