The name ‘Budojutsu’
Budojutsu is a modern martial art that combines the ancient techniques of Samurai, Ninja, and Decuerdas Eskrima. It focuses on practical self-defense and survival skills for today’s world. Drawing from the strength and discipline of Samurai warriors, the stealth and agility of Ninjas, and the fast, precise movements of Decuerdas Eskrima, Budojutsu teaches how to protect yourself in real-life situations. This powerful blend of traditional and modern techniques helps improve your physical and mental strength, ensuring you are prepared to handle dangerous situations confidently and effectively.
The techniques of the Ninja and the skills of the Samurai have their origins in more than one discipline. Samurai and Ninja combat and mental skills were fused into a self-defence martial art we now know as Budojutsu.In itself, this martial art was developed over centuries, possibly thousands of years. Many of the schools with origins in Japan have now been handed over by their masters to new generations to carry on the legacies of knowledge.
​Read about the Budojutsu style taught in our school (Dojo), both combat- and non-combat style (Kamaejutsu), and our whole Budojutsu way-of-life (Ryu)below…
Kamaejutsu
There are many postures and stances in Budojutsu, which are called Kamae in Japanese. Kamae are the foundation of our Eagle Spirit Budojutsu Ryu (teachings). Kamae are used to train the basic stances and postures of our body. These are usually performed in motion, so we combine all the postures in a gentle flow to train our muscles and brain. Kamaejutsu are all the techniques where we perform these postures.
We train Kamaejutsu as our “non-combative style”, so you can train with us without the attack and defense elements of our style.
In Kamaejutsu, we also train to improve our mental health using breathing techniques to become relaxed and at ease with all the different stances. We have empty handed techniques as well as Kamae with weapons. We perform all our Kamaejutsu techniques as postures flowing from one posture into another to become calm and train our muscles at the same time.
We perform our Kamaejutsu techniques in series of postures in motion, called Kata. During every level of our study we will learn  short katas called Kamaejutsu Flow. These are series of techniques we use to train physical  balance and mental focus. Every flow we learn during our study of Kamaejutsu can be combined to the previous flow we learned. So the more advanced you get, the longer your flow will become.
So if you are looking for a way to get in shape, bring some mental calm and focus into your life and train in our art without the combative part, Kamaejutsu is the style for you.
Eagle Spirit Budojutsu
‘Eagle Spirit’ is derived from the first name of our founder, Arnout.
As with most Budojutsu styles outside of Japan, our style was formed after many years of study with different Martial arts masters who themself trained Samurai and Ninja techniques in Japan for many years. Each master modernises the lessons he was taught and his knowledge is, in turn, taken by his students who follow a path to become teachers (sensei) themselves. In this way, Budojutsu is always evolving. There are many styles of Budojutsu over the world nowadays. Every sensei chooses a path and hopes his style and techniques will continue on with new generations of students.
​The Eagle Spirit Budojutsu style is formed not only by combining Samurai and Ninja techniques, but also adding other forms of Martial arts to blend into a profound self-defense and survival system for modern times.
​We use empty hand defending and attacking techniques, as well as traditional and modern weapons. Our style is a modernised version of the ancient Japanese Ninja and Samurai techniques  taught by ‘O’Sensei Takamatsu, Soke Hatsumi Sensei and passed on through different schools that derived from their teachings. Combined with Decuerdas eskrima and knife fighting techniques from Great Grandmaster Tenio through the teachings of Grandmaster Van Donk.
We combine physical and mental techniques to ensure the practitioner remains calm in every possible situation. Unlike many martial arts, Budojutsu is not a competition sport. Our techniques were used on the battlefield and in life-and-death situations. That is why Budojutsu can be dangerous if used by people who are not balanced or not in the right mental state. This is also why meditation is a very important part of our style. An important element of our training are the meditation lessons. This is part of our traditional way. Our meditation is based on the five elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Void. If you want more information on our meditation go to Godaimeiso.com