I have read in a number of places that most students of the Bujinkan are non Japanese. That is not surprising as I think this is probably common in a number of arts. But I would like to know if Hatsumi soke has a number of Japanese students and who are his longer term students and higher rank shihans? I notice in his recent kodansha released books the faces are pretty much all Japanese and all re-occuring.
thanks for your time,
Jeff