Dai-shihan Nagase Hiroshi

Dai-shihan Nagase Hiroshi is one of the more influential Japanese Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu instructors. In addition to the highest Bujinkan rank of 15th Dan, he also holds Bō-shuriken, Gyokko-ryū and Kotō-ryū Menkyo Kaiden licenses.

He is widely known as a great expert in the arts of Shuriken (throwing spikes), Fuki-ya (blowgun) and Kyoketsu-shōge (dagger with rope and weight), and shares his knowledge several times a week with students from all over the world at the Bujinkan Honbu Dōjō as well as his home Dōjō in Nagare-yama.

In his teaching, he focuses on realistic self-defense with an emphasis on natural, quick, and effective techniques.

"Regardless of how many techniques we know, they are all meaningless if we cannot use them effectively. Therefore, I practice and teach in a way that prevents us from becoming mere collectors of techniques." - Nagase Hiroshi