Finding the right teacher is sometimes like looking for a needle in a haystack, one thing is certain, there are not suppose to be many great teachers.

  If you understand this, then you can begin to realize finding a good teacher is relevant to you being a good student, if it's a good match then you will both meet.

  The question of finding a good teacher is not as important as what will you do when you find him or her ? Some students will never find the right teacher because they themselves are not right. Even when they do find one they often never realize it.

destined to bounce around from teacher to teacher because they never have what it takes to make a serious commitment, it shows in their Taijutsu as well.

  Here are a few criteria for finding a good teacher:

  There are more that will be added later,
The important thing is to simply start training, you won't know anything about an instructor until you train with them. The above examples alone would disqualify over 80% of instructors teaching in the Bujinkan today.

A final bit of advice would be to not be so impressed with technical demonstrations, there are many practitioners who look good but they lack the heart and experience which make up 98% of a teacher's Taijutsu skills.