Welcome to Bujinkan
Welcome to the Bujinkan Yamaneko Dojo in Tucson, Arizona! Here you can learn all there is to get you started training in one of the last, remaining true martial arts. Budo Taijutsu is the complete martial art, incorporating strikes, grappling and weapons to form a complete package.
The Bujinkan Yamaneko Dojo in Tucson was founded in 1990 by Shihan Prather under full charter from Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi. Shihan Prather has been a personal student since 1984.
Yamaneko News
Shihan Prather will be in town next week and teaching class on Saturday May 17th and Saturday May 24th. Matt Vega will also be testing for his green belt and into adult classes on Saturday May 17th as well. Mariah Freark will be in town and visiting us on Saturday, please stop by to say hello. We would also like to wish a Happy Birthday to Josh and Marina.
Shihan Prather with Soke Hatsumi just after he received a sculpted dragon as a gift from Soke. This was during Shihan Prathers last trip to Japan last year. Soke has associated Shihan Prather with the dragon since his first trip to japan when Soke gave Shihan a hand puppet that was a dragon. Shihan greatly enjoyed his long over due trip to see Soke and got to reunite with many of his long time friends. Nick Franco and Dave Petersmarck also accompanied Shihan to Japan and had a great time as well. Some highlights were - Soke had Shihan Prather conduct the Go-Dan test, Dave was uke for Soke not once but twice and Nagato Shihan was very impressed with Nick's technique.