Paul Masse
Bujinkan Daishihan
Paul has lived in Japan since 1994. He attended Hatsumi Soke's weekly training and now teaches classes at the Bujinkan Hombu.
Paul Masse is a Bujinkan practitioner based in Nodashi, Japan. He was raised in Florida. As an adult, he sought a martial art with practical application and began Bujinkan training after observing a ninjutsu demonstration by a student of Stephen K. Hayes, one of the first American students of Masaaki Hatsumi. In 1994, Paul relocated to Japan to train directly under Hatsumi, the head of the Bujinkan.
Paul also worked for more than twenty years as a street performer in Yokohama. His act applied his physical training to juggling, including juggling chainsaws.
Paul hosts a podcast on the Bujinkan. During the COVID-19 period, he conducted livestreamed interviews with many of the new Bujinkan Soke and additionally with longtime students of the Bujinkan. He publishes Japanese-language videos of conversations and training sessions on a regular basis.
Paul is fluent in Japanese and commonly translated for Soke and the Japanese Shihan in class.
Paul is the Director of the Kasumi An Study Center in Nodashi, Japan, where he teaches budo, yoga/junan taiso, shodo (calligraphy), suiboku (ink painting) and pottery. Paul teaches seminars yearly in the US and abroad.
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