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Ninpo Goshinjutsu Mu Te Jinen Ryu is a complete martial art training that was developed in 1977 by Soke Bo Munthe 10 Dan.

Soke Bo Munthe

Bo Munthe, born in 1943.

In 1958 Bo Munthe Soke began training and studying Jiu Jitsu from all the books he could find. In 1965 Bo Munthe stepped into a dojo for the first time, to study judo ”in a proper manner”. He continued studying judo for 15 years. During that time Bo Munthe also tried other martial arts, such as jujutsu and kempo. November 3rd 1973 he was awarded 1^st dan in judo. His students at the time gave him a book, Ninja The Invisible Assassin by Andy Adams. This book later proved to be the inspiration behind the growth of ninjutsu in the United States. This was the beginning of what we today call Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu.

First of all Bo Munthe introduced ninjutsu in Sweden.  Then in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales in 1983, Holland, Norway and Finland in 1984, Spain and Greece in 1986 and 1987 in Germany. In 1986 Bo Munthe held a ninjutsu work shop at Emil Farkas’ place in Hollywood for a number of people in the movie business.

Below is small list of Bo Munthe Soke's grades;  a full and detailed list of Bo Munthe's grades (50+) can be found in the official Student Handbook and might be of interest to Ninpo Goshinjutsu dojo leaders.

Sources of knowledge and inspiration

Bo Munthe would like to thank the following senseis and teachers for their contributions to his knowledge and proficiency in martial arts:

Soke Masaaki Hatsumi (1931- )            Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu

Shihan Tetsuji Ishizuka (1948- )            Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu

Sensei Olle Edeklev (1938- )                Judo  6 Dan

Sensei Zsolt Györbiro (1939- )             Kempo (Renshinkan karatedo)  5 Dan

Sensei Bo Holm (1939-2000)               Judo  4 Dan

Sensei Georg Irénius (1930- )               Judo, jujitsu, soke  Ju-shin-jitsu

Japanese influences

In 1975 Tetsuji Ishizuka, Shihan, visited Sweden for the first time. He came back in 1977. As my personal guest, Ishizuka sensei then demonstrated the, at the time rather unknown, martial art ninjutsu.

For me, these two occations gave budo training new dimensions. Ishizuka sensei’s contribution to spreading ninjutsu is massive. He has written of kihon happo, the eight basic principles in ninpo-taijutsu and of  how to relate to our new students. 

Below is a short excerpt from Sven-Erik Bogsäter’s book about ninjutsu. Ishizuka’s words discuss how to act in a positive way:

KIHON HAPPO, a path to understanding your training

"When a child is born and takes its first steps, it often falls over backwards. Probably because the weight of the child’s relatively large head is ill balanced in comparison to the rest of the body and the child’s muscles. BUDO works in the same way! A good parent always gives his child a helping hand. In the same way, senior students must take their responsibility and help junior students (kohai-senpai- relationship). This takes a measure of maturity. Love is constructive and creates new things and new life. Love is important!"

A legend in his own lifetime

The sensei who has been directly fundamental to my spreading of ninjutsu and my developnent of Goshinjutsu, is a man who has become a legend in his own lifetime, Soke, Sensei, Doctor, PhD etc, Masaaki Hatsumi.

He is the bearer of a nine hundred years old martial tradition and the accumulated martial experience of 202 persons. The ninjas are reputed to be the first warriors to use techniques from the two thousand years old ”Spy Bible”, Sun Tzu.

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