Ninjutsu for Self Defense

[jcmack]

Ninjutsu is one of the most efective and devastating martial arts I have ever trained in. The slow training you are referring to is is needed to learn the techniques themselves. Usually fast speed practice isn't used until you have attained the rank of blackbelt. If you learn a powerful technique but have no control and attempt to apply it to someone at fullspeed you will end up with many broken bones. Also, proper timeing must also be developed. If someone throws a fast cross or jab at you, there is potential to run right into it as you attempt to maneuver around it or even grab it. The problem with many people who only try a it for a year or so is that they don't ever get past that slow seemingly unuseful aspect of it. Then they quit and rwrite it off as ineffective. Keep with it and it will pay off. And remember, fighting and winning is more than just techniques, and there is a difference between being a fighter and a warrior.

[Aikido_Iaido]

Ninjutsu is garbage

Most ninjutsu isnt ninjutsu. Its kempo/karate mixed with judo/jujutsu. Real ninjutsu was never ment for self defence, it was to train you to sneak around and kill someone with a sword or something. Ninjas also have never been documented on winning fights againsts samurai with or without swords thats why they used caltrops and other things to help them run away. Also this is if ninjas actually existed there is some speculation. The closest thing you could be to being a real ninja nowadays is if you worked for the cia as an assasin or something. Although there are styles of ninjutsu that teach pretty good fighting i doubt that ninjas actually used any of it.

[jcmack]

That isn't true.

[Hikage]

Most ninjutsu isnt ninjutsu. Its kempo/karate mixed with judo/jujutsu. Real ninjutsu was never ment for self defence, it was to train you to sneak around and kill someone with a sword or something. Ninjas also have never been documented on winning fights againsts samurai with or without swords thats why they used caltrops and other things to help them run away. Also this is if ninjas actually existed there is some speculation. The closest thing you could be to being a real ninja nowadays is if you worked for the cia as an assasin or something. Although there are styles of ninjutsu that teach pretty good fighting i doubt that ninjas actually used any of it.

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Where did you get that little tid-bit? A cracker jack box?

-Hikage

[Aikido_Iaido]

If it isnt true than prove it. You cant can you?

[Hikage]

If it isnt true than prove it. You cant can you?

I don't believe that in this instance the burden of proof lies within me. You made a claim, you prove it.

-Hikage

[stinky666]

I am needing alot of help. I need for someone, or a couple of people to help me with my forum, it is about ninjitsu, and other martial arts...... it is mainly about Ninjitsu though.... i would just like toask if anyone is interested in helping me add information to it, then please go to my given website, and make a post saying you have come to help.....thank you

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[Ninpo Ikan]

Ninjutsu began much like Shaolin kung fu: they were a group of individuals who were spiritual outcasts from mainstream society and desired to learn combat skills that were outlawed at the time. Only the Iga society were the infamous assassins of feudal Japan, much of the ninja families were more concerned with honing martial skill and spirituality.

The reason why you are probably going slowly to start is to learn the technique and hone the fine points of ninjutsu. Take omote gyaku, the outward wrist reversal. It is a basic technique, yet hidden in it is many vital points of eventually letting your body flow and the techniques will just come out. When you hold your hand on the side without grabbing as you step back, you learn about body touches and how to sense what your opponent will be doing next, as well as taking your opponent off-balance. When you actually grab the hand, you learn about leverage and pressure points, and how best to clench the hand so they cannot escape and it causes pain. Then when you actually shift and take them to the ground, from there so many different techniques can flow. Ninjutsu is all about creativity and individuality, there are only so many set techniques and from there it is all about being in the flow. It is all about timing, distance, balance, and accuracy.

I am not saying it is the most superior martial art, as there is no superior martial arts, only superior martial artists. I know a man who has trained in tai chi for over 30 years who could floor the average no-holds-barred fighter without even losing his cool. Whatever martial art you do, devote yourself entirely to it and you will have little to worry about self-defense. If you don't like Bujinkan Ninjutsu, then maybe it's not for you. I myself love it and hope to someday become a fully qualified instructor and open up my own dojo.

[Ninpo Ikan]

I am needing alot of help. I need for someone, or a couple of people to help me with my forum, it is about ninjitsu, and other martial arts...... it is mainly about Ninjitsu though.... i would just like toask if anyone is interested in helping me add information to it, then please go to my given website, and make a post saying you have come to help.....thank you

http://invisibleninja.proboards29.com

I'd research your history a lot more before you begin your website to be perfectly honest.

[jubaji]

I know a man who has trained in tai chi for over 30 years who could floor the average no-holds-barred fighter without even losing his cool.

How do you know that? Did he win a lot of nhb tournaments, or did he track down nhb fighters and fight them in the street?

[Ninpo Ikan]

His power alone in his technique is amazing, and there was a point once where he had to put a man down in defense of someone else.

The main thing you have to realize about NHB is: it's not the ultimate test. There are rules, there are limited factors, you're in a nice clean ring, the guy you're fighting is about your weight and he's not out to permanently disable you. A lot different from fending off a couple of crackheads with broken bottles and flathead screwdrivers on a dirty, glass-ridden street. As soon as you take one of them into your guard or mount, the others will gladly kick the crap out of you. I fought NHB for a number of years before I turned traditional, and it is a lot of fun but its not ultimate self-defense. It's a sport.

[jubaji]

His power alone in his technique is amazing, and there was a point once where he had to put a man down in defense of someone else.

So, you saw him fight once and you know he "could floor the average no-holds-barred fighter without even losing his cool"? I'm not sure your statistical calculations are completely orthodox.

[jubaji]

A lot different from fending off a couple of crackheads with broken bottles and flathead screwdrivers on a dirty, glass-ridden street.

So you saw this guy fight at least two "crackheads with broken bottles and flathead screwdrivers on a dirty, glass-ridden street"? Was this the one fight you were referring to before?

Did the crackheads have a broken bottle in one hand and a screwdriver in the other, or did one have the bottle and the other the screwdriver? And would a philips head be less dangerous?

[Ninpo Ikan]

This is my opinion, though I'm sure he could. Against the superior types, such as Frank Shamrock, Bas Rutten, and Chuck Liddell, I'm sure he would get his butt kicked as they are superior martial artists in their own right.

[Ninpo Ikan]

No, he wasn't in that situation before, that was me. And yes, a flathead screwdriver puncturing your flesh hurts well enough. His was against a larger man in his apartment complex who was beating on his wife. The man was a Toughman competitor and a bear to boost, and Mr. Liu went up to ask him to stop and thats when they had their altercation. Any person who spends 30 years in one type of martial art is bound to have a superior advantage over any other person.