Good idea asking others dude. in my opinion its good he seems to of acknowledgd Hatsumi sensei, but since he split apart from the bujinkan 20 years ago! that means he will be doing everything from his memory of 20 years ago, and like all humans his memory would of decayed in that time meaning that if you were to learn under them you would not be learning true budo taijutsu, there would be things you would pick up from him but they wouldnt be at the same quality as you find being taught in a Bujinkan dojo, also its just my opinion that religion and culture seems like a very trivial reason to disasociate yourself with an art of many different cultures and religions as the bujinkan has its roots not only in Japan but China, India and Tibet when going back in history. Also if the teachings at this school are to be taught to you 'within biblical values' wouldnt that mean that your taijutsu would be governed by rules! thereby limiting what you can do in a life or death situation. Its just my opinion that the statement 'Some of the traditional movements were impractical for a reality based martial art' seems a little close minded as the art was developed for the battlefield on the battlefield, in other words the art is for reality nothing in it is for show or to look pretty!!! Hope this helped m8 happy training to you.
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