BECOME A NINJUTSU BLACK BELT FROM ANYWHERE
NINJUTSU · NINPO TAIJUTSU · BUDO TAIJUTSU
Serious, step-by-step training in authentic Bujinkan Ninjutsu. Earn your Black Belt at home, with clear guidance, structure and support.
Directly from Doshi Richard Van Donk and the International Bujinkan Dojo Association Master Council certified instructors.
You Don't Need Another Random YouTube Clip. You Need a Clear Path.
⚔ Clear path from beginner to Shodan ⚔ Train from home, on your own schedule ⚔ Guidance from a lifelong Ninjutsu master
If you're serious about studying Ninjutsu, the Shodan Ninjutsu Black Belt program is my main training path for committed students. It takes you from the foundations through the skills and mindset required for Black Belt. If you're new or returning to training, this is where I recommend you start.
Why distance learning? We offer dojo training, seminars, private video sessions, rank evaluation, even full personal mentoring with Doshi. But everyone's budget and time is different. Distance online learning gives anyone, from literally anywhere, the opportunity to train with us. Doshi Richard Van Donk pioneered distance learning in 1990. Revolutionary then, standard today, and no one else has our decades of online study.
Choose Your Training Path
We have laid out your strategic roadmap. Start where you are, and go as far as you want to go.
PATH 1: THE BLACK BELT COURSE
★ START HERE ★
My flagship course since 1990. 9th Kyu to Shodan, step by step, with rank certification options, the 316-page binder manual, and my guidance on every lesson.
PATH 2: ADVANCED LEVELS & INSTRUCTOR TRAINING
Go beyond Black Belt, or learn to teach
For dedicated Bujinkan students who want to deepen their skill, refine their understanding, and deeply learn each of the schools: Gyokko Ryu, Shinden Fudo Ryu, Takagi Yoshin Ryu and more.
PATH 3: SPECIALTY SKILLS & WEAPONS
Focus on specific Ninjutsu skills
Shorter, targeted courses: Sword, Bo, Kusari, Shuriken, Yari, Naginata and more, plus easy rolling, body rejuvenation, Bujinkan history and postures. Add them to your main training any time they excite you.
NOT READY YET? $97 NINJA WAY TRAINING
Get a taste before you commit
A powerful intro training to help you experience what Bujinkan Ninjutsu really offers.
GO ALL IN: THE MASTERS COURSE
The complete curriculum
A 25-year study in the Bujinkan Ninjutsu / Ninpo Taijutsu training curriculum. No one has yet finished in less time.
IBDA MEMBERSHIP
Be part of an ancient empowerment martial system
You are invited to be a member of the International Bujinkan Dojo Association, even if you do not train directly with Doshi. ID card, downloadable wall certificate, uniform shoulder patch and more.
THE HATSUMI – VAN DONK MISSION
Be Part of Our Legacy. Help Keep the Arts Alive.
At IBDA we have a proven history, and have set the bar by establishing the standard for Bujinkan Ninjutsu training. It works, proven by the hundreds of Black Belts and Masters who started with our training.
Doshi Van Donk continues to fulfill the mission he created with Soke Hatsumi nearly 40 years ago: to bring his arts out to the world. As part of that project, it was Doshi, with Hatsumi-Sensei and Quest Co., who filmed, subtitled, produced and distributed all of Soke Hatsumi's Quest videos to the world.
IBDA's mission is to help you learn the arts well enough to teach them. Become a Shidoshi instructor of the "Empowered Warrior Ways," and live the ancient arts as a way of life.
Study Anywhere. Study Anytime. 24/7.
The Ninja Dojo online • Physical binder courses • Study at an IBDA dojo
Learn authentic Bujinkan Ninjutsu (the art of the Ninja), Ninpo Taijutsu and Budo Taijutsu: over 40 years of research, study and development in a strategic, step-by-step, proven study program. All courses on your computer, phone or tablet app.
Join our growing worldwide community.
TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR TRAINING TODAY
After decades of offering distance learning, we highly suggest starting with the Black Belt Course. Just want to check it out first? Start with the Ninja Way Training.
