Akban Martial Arts Academy
Akban, The guardian of light in Japanese (光番), is an academy for martial disciplines.
The Akban mon is two phoenix birds intertwined. The phoenixes, creatures that disappear in fire and return every thousand years, symbolize the preservation and practice of ancient knowledge. Budo Ninjutsu is a martial art that originated hundreds of years ago. We guard it's essence with constant practice and research.
The two phoenixes depict the power and harmony that stem from communion of opposites: Man and environment, tradition and research, extreme activity and meditation, opponents and defenders.
Along the communion of opposites, the beaks of the creature create the shape of a heart to remind us the most important reason of the martial art we are doing - guarding our humane hearts, guarding the people dear to us, guarding peace.
The Akban martial arts school was founded in 1985, in Israel, by Yossi Sheriff.
The Akban school teaches martial arts practitioners until they reach a mature stage at which they can continue practicing elsewhere, in Akban or learn in a state commissioned martial arts instructors' course and teach independently.
Couple of hundred students with more than a hundred veterans are practicing Budo Ninjutsu and koryu originated in Bujinkan and elsewhere and gathering martial knowledge from everywhere.
About ten instructors who learned in Akban teach in Dojos all over Israel.
Akban in video
If we could tell you just one thing about our effort it's this: When we began it took about seven years to gather the technical expertise to qualify for a black belt exam, of course, with no guaranty you'll pass. Since then we upped our knowledge, not only of Ninjutsu techniques but of the Martial arts needed for our veterans in order to be well rounded warriors. It now takes, at least, eleven to twelve years to qualify for a black belt exam in Budo Ninjutsu.
We base our Martial arts knowledge and practice on the methodical pyramid model. Good friendship and all-round expertise created our still-in-diapers project of the Akban-wiki.
Read about Akban and other information below:
- What we are proud ofSee our most important professional mottos.
- Our ethical codeDiscover our unique warrior code of conduct. It took us more than fifteen years to hone it.
- Budo Ninjutsu historyRead about Ninjutsu's rich history and the traditional Japanese roots of our martial institution.
- Spiritual path In Budo NinjutsuSee the interrelation of spiritual growth and our down-to-earth practice.
- The dreaded "24"Check out our one of Akban's most extreme and tough exercises.
