Richmond Budo Dave Moorefield, shidoshi
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Richmmond Budo is part of the international Bujinkan Dojo 武神館道場 'Divinely Inspired Warrior Hall'

Richmond Budo Instructor Dave Moorefield

Senior Instructor Dave Moorefield has decades of experience in martial arts and started in the Bujinkan in 1990. "The Renegade" and "The Image" has been a licensed Shidoshi (士道師) 'teacher' black belt in Budō since 2007. He continues his training by traveling extensively, including studying in Japan, to learn the art from senior practitioners such has Masaaki Hatsumi, Ishizuka, Nagato, Noguchi, Someya, Ogawa, Rob Renner, Paul Masse, Pete Reynolds, Kacem, Chris Davy, and Andrej Jasenc. He has also trained with Oguri, Seno, Nagase, Muramatsu, Manaka, Mark O'Brien, and Stephen Hayes, etc. He began his training with Boxing, Karate, and Tae Kwon Do and has also studied Aiki-jutsu, Judo, Krav Maga, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Jeet Kune Do, and Wrestling.

Bujinkan Founder Masaaki Hatsumi

Retired from active teaching as the founder of the international Bujinkan Dojo system based in Japan, Masaaki Hatsumi was born in December 1931 in Noda city, Japan. He grew up with an avid love of the martial arts and in his youth studied many martial art styles. Hatsumi began practicing when he was seven years old and found his fathers Bokuto ("wooden sword"). From that point on he began studying many popular Japanese martial arts and earned ranking in Karate, Aikido and Judo. After he attained a 4th degree Black Belt in Judo he was asked to teach at a United States Army base. He was in his early 20s and found that the big Americans seemed to have size and natural ability and Hatsumi found that they were learning in months what took the typical Japanese years. He began to question his training... What good is a martial art if a bigger or stronger person could easily defeat you? Hatsumi began searching for a true warrior tradition.

While studying kobudo ("ancient weapons") with a renowned instructor Hatsumi learned about a teacher named Toshitsugu Takamatsu, of Kashiwabara City which is to the west of the Iga region of Japan. As a last hope of finding a teacher who could impart the essence of a living warrior tradition and not just some recreational sport or lifeless art form, Hatsumi traveled across Honsho island to seek out the teacher he had searched for his whole life. In the 1970s, he formed the Bujinkan Dojo to honor his teacher. Hatsumi-sensei offered regular weekly classes in Noda, Japan until 2020.

Foundational Bujinkan Schools
Gyokko Ryu Koshijutsu, Founded by Tozawa Hakunsai in the Mid 1100’s
Koto Ryu Koppojutsu, Founded by Sakagami Taro Kunishige in the Mid 1500’s

Samurai Bujinkan Schools
Kukishinden Ryu Happo Hikenjutsu, Founded by Izumo Kanja Yoshiteru in the Mid 1300’s
Takagi Yoshin Ryu Jutaijutsu, Founded by Takagi Oriuemon Shigenobu in the Mid 1600’s
Shinden Fudo Ryu Dakentaijutsu, Founded by Izumo Kanja Yoshiteru in the Early 1100’s
Gikan Ryu Koppojutsu, Founded by Uryu Hangan Gikanbo in the Mid 1500’s

Ninja Bujinkan Schools
Togakure Ryu Ninjutsu, Founded by Daisuke Nishina in the Late 1100’s
Gyokushin Ryu Ninjutsu, Founded by Sasaki Goemon Teruyoshi in the Mid 1500’s
Kumogakure Ryu Ninjutsu, Founded by Iga Heinaizaemon No Jo Ienaga in the Mid 1500’s

Other Bujinkan Dojos