- Kumogakure-ryū Ninpō
Kumogakure-ryū Ninpō Happo Hiken ("The Hidden in the Clouds School") is one of the nine schools of
martial art s within theBujinkan sphere of training. It was founded in the16th century byHeinaizaemon Ienaga Iga . [ [http://www.bujinkangreece.com/ryuha/kumo.html Bujinkan Greece] ]Kumogakure-ryū has special weapons including the
Ippon Sugi Noburi , a kind ofpick-axe , and thekamayari , or hookedspear . [ [http://www.bujinkangreece.com/ryuha/kumo.html Bujinkan Greece] ] The unarmed techniques are similar to those ofTogakure Ryu . [ [http://www.budotaijutsu.co.uk/budo_taijutsu/Kumogakure_ryu.html Budotaijutsu] ]According to the 1968 edition of the
Bugei Ryuha Daijiten ,Masaaki Hatsumi is the currentSōke (head master) of theRyu which was passed on to him byTakamatsu Toshitsugu . [ [http://www.budotaijutsu.co.uk/budo_taijutsu/Kumogakure_ryu.html Budotaijutsu] ] Soke Hatsumi does not at this time have any pupils studying this art, and Kumogakure-ryū may be in danger of extinction. [ [http://www.budotaijutsu.co.uk/budo_taijutsu/Kumogakure_ryu.html Budotaijutsu] ]Notes
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