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Hi all ... Anyone have some experience with budo taijutsu? I've done some reading on it but I can't seem to get as much info as I'd like, so any help would be appreciated (links, stories, comparisons to other arts, etc).

 

I know this may have been covered in other threads, so pointing me there is fine. Thanks!!

 

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ninpo budo taijutsu

 

a japanese art that has survived the centuries (900yrs) and involves the classic ninja, stephen hayes, hatsumi sensei, robert fraser are some examples of the great masters of the art.

 

after you reach tenth degree there are five more degrees after that to represent each element, the fifth being the VOID, the teachings are from the classical 9 ninja scrolls (densho),

 

the style as taught here in japan at my base in in tokyo by hatsumi sensei and fraser sensei is as follows

 

kihon happo- 8 historic basic combat movements

 

kata/henka- historic models of movements derived from actual combat

 

jissen teki- fighting skills using practical body positioning for safety

 

goshin jutsu- self defense skills

 

ningu- weapons training including long and short staffs, knives, swords, chain and rope along with others

 

these five areas are taught with emphasis on taijutsu(ninja 's body arts)

 

taijutsu consists of:

 

taihenjutsu- skills of escaping harm, such as footwork, body shifting, breakfalls, jumping, rolling and diving

 

dakentajutsu- offensive and defensive parrying, punching, striking and kicking skills

 

jutaijutsu- grappling skills to include locks, holds, chokes, throws and counters to any of the above......

 

let me know if i can help more

That which does not destroy me will only make me stronger

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the term taijutsu doesn't necessarily refer to ninja. taijutsu translates to "body arts" and back in the day was used synonymously with the term jujutsu. It was just a generic term.

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i apologize for how i wrote that...i was going off of a brochure from the instructor here on the base and i was trying to simplify it and apparently i did make some mistakes while thinking ...my mind got ahead of my fingers....sorry for the mistakes....i hope that the gist of the style was interpretted well.....again my apologies

That which does not destroy me will only make me stronger

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Sorry folks, I was away for the week.

 

Yeah, maybe I should talk to Treebranch ... I know there are a few people here who know the system and have spoken about it on this forum.

 

How is training usually done? Are there forms or is it more free flowing to involve sparring and real-life encounter situations? Is the grappling limited to any particular range or does it involve stand-up and ground work?

 

Thanks again!

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Well, I train in it...though not exclusively.

 

Anyhow, there are forms. They are mainly used to get your body used to the stance work and proper body mechanics.

 

As far as sparring goes, we do this in my class. At first it is very controlled, but later on you begin to go into free-response sparring.

 

The grappling is great in my opinion. We work from all ranges. Stand-up striking/grappling, throws and takedowns, and intense groundwork. I should note that at my dojo we focused a great deal on takedowns before we got into a whole lot of groundwork, but it is there.

 

Over-all review: Very well-rounded martial art. While I dislike some of their methods, I would still say that it is a good MA for those who want to learn to defend themselves.

 

SiK---Joshua

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Taijutsu as a generic term refers to body skills, and was often used as synonym to jujutsu and other similar terms, referring to the unarmed methods of several styles (including aikido!).

 

Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu is a modern style of grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi, who founded it on nine traditional fighting systems of Japan. Most of these systems are "just" samurai arts, similar to other traditional jujutsu systems. Some of the styles also included shinobijutsu - the methods of the ninja. Hence much was made about the ninjutsu aspect of Bujinkan in the early years of 70's and 80's for advertising purposes. Later the name was changed from ninjutsu to taijutsu, because that is more accurate as per what the curriculum is composed of.

 

If you study Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu, the average class is quite identical to any traditional (not modern!) jujutsu systems. You'll have to study years until you even hear of the first ninjutsu type techniques, which quite frankly aren't that applicable in basic self defence scenarios. The ninjutsu methods include ways of scaling medieval castle walls, picking ancient locks, etc. Although one can easily assume that the old ninja tactics have a lot to offer in terms of ideas as per how to defende oneself more effectively in the modern world too.

 

Fact is, many people who claim to teach "ninjutsu" have actually very little knowledge of actual ninjutsu, and they are just teaching the jujutsu tactics.

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Thanks to all who posted here ... I appreciate the info.

 

People have told me this a million times before: I have to visit the places that offer these arts I'm interested in .. only then can I get the right idea of what they're like. Even if I read up on the style, the place might be a McDojo so what I end up with might not be what's best for me.

 

But it would still be cool to scale castle walls :)

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