Shihan Ed Martin, AKA Papa-San or Flyboy, passed away yesterday. He was 81. Mr. Martin trained in the bujinkan for about 34 years. He was a 15th dan, and gave seminars around the world for over 20 years. Pennsylvania Bujinkan : : Ed Martin So many people knew him better than I did. I attended a couple of his seminars and saw him in Japan once. But I felt someone needed to memorialize his passing.
Years back spent a very long night outside a hotel room in Montreal chatting til the wee hours. Enjoyed his words and company very much. Thoughts to his family. The Bujinkan has lost one of it's biggest personalities