Shinobi Kai Ninpo Bugei Dojo - The UK's Oldest Established Authentic Ninjutsu Dojo

Welcome to the Shinobi Kai Ninpo Bugei Dojo

The largest independent Ninjutsu Association in England Our aim is to provide the most authentic training currently available and supply the most accurate library of information regarding Ninjutsu. We are the longest established authentic Ninjutsu Dojo based in the UK.

Founded in 1988, Shinobi Kai Dojo (SKD) is the oldest and largest established authentic Ninjutsu dojo in the UK. Our HQ dojo is based in Portslade with sub dojos based in Basingstoke, Derby, Portsmouth, Southampton and Stoke-on-Trent. We opened our HQ dojo in 1988 in Brighton and today we are now based in Portslade.

This site is for our HQ dojo in Portslade and gives you indepth information on the dojo and ninjutsu. As we are a fully independent dojo we have a vast full time curriculum. Our regular classes are open three nights a week and on Saturday mornings, we also open on the occasional Sunday for an all day seminar on various subject on Ninjutsu. Our main dojo boasts a matted training area of 36'x18' for our regular classes with two separate closed off rooms for private training and an equipted classroom for our security and protection seminars.

About Togakure Ryu Ninjutsu

Whilst living in the mountains he met the warrior priest, Kain Doshi. With the new understanding of life and religion he learned from Doshi he decided to spend the rest of his days living in the remote mountain area he now inhabited. During this time Japan underwent a form of unification. The ruling warlords decided to assist this with the streamlining of religious beliefs. In order to do this it was decided that the people of Japan should follow only one religion.Those refusing to follow this doctrine were persecuted and many fled to the hills to hide. While hidden they continued to follow their accepted beliefs and were generally left alone. Soon word spread about those who had fled and it was decided that they too should be converted to the new ways. During this time Doshi and Nishina, being worldly wise, had foreseen this event and had trained the refugees in the fighting system they had created. And so were born the Yamabushi, or mountain warriors.

Many years passed before the Yamabushi became known as Ninja. Because of their total split from society the Ninja families went underground. In order to counter act the constant harassment they endured the Yamabushi/Ninja formed various strategies to defend themselves. These strategies ranged from spy networks, disguise, self-defence and assassination. What better way of defending yourself than knowing exactly when the enemy is about to strike? If you know that the enemy is better fed, better trained, better organised and equipped does it not make sense to strike first? Would you want to meet your enemy on the battlefield knowing you were going to die? In this instance spy networks, disguise and assassination are all key tools to your survival and ultimate victory. Cut the head off the serpent and it cannot harm you. After time some warlords saw the advantage of employing the Ninja rather than fighting them. The ninja could be used to assist the warlord with his personal disputes. Nishina had by now returned to the place of his birth, the Togakure village. To celebrate being “re-born” he took the name of the village as his own. So was born the Togakure system of Ninjutsu.