Welcome to the Komichi Dojo website!

The Komichi Dojo is a school of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu located in Eveleigh, Sydney Australia. Komichi Dojo was established in 2003 when Peter White (Shihan) arrived back in Australia after training in Japan for 4 years.

"Komichi" is Japanese word and translated means "path". Komichi Dojo represents a training hall that guides the practitioner to the true path of understanding in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu as taught by Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi Sensei.

"Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu is not a sports-oriented martial art, it is a thorough combat system. The way and the psyche of this code was formed, forged and tested in the danger and riot of battle".[ref] Today it is alive and well and is practiced worldwide. It's training focuses on weapons, unarmed combat techniques and using multiple attackers. Because of this practitioners of Bujinkan do not participate in competitions or sports.

The Komichi Dojo is a very relaxed and fun environment for all range of students from advanced to absolute beginners.

Instructor

Peter White (Shihan)

Peter White has been training 17 years in the Bujinkan Budo-Taijutsu. He first began training in Judo in 1983, Kung-Fu and Wing Chun in 1984-88, Kickboxing in 1988-89 and then in Ninjutsu in 1989 under the Wayne Roy dojo's. In 1993, he began training under the instruction of Andrew Macdonald, who had just arrived back in Australia, after living and training in Japan for over 5 years.

In 1999, Peter then moved to Japan to work and train with Grandmaster Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi. For 4 years, Peter trained with Hatsumi-sensei, Nagato-sensei, Noguchi-sensei and many other great Shihan from Japan, and instructors from all countries around the world. He is one of few Australian instructors who has lived and trained in Japan. He returned back to Australia in July 2003, and has been teaching Australia's Special Forces Operations Group and also to the general public at various venues. He regularly returns to Japan to train and to stay up to date with the current practices as taught by the Grandmaster.

Peter is now a High School Teacher and instructs teenagers in martial arts at his school for sport and teaches at his dojo at the Pyrmont Community Centre.

Comments from Students

"Peter's Bujinkan dojo provides an excellent and safe environment to learn and enjoy this great martial art. Peter's friendly and relaxed approach to teaching students builds your confidence and ability with each training session. There is no doubt to Peter's high level of skill and expertise and he uses this to nurture his students in their personal development.  Most importantly we have fun while we train with a great bunch of people."
- S. Bernardi

"Peter shows great depth in his technique and knowledge, and demonstrates how the ancient art of Bujinkan applies to the real world, in real situations - giving you little gems of knowledge along the way. He shows a patience and attentiveness to his students and paces his training to their abilities, growing them when they are ready. His jovial nature makes the training a fun exploration of Bujinkan while still maintaining the intention that its true to budo. I'm really glad to have Peter as my Bujinkan instructor!
- D.Crabb

"In my opinion Peter is very knowledgeble in the art of Bujinkan Taijutsu. He is passionate when discussing it and his explanation of techniques is very easy to understand. Peter's communication is clear, precise, and effective. I find that he is very approachable and enjoys passing on his knowledge of Bujinkan to his students. I really enjoy learning from him!"
- O. Kolev