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The Order of Musashi Shinobi Samurai is a Japanese shinobi samurai clan which served Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Edo Shogunate from 1582 to 1868. They served the Tokugawa Shogunate as intelligence operatives called onmitsu, and metsuke, and in the 19th century, as diplomats.

The Kojutsu Ryuha is administrated by  Masashi Kenryu (Kent Hayek) Iemoto of Musashi Shibata-ryu Kojutsu – authorized by Shibata Kiyomi Suzak (柴田 清美 朱雀) of the Musashi Shinobi Samurai Clan, Tokyo Japan. 

The current Shibata-ryu Kojutsu Ryuha has the following Koryu divisions of training:

1. Musashi Kempo
   1. Ryukyute Kempo
2. Musashi Jujutsu
   1. Aikitejutsu
3. Musashi Ninjutsu
   1. Shibata-ryu Kojutsu Gendai Ninjutsu
4. Musashi Kojutsu
   1. Jujiken-jutsu

Ranking Members:

1. Kenryu Hayek- Iemoto Shibata-ryu Kojutsu 
2. Ulises Villa Huesca:
   1. Menkyo Kaiden Masashi Shiabata Ninjutsu
   2. Menkyo Shihan Musashi Shibata-ryu Kojutsu
3. Henry Iwoaka;
   1. Menkyo Kaiden – Musashi Shibata-ryu Jujutsu
   2. Menkyo Shihan – Musashi Shibata-ryu Kempo
4. Rene Petrovic – Menkyo Kaiden – Koryu Jujutsu
5. John Johnson:
   1. Menkyo Kaiden Shihan – Shibata-ryu Gendai Ninjutsu
   2. Menkyo Shihan – Musashi Shibata-ryu Kojutsu
6. Matthew Hayek – Menkyo Shihan – Ryukyute Kempo
7. Brett Mayfield –
   1. Menkyo  Kaiden – Musashi Shibata-ryu Kempo
   2. Menkyo Shihan  – Musashi Shibata-ryu Kojutsu
8. Jason Lincoln –
   1. Sandan 2nd Dan – Musashi Shibata-ryu Ninjutsu
   2. Sandan 3rd Dan – Musashi Shibata-ryu Kojutsu 

Questions and Contact Email: hayek at ko-ryu.com

 

Iemoto certification in Kojutsu granted by Kiyomi Shibata of the Musashi Ninja Clan (Iemoto (家元, lit. ’family foundation’) is a Japanese term used to refer to the founder or current Grand Master of a certain school of traditional Japanese art. It is used synonymously with the term sōke (宗家) when it refers to the family or house that the iemoto is head of and represents the Kojutsu Ryuha.