Ninjutsu for Self Defense

[jubaji]

I know he can, because, as I have explained, he has been training for 30 years and has powerful, fast, and accurate techniques.

So you are now claiming that 30 years of forms and techniques means that someone can beat a trained fighter (you know, one that actually fights often)?

[Ninpo Ikan]

Now you're assuming Who said it was only forms and techniques? And that's all for now, Mega Grandmaster Jubaji. Oyasuminasai

[jubaji]

The average NHB fighter trains in muay thai and BJJ, and spends the rest of his time pumping up in the weightroom, building big muscles but not functional strength.

This is a new one. So now you are saying that lifting has no benefit?

[jubaji]

Now you're assuming Who said it was only forms and techniques? And that's all for now, Mega Grandmaster Jubaji. Oyasuminasai

That is what you said, isn't it?


BTW, I'm not going home or to bed, so no need for your inappropriate salutation.

[jubaji]

I am confident in what I know as I have been trained by very influential teachers and have traveled to Tibet to seek out further knowledge in spirituality and awareness,

That's heavy man. Thousands of tourist travel to Tibet every year. Did you stay at the very spiritual Holiday Inn?

[Ninpo Ikan]

This is a new one. So now you are saying that lifting has no benefit?

I myself use weights as well as my friend, though in far different ways from what the average pumper does in the gym. He actually does his forms and the majority of his techniques holding two 72lb kettlebells by the bottoms, and I do my fair share of compound exercises, kettlebells, and lifting various objects. For a good example of what I mean behind the difference between functional strength and being a pumper, check out "Dinosaur Training". It will definitely open your eyes to strength training in a whole new light

[Ninpo Ikan]

BTW, I'm not going home or to bed, so no need for your inappropriate salutation.

Obviously you've never spent time in Japan. If you plan on not talking to a person at all for the rest of the day, you typically use "oyasuminasai" as a sort of "see ya tomorrow" greeting. Very common in Okinawa, the bartenders love saying it whenever you're in the midst of pub crawling.

[Ninpo Ikan]

That's heavy man. Thousands of tourist travel to Tibet every year. Did you stay at the very spiritual Holiday Inn?

Good joke, actually, made me laugh Someday I'll show you the pic we all got with the Dalai Lama.

[jubaji]

I myself use weights as well as my friend, though in far different ways from what the average pumper does in the gym.

What is the "average pumper"?

[jubaji]

Obviously you've never spent time in Japan.

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Oh, you're doing great today!

[jubaji]

Someday I'll show you the pic we all got with the Dalai Lama.

That's either another joke, or you are very old, or you also travelled to India.

[Tom Yum]

What is the "average pumper"?

I think its one of those things they sell dudes on the back of certain magazines...

[Ninja]

Like so many arts, Ninjitsu was a way of self-preservation that evolved to include forms of self-perfection. It's basic rules were and still are:

1. Set up your life so the enemy cannot appear before you

2. Learn that not evey action requires a reaction

3. Attacking an enemy directly is ineffective when you are outnumbered and out-gunned. Apply pressure indirectly by attacking the line of least expectation and least resistance - when such a thing is necessary.

To understand how the art fits into today's world where it is (incorrectly) compared to NHB, BJJ, and others, conider this:

I don't know many cops who would last 30 seconds in a thai boxing ring. However, if I were forced to travel through a hard neighborhood, I'd rather have a cop with me than a thai boxer.

I'm not looking for enemies here. Just thought I'd offer a new direction.

[Ninpo Ikan]

What is the "average pumper"?

The average pumper is those that do several different isolation exercises for one muscle group each day, using a variety of different machines and dumbbells. All it does is build size, it does very little for functional strength. A few decades ago, it was all about functional strength, and if you couldn't do an overhead press with at least 200 pounds you were considered to be a weak man. Now it's just about inflating your muscles with blood to make them look bigger and requiring a lot more maintenance in the gym.

[Ninpo Ikan]

That's either another joke, or you are very old, or you also travelled to India.

My sensei has visited the Dalai Lama on numerous occasions, and will occasionally bring along students who show interest in gaining more awareness and who desire to learn advanced meditative techniques among other things. They have a "seminar", so to speak, more like a social get-together, in Tibet once a year every year with a variety of individuals, such as Arthur Saftlas, Shinzen Young, and Sharon Salzberg. You don't have to be "very old" to go to these, the youngest person there was a young girl of about 17, and she was very advanced as far as meditative techniques go. It's too bad you're so close-minded about other's experiences, you could learn a lot from others.