Instructor

The head instructor at Bujinkan Namiryū Dōjō is Alex Meehan, a direct student of Hatsumi Masaaki, founder and leader of the Bujinkan Dōjō and sōke (inheritor) of nine traditional Japanese kobudō ryūha.

Alex began training in Dublin in 1989 under Steve Byrne Sensei and made his first trip to Japan in December 2000. Since then, he has travelled to Japan more than 60 times for training and study. He founded Bujinkan Namiryū Dōjō in Dublin in 1998, passed the Godan test in Tokyo in 2000, and was awarded 15th dan in 2009, followed by Yūshū Shihan in 2015 and Dai Shihan in 2018.

Alex has also been awarded Menkyo Kaiden (full transmission licence) in Kotō Ryū Koppōjutsu by the current sōke of the tradition, Noguchi Yukio.

He has also received a number of honours from the Bujinkan Hombu Dōjō, including multiple Golden Dragon Awards, the Bufu Ikkan-shō, and the “Shin Gi Tai Ichi” certificate.

In Japan, in addition to training regularly with Hatsumi Sensei, Alex has trained extensively within the Bujinkan Dōjō under Someya Kenichi Daishihan and Nagato Toshirō Sōke.

In Dublin, he is assisted by a team of senior instructors, all of whom hold teaching qualifications, with many having trained consistently for over 20 years.