Bujinkan Budō Taijutsu Kaeru Dōjō

Bujinkan Budō Taijutsu Kaeru Dōjō The official page of the Kaeru Dōjō teaching the
Bujinkan Budō Taijutsu system of martial arts in Torquay, Devon.

Teaching traditional samurai and ninja arts of Japan as passed down from the Bujinkan system in the South West of the UK.

The writer J.R.R. Tolkien talked about how it wasn't extraordinary people that made the greatest change, but ordinary pe...
09/09/2026

The writer J.R.R. Tolkien talked about how it wasn't extraordinary people that made the greatest change, but ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

This applies to martial arts. Many times we hear something along the lines of "once I am at this stage with my fitness, then I will train", or "if I get into a bad situation, then I will train". But all it takes is for us to make one little change each day to slowly improve upon ourselves.

To train a little in our ordinary lives can lead to extraordinary changes. To ourselves and to those around us.

Why not come along to the dōjō and find out how you can change and get better?

08/09/2026

En las artes marciales, y especialmente en el camino de la Bujinkan, crecer no significa solamente acumular técnicas, grados o conocimientos. También significa aprender a trasladarse.

Hoy vivimos rodeados de imágenes: miramos videos, observamos fotografías, compartimos contenidos y vemos entrenamientos de otros. Todo eso puede ser una herramienta valiosa, pero existe una diferencia enorme entre ver el movimiento y trasladarse hacia él.

La verdadera evolución comienza cuando somos capaces de salir de nuestro propio espacio, abandonar por un momento nuestros puntos de referencia y permitirnos aprender de otras formas de moverse, de otras variantes y de otras perspectivas.

Una traslación auténtica no tiene puntos fijos. El cuerpo cambia, el espacio cambia, la situación cambia… y nosotros debemos ser capaces de acompañar ese cambio sin perder el centro ni el camino.

Por eso, la fuerza del entrenamiento no nace solamente de la repetición. Nace también de un corazón juguetón, curioso y con auténticas ansias de aprender. Un corazón capaz de trasladarse libremente, cambiar sus puntos de vista y descubrir algo nuevo sin necesidad de abandonar aquello que verdaderamente importa.

Existe un antiguo proverbio japonés:

「井の中の蛙、大海を知らず」
I no naka no kawazu, taikai o shirazu.

"La rana en el fondo del pozo no conoce el gran océano."

La imagen es sencilla, pero profunda.

La rana puede creer que conoce el mundo porque conoce perfectamente su pequeño espacio. Pero mientras permanezca allí, jamás podrá comprender la inmensidad del océano.

Y aquí aparece una hermosa coincidencia del idioma japonés.

蛙 — kaeru, la rana, se pronuncia igual que 帰る — kaeru, regresar.

Quizás haya también una enseñanza en ello:

Para poder regresar, primero debemos atrevernos a salir.

Salir de nuestro dojo.
Salir de nuestras costumbres.
Salir de nuestras certezas.
Salir de nuestra manera habitual de mirar.

Viajar, entrenar con otros maestros, compartir con otros practicantes, experimentar otras variantes y descubrir otros espacios no significa abandonar nuestro camino.

Al contrario.

A veces necesitamos alejarnos un poco para poder regresar con una mirada nueva.

Porque quien nunca se traslada puede terminar confundiendo su pequeño charco con el océano.

Y en el Budō, como en la vida, quizás una de las mayores virtudes sea precisamente esa:

"moverse sin perder el camino, cambiar sin perder la esencia y regresar siempre con algo nuevo para aprender"

As humans we like to have favourites. We have our comfort zones and avoid stepping out of them where possible. However, ...
02/09/2026

As humans we like to have favourites. We have our comfort zones and avoid stepping out of them where possible.

However, as martial artists and ninja (person who perseveres) we must get used to being outside of our comfort zones. We need to get comfortable being uncomfortable.

This is achieved through training in a safe and secure environment where we can test the waters and push ourselves further.

In traditional Japanese martial arts there is the concept of "Gambatte". Roughly translated it means to keep going, to n...
26/08/2026

In traditional Japanese martial arts there is the concept of "Gambatte". Roughly translated it means to keep going, to not stop.

People often wonder how to get good at martial arts, they want to know what the secret is. Simply there is no secret. To get good, you need to start then not stop.

Training will change and adapt as life changes us, but we must never stop.

So why not come along to the dōjō and learn the martial arts from a lineage passed down from the Ninja and Samurai of Japan? Come and learn to be the best you you can be through constant progression.

It is said that in life the only constant is change. If we pridefully hold firm to a set idea we will be beaten by the c...
19/08/2026

It is said that in life the only constant is change. If we pridefully hold firm to a set idea we will be beaten by the change and broken.

To be able to perform true budō, we need to accept that change happens then flow with it.

We train in kata (set techniques) to learn from the experiences of those who walked this path before us. But this is merely the first step along the learning process - Shu (Protect/Obey) Ha (Break/Detach) Ri (Transcend/Leave). Meaning to forget the kata we must know them inside and out.

Come along to the dōjō and start on your own budō journey.

The end point of studying and practicing the martial arts is control. Control of ourselves and control of others.Each ar...
12/08/2026

The end point of studying and practicing the martial arts is control. Control of ourselves and control of others.

Each art approaches this differently, but there are only so many ways to juice a lemon. The skills of the nine schools of the Bujinkan can often be seen to compliment each other.

But the only way to get good at any of these skills is to practice and train with those who have gone before and learnt correctly.

Some pics and a write up of a seminar members of the dōjō attended last week hosted and run by our parent dōjō.Amazing d...
06/08/2026

Some pics and a write up of a seminar members of the dōjō attended last week hosted and run by our parent dōjō.

Amazing day of learning from Merlyn Sensei and Ben Sensei. Big thanks and congratulations to both for a day well spent.

Always great to train and meet up with old and new Buyu from around the county.

Joining the Kaeru Dōjō doesn't just mean training once a week in Torbay, it means joining up with a network of other dōjōs; from our parent dōjō, Mahoutsukai, to friends met through training from Reading to Wallasey and elsewhere.

Come along to the dōjō and learn from the lineages of the ninja and the samurai of old Japan in a modern way. The Kihon ...
05/08/2026

Come along to the dōjō and learn from the lineages of the ninja and the samurai of old Japan in a modern way.

The Kihon Happō is part of the foundation of the arts studied in the Bujikan. The lessons should be used throughout our learning and practicing to hold up the lessons found elsewhere.

To learn martial arts we need to ensure we have strong and correctly learnt foundational skills. With this all else will be weak and with little substance.

The basis of the weapon arts (bujutsu) is the art of body movement (taijutsu) sometimes referred to as the soft body art...
29/07/2026

The basis of the weapon arts (bujutsu) is the art of body movement (taijutsu) sometimes referred to as the soft body art (jūtaijutsu).

Hatsumi Sōke has said before that to test how good someone's taijutsu (unarmed) is you put a weapon in their hands and see how the skills translate.

So why not come along and learn Bōjutsu in the dōjō with a strong emphasis of correct body movement as the base?

The knowledge passed down to us is the jewel of martial arts. To be able to study under a lineage that stretches back hu...
22/07/2026

The knowledge passed down to us is the jewel of martial arts. To be able to study under a lineage that stretches back hundreds of years is a gift.

It is our job to respect those that came before us and learn from them. This is the first stage of Shu-Ha-Ri, to protect what has been passed down to us.

Too many people want to learn to flow and make it their own art before even understanding the fundamentals of what has been passed down.

Come to the dōjō and learn correctly from experienced and qualified instructors with connections to Japan.

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Barton Hill Road
Torquay
TQ2 8JA

Opening Hours

8pm - 10pm

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