Bujinkan

The Bujinkan is a combination of nine classic Japanese martial schools. Three of these schools (ryu ha) are the last three ninja schools, so Bujinkan is often simply referred to as Ninjutsu.

Grand Master Masaaki Hatsumi inherited the title Grand Master of all nine schools by his teacher Toshitsugu Takamatsu. In his honour Soke Hatsumi called this system Bujinkan, which means "temple of the Divine Warrior."

The Bujinkan is a combination of the following nine ryu ha:

Togakure Ryu Ninpo Taijutsu - (School of the hidden gate)
Founder: Daisuke Nishina (Togakure Daisuke in), 12th century.

Kumogakure Ryu Ninpo Taijutsu - (school hidden in the clouds)
Founder: Heinaizaemon Ienaga Iga, 16th century.

Gyokushin Ryu Ninpo Taijutsu - (School of the gemstone heart)
Founder: Sasaki Goeman Teruyoshi, 15th century.

Gikan Ryu Koppojutsu - (school of truth and justice)
Founder: Uryu Hangan Gikanbo, 16th century.

Kukishinden Ryu Happo Hiking Jutsu - (School of the tradition of the 9 demons)
Founder: Izumo Kanja Yoshiteru, 12th century.

Gyokko Ryu Koshijutsu - (School of the gemstone Tiger)
Founder: Tozawa Hakuunsai, 12th century.

Koto Ryu Koppojutsu - (School of the defeated tiger)
Founder: Sakagami Taro Kunisuge, 16th century.

Shindenfudo Ryu Dakentaijutsu - (School of the immobile heart)
Founder: Izumo Kanja Yoshiteru, 12th century.

Takagi Yoshin Ryu Jutaijutsu - (school of high tree and the exalted heart)
Founder: Takagi Oriemon Shingenobu, 17th century.