Any time the subject
of Koga Ryu Ninjutsu is brought up, there are automatic mixed feelings depending on the person. Koga Ryu as an art did indeed
exist, this is not the point of contention, the argument rather lies in the current lineage, if any, that is practiced today
and to what degree the current Koga Ryu practitioners hold any connection to the original art form. To see an illustration
of this you merely have to type in “Koga Ryu” into a search engine and you will be bombarded with claims and lineages
that can not be legitimately supported. This website is not to discredit any groups, organizations, individuals, or affiliations;
rather our intent is to define what we mean by the abstract term “Koga Ryu Ninjutsu”
As mentioned before the art of Koga Ryu Ninjutsu was indeed a genuine art in feudal Japan, but
its practice declined rapidly almost becoming obsolete compared to the Iga Ninjutsu traditions. Mentionable efforts made by
the Fujita family (most praiseworthy Seiko Fujita) to restore this seemingly lost art became devastated when Seiko Fujita
died suddenly and left no successor to replace him. So those wishing to study this interesting micro-cultural martial art
were left saying: Where do we go from here?
The Koga Ryu Ninjutsu Society
was formed with the intent to clear the air of confusion. Seiko Fujita and his direct Ninjutsu lineage is dead, what remains
is his texts and teachings. This does not mean Koga Ryu Ninjutsu is dead, rather our most accurate version that we had access
to is dead. Historically the Koga region was made up of many small family groups. Each family, speculatively; would practice
the art with stylistic variations. The value of Seiko Fujita’s work is that they serve as some of the only text of Koga
Ryu Ninjutsu instruction. The Koga Ryu Ninjutsu Society uses Fujita’s literature as a base to work from. The rest of
our studies deal with the experimentation and anthropological cultural reconstruction of ancient Ninjutsu practice. Although
this will never match an authentic line to Fujita or any other historic Koga family, it will provide the most accurate and
genuine Koga Ryu practice offered in modern times.
