Darthmaul

Hi all.

I was thinking of getting into either JuJitsu or Ninjitsu. Ok I have done Jujitus (for 6 months, then did some other arts with locking in them also). Pretty much each class, practice locks, do falls, etc..... Now I have not done Ninjitsu at all. Looking at Utube, the locks look pretty interesting. They seem to have a little different flavor than Jujitsu. Also some of them look a little akido'ish and then I also seen some good throws. Seems like a lot of interesting stuff in Ninjitsu.

Now the striking and stances in Ninjitsu, looks a lot different from the karate I did. Seems like they are either doing a long front stance to strike or a long back stance to avoid. To me it looks kind of hard to use on the street (but it does look different and I really like to surprise an attacker). I do like that they seem to hit pressure points (I seen them strike the attackers arm with a strike, etc....). Then is seems to take a beating on some of the message board that the style is not good for self defence and that there are a lot of bad teachers out there.

Well what you all think. What are the pro's and Con's of each art? Or are the locks pretty much the same, and it does not really matter? Is there anything in the training that sets them appart? Has anyone tried these arts and stopped because they did not feel they worked? Thanks, any advice would be great.

Mr. Arieson

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