Chikara

Yes, true. It would look like 2 drunks just causing trouble at first glance. I guess 9 times out of 10 (depending on circumstances) something like this can be avoided. Just like a car accident, the cop will ask if you could have avoided the confrontation or if the other person was adament about fighting.

True, there are certain variables to consider. But like I said, I wouldn't chase the person or continue if he or she stopped. That right there would make my defense legal. Only escalating to the legal level, but stopping. I was trying to say that the law would go easier on me than it would a man. I don't think I got that across right.

Thanks Joesteph! I agree. There's no such thing as a white or black lie, just different shades of gray. The person who says he or she never lies is the biggest liar of all. Is it really omitting if I don't tell them every single aspect of my life? I don't think so. They don't need to know that I know martial arts, that would probably ensure a fight starts. They don't need to know that person across the street I just waved to is just a stranger. I think what Enron and Worldcorp did was omitting. This is different.

So, you'd rather be killed than say you know martial arts? Me, I'm a girl so I'll give the flip side of the coin. I would lie about doing it. I would say that I don't know how to do anything and I wouldn't react in an aggressive manner. I would divert their attacks innocently and wait for the right time to knock them off their feet. We'll all end up doing what we're trained to do whether we think about it or not. We all have that baser instinct to survive and nothing is going to override that no matter what. We will yank our hands back when burned, shiver when it's cold, and continue breathing when we're asleep. Of course, our instincts also warn us to not go down that dark alley, but that's one of the instincts we think about and sometimes ignore.

We have the same bodies our ancestors had when they started figuring out combat. There are only so many ways the human body can move in order to hurt another. Of course, I'm just purely interested in anything claiming to be different. So, yes, I would like to see it taught to civvies. Maybe it would have some new methodology we've never seen before and might spice up our outlook on martial arts.

I'm being taught preemptive work. I know for a fact this person wants to hurt me, so I do a preemptive strike and follow through with the rest of my whammies until the guy is unable to fight. This applies to a big guy too, it's legal to do preemptive striking if you feel that your health is compromised in any way and can prove that a reasonable person would have concluded the same. Of course, I'm a really short woman, so the law wouldn't care one way or another if I had to resort to deadly force. Though, if the guy runs away or stops, I just run to a phone. I'd imagine it must be pretty hard to stop the attack with all that insane adrenaline pumping.

Sorry, no. It's him trying to keep me there. He tested me a whole month early and he almost never teaches that kata. It's most definitely a sales pitch.

At my first dojo, my sensei just promoted me to i-kyu and started teaching me Hidden Stick Form from Bando. In the other dojo, we've been preparing a lot for the upcoming Russian martial arts seminar. I've started doing more kata and laying off the calisthenics a little bit because I've been too sore.

Oh well, it's still an awesome style anyway. I think their best attribute is that they can pick up anything of any shape to use as a weapon. Also, they were the 007's of feudal Japan! How cool is that!

I think you're right about lowering blood pressure. But, if you do Sanchin and hold the tension in your face, your blood pressure will go way up and break vessels. But, not if done correctly I believe. Are there any medical doctors or nurses on here?

The reason I asked was because there are people who believe that the original Ninjutsu is lost completely, and others believe it was broken down and alive and booming today.

People usually get what's coming to them, legal or not. The 3-fold law, what you do comes back to you x3. Something to be careful of, especially for martial artists (and hockey players! ).

Right on! I would have done the same thing were I in her shoes. That boy had it coming. He needed to be taught not to do that again and who better than a little girl? I agree, she didn't lose control at all. That boy is clearly the problem here, not your daughter. That, in my book, was self defense from possibly getting seriously hurt by him. BTW, did his dojo kick him out? Stupid question, the sensei applauded the boy for hitting her.

Okinawans had trade routes with China. There's one in particular that I'm having trouble remembering the name to. There was one named Kusanku (means diplomat in Japanese), who went to China and learned martial arts and brought it back. Yes, I know the Okinawans came up with Kobudo, farming weapon martial art. But, as I said, this is what my sensei told me. I'm too busy to research at the moment, but I will later.

Sorry I'm being so confusing. I just don't know what order to put this thing in. I mean, which came first? Ninjutsu or the other styles or both at the same time? Ok, I think I came up with a better way. Does Ninjutsu employ all styles of Japanese/Okinawan martial arts? Or just a select few? P.S. I was asleep when I posted the last msg. I'm no good at communicating late at night.

Went to class yesterday. Got chewed out for making contact and I didn't know I wasn't supposed to. To top it off, Sensei was already mad that night because the kids were acting up. We worked knife/grappling on the ground and our knees. It was way beyond anything we were ready for.

Excellent post! I have to agree as well with Joesteph. My bro has Asperger's and he went to Trooper Youth Week and their martial arts training made him much more confident and a lot nicer, not so angry. So, Mom's going to get him into this Kung Fu place. I think most of us already know the benefits, but we always miss a few and it's always encouraging to see them listed.

Thanks! I was just thinking about how the Okinawan fisherman went to China and learned their martial arts and formed To-te and then changed into the 3 main styles of that era Naha-te, Shuri-te, and Temari-te, which then got changed by the practitioners to all these other styles. This is just the history as I was taught. I guess what I really wanted to know was how Ninjutsu came to be. I'm not learning it, I'm just interested in it. I'll probably do it sometime. It looks too cool not to.

Look again at it, it says, "Styles that CAME FROM Ninjutsu." I'm not talking about Kokon Budo, I'm talking about how Ninjutsu was broken down and separated into individual disciplines over the centuries. BTW, I'm not mad, just love this color.

I know there are many different styles OF Ninjutsu. I'm talking about the ones that MAKE UP Ninjutsu; Judo, Aikido, Kendo, etc. I'm just wondering how many would you guess and which ones? And I'm only talking about the weapons and empty hand, not explosives, poisons, or other skills they had.

Hey, I'm just wondering... how many styles of martial arts would you say came from Ninjutsu or made it up? I mean, what makes up Taijutsu and the weapon styles?

There are certain areas where it is possible to kill with only one punch. I interpret it as finding the weakest area and hitting it as hard as you can. And kill doesn't have to mean kill, it can mean incapacitate. I've often heard that if you're injured in battle, then you might as well be dead.

In class yesterday, we worked on knife defense on the ground and our knees. It was more advanced than most of us were used to. I'm really sore, so today's a recovery day.

"Gakyu"? Funny, my sensei calls it gakun. They must have different ways of saying it. If you don't already know it, don't let your instructor make you work Daicho. We've been working on exactly the same stuff you've been working on KF Sensei! That's awesome! Were those your first classes in Aikido or were they seminars? Lately, I've been working Sanchin a lot more. I'm hoping it'll give me stronger abs.

There are plenty of dvd's and books at the library for self defense and martial arts. Oh, and check out https://www.kerwinbenson.com. He's got a ton of articles about multiple attackers, fitness, weapons and stuff. The internet has thousands (if not millions) of websites dedicated to martial arts.