Deshi-Iri – Becoming A Student Of An Authentic Ninpo Warrior Martial Arts Teacher

In 1979, Soke Masaaki Hatsumi, grandmaster of the nine martial traditions that make up the core training of the Warrior Concepts Mastery Programs, wrote a book entitled Mono-no-Mikata, Kangae-Kata ["Ways of Seeing, Ways of Thinking."] In it, he wrote a section called Deshi-iri which, translated from Japanese, means “Becoming a Student” or, more literally, “Entering [...]