Grandmaster Shoto Tanemura Sensei started the Genbukan federation to maintain and preserve the Ninpo traditions.  The Ninpo Bugei consists of many different Ryu or family traditions that Shoto Tanemura Sensei is the Grandmaster of.  It is this significance that sets the Genbukan Schools apart from many others.  It is the attention to the original Ryu and the long history that is still taught today and to all those who wish to learn this martial art. 

Tanemura Sensei teaches Ninpo Bugei for the defense of the mind, body and spirit and his schools around the world foster this same idea.  It is through this idea that students can develop beyond the physical techniques and reach a more complete mental and spiritual understanding of the art.  To merly learn and execute the techniques is limiting and to use the techniques to purposely do harm is not correct.  This art should be used to help everyone.
The symbol that Genbukan uses is related to the Buddhist indomitable sacred wheel.  This wheel, known as the eight-spoked Chakra, was originally an ancient weapon from India.  Later, this same form was adopted for rituals in Tantric Buddhism.  The wheel represents the destruction of evil and all that comes in the way of Dharma, the law and order of the Universe.  The eight sacred swords defend against this evil and signify that the martial way and the way of Buddha (where this symbol came from) are the same.  In the center of the wheel is a sacred mirror reflecting the oneness of the divine spirit and soul.  The character of NIN, meaning perseverance, expresses the desire that we wish to attain this purity and happiness with a harmonious way of life.  The pink lotus petals surrounding the mirror signify that no matter how undesirable our environment might be, we should keep ourselves pure and blossom out and into the light.