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Ninja training near you.

Real ninja skills, taught in local training groups. No experience needed.

The art of winning.

Winning is not about beating people. It is about staying safe when someone means you harm, and staying calm and clear when life puts you under pressure. You learn both with the real skills of the ninja (Ninjutsu), step by step.

You learn to protect yourself with realistic skills for modern life. You build confidence and calm under pressure. You train in a real lineage that traces back to the Pretoria Hombu and a ninja tradition almost 1000 years old. And you do it all in a group near you, or in one you start yourself.

What you learn.

Unarmed skills

Skills you can use with nothing in your hands.

  • Defences
  • Strikes and kicks
  • Throws
  • Joint locks
  • Escapes from grabs
  • Rolls and falls

Weapons

Then the traditional weapons of the ninja.

Katana the sword
Hanbo a short staff, about 90 cm
Tanto a knife
Bo staff a long staff, about 180 cm

You don’t need to be strong.

Ninja skills rely on timing, distance and balance, not on strength, size or speed. In Japan, women ninja were called kunoichi, and like all ninja they won by being clever and unexpected. Today, many women have trained to black belt and beyond, at the Pretoria Hombu and around the world.

Your path to black belt, and beyond.

  1. Find a group

    Search by town or suburb, or start a group where you live. You are here.

  2. First class

    Train with your group leader. No experience needed.

  3. Gradings

    Earn each new rank at gradings run by the Hombu.

  4. Black belt

    A big milestone, not the end of the road.

  5. Mastery

    The deeper levels of the art, for as long as you keep training.

The black belt
How the training works

Start your own group.

No group near you yet? Start one. You don't need any experience. You stay connected to the Pretoria Hombu, and you lead a training group where you live.

Start a group

Train where you already are.

Bring a ninja training group to your company, your campus or your gym, led by one of your own people.

Your instructor.

Wim Untoshi Olivier holds a 3rd Dan Instructor rank in To-Shin Do (authentic Ninjutsu with an almost 1000 year history). Wim has trained since 2010 and lives in Pretoria, South Africa.

Ready to start?

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