With over 40 years experience in Martial Arts, John began his Martial Art journey at 15 years of age, when he joined Tae Kwon do over the next 11 years his training achieving rank of Black belt and opening a club in Rathmines and Churchtown. John journey will lead to take up other Martial Arts (Tomiki Aikido, Kobudo, Hapkido and Wing Chun) until he met Dai Shihan Tommy Lawlor and started in Bujinkan for last 25 years, John regularly trains weekly with his instructor and travelled to Tai Kai’s across Europe and to train with in Japan with The Soke Masaaki Hatsumi and his Shihans.
Martial Art Journey
In 2010 in Ayase Tokyo, John passed is Godan, receiving the rank of Shidoshi (5th Dan) and his teaching license to open his own Bujinkan Dojo , while in Japan Hatsumi drew a picture and gave me a name for my dojo translating to meaning “Movement from the Heart” In 2022 John was awarded his 7th Dan from Dai Shihan Tommy Lawlor.
Bujinkan is the Martial Art that translate the teachings from Nine Schools of traditional Japanese Martial Arts. With in the schools is Art of Hitchibuku Goshinjutsu Seikatsuho and 2023 was awarded with rank of Jokyu from Dai Shihan Peter King in Japanese Traditional Medicine.
When I started my Journey, I remember a conversation that I had with my Sensei Dai Shin Tommy Lawlor ” Bujinkan is a living Martial Art, created to meet the challenges of today, everyone is unique and moves in different ways, we must learn from the past and make it our own to meet the challenges of the day”
John Fahey
Certification
Bujinkan shinjitsu Dojo 