Video Showcase: Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu
Budoka: Adults & Young Adults (15+)
Shadow Warriors: Teens/Pre-teens (10-14)
Ninja Kids: Children (4-9)
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A full spectrum of highly effective combat arts and mobility training for adults and young adults ages 15+.
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Empowering and fun self defense and agility training for adolescents ages 10-14.
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Accident-proofing, agility, and fun self defense for children ages 4-9.
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Real-World Self Protection

time-tested martial arts that work and adapt to any situation

Combat Multiple Attackers

be prepared to handle the chaos when your opponents come in groups

Train with Weapons

an arsenal of modern & traditional arms, and anything else that's handy

Anyone Can Train

regardless of age, activity level, physical injury, or disability

Fun Community

informal atmosphere where playing is encouraged

Ancient Martial Arts for the Modern Day

Video Showcase: Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu
HD Video Showcase of our Martial Arts

  • Low prices, monthly plans, no contracts, and family discounts.

  • Learn how to protect yourself and those you care about.

  • No sports. This is the real deal. The goal is survival.

  • Relaxed, informal atmosphere. Classes are fun and our students are friendly.

  • Enhanced self-esteem and confidence

  • Increase your physical fitness and flexibility through conditioning, calisthenics and mobility excercises.

  • Gain better balance and body posture.

  • Improve your self-discipline, mental focus and awareness of the world around you.

  • Learn to think strategically. Gain a better understanding distance and timing.

Experienced and Effective

With nearly 30 years of training experience, Sensei Anthony Brooks is the longest-practicing black belt instructor of authentic ninja and samurai combat arts in the greater Chicago area.

Brooks Martial Arts is the only fully-licensed training center in McHenry County for Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu.

Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu is the only true "Mixed Martial Arts" for the real world, with no rules and no boundaries. It is an all-in-one combat art that includes:

  • Ju-taijutsu (body structure, destabilizing an opponent, grappling, pins, chokes, ground fighting)
    Other martial arts with similar themes:
    Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ), Judo, Jiu-jitsu, Jeet Kun Do (JKD), Aikido, Aiki-jujutsu

  • Dakentaijutsu (punches and strikes)
    Other martial arts with similar themes:
    Karate / Karate-do, Karate-jutsu

  • Kicking and sweeping
    Other martial arts with similar themes:
    Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai, kickboxing

  • Kenjutsu (sword fighting)
    Other martial arts with similar themes:
    Kendo, Iaido, Tameshigiri

  • Ninjutsu / Ninpo (stealth, camoflauge, strategy)

  • Weapons fighting, including guns, chains, bo, knives, swords, and many more.
    Other martial arts with similar themes:
    Kung fu, Tai Chi Chuan

  • Multiple-attacker techniques and strategies.

  • Kyo-jutsu (controlling the opponent's perceptions)

  • Koppo-jutsu (controlling bone structure, bone strikes, joint locks, bone breaks)

  • Koshi-jutsu (finger strikes and tears to soft tissue, nerves, and pressure points)

  • Ukemi (tumbling, rolls, dives, break falls)

Ninja and Samurai were the ultimate fighters when it came to hand to hand combat and personal weaponry. The same nine martial arts schools they taught have been handed down and perfected over the years to become the modern art of Bujinkan Budo Taijutusu.