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Jugodan – 15-degree black belt

Peter Kramer – Jugodan (15th Degree Black Belt), Bujinkan Daishiha

Peter Kramer was born in Laguna Beach, California, and moved to the island of Tahiti—the capital of French Polynesia—in 1971 at the age of eight. As the only “popaa” (a local Tahitian term for a white foreigner) in his school, Peter quickly became a target for bullies. That experience sparked a lifelong desire to learn how to defend himself.
Throughout his youth, Peter sought out and studied various martial arts, exploring any style he could find. In 1988, he discovered the Bujinkan when he attended a class taught by instructor Kevin Millis. One visit was all it took—Peter instantly knew he had found the martial art he had been searching for.

The Bujinkan is a Japanese martial arts organization founded by Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, the Sōke (宗家, “head of the family” or grandmaster) of nine classical Japanese warrior traditions (ryūha). The art encompasses unarmed combat (taijutsu, 体術), traditional weapons training (bukijutsu, 武器術), strategy, and survival skills rooted in the history of the samurai and ninja.