Are there competitions or tournaments in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu?
No, the following quotes illustrate some of the motivation behind the exclusion of competition and tournaments in the Bujinkan: “There was a gathering of high-ranking karateka (karate practitioners) yesterday, and they were doing breaking demonstrations. Everyone was so impressed with the karateka stacking up to 20 to 30 roofing tiles then smashing the tiles with one blow. And so I thanked them. I told them that ninja would pick up the shards of the broken tile and throw them in their face, then kill them. I said that if they could not read that far, then they were not true martial artists and would truly die in a real fight. The room fell deafly quiet after that.” -Masaaki Hatsumi “If this were a martial sport, everything I am teaching you would be against the rules. It has to be if you are to survive a real fight.” – Masaaki Hatsumi Moreover, competition and tournaments are activities for feeding the ego. In Eastern philosophy, ego is the root of spiritual suffering. Thus, from an Ea
