Ninjutsu Training Online

Hello Ninja Fans!!!

So, I have receiced 14 emails regarding starting a ninjutsu podcast. But, I want to hear from all of you visiting the site, give me what you want to hear and learn, and I will put them together and start the first and the only ninja podcast!

Drop me an email or post here to this post!!

Bufu Ikkan

 A ninja has to have an awesome grip, in order to climb ropes, grapple, utilize weapons etc. So here is a great exercise to increase your pinching and gripping strength. Grasp a well-anchored door by the edge. Next lean back into the squatting position, and begin to pull yourself into the standing position. Again be careful when your grip fails you, as you don’t want to be stumbling back into anything that will injure you!

Bufu Ikkan

Hello Ninja Fans!

I came across this grainy but awesome Soke Hatsumi video covering ryutai undo ho.

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Just what constitutes a “ninja” lifestyle? Is it running around in your tabi, and black outfit, with your weapons bristling from every point on your body? Well, it might be fun but I don’t think that exudes a ninja lifestyle. Personally I love the following saying:

“The way of the martial artist is the way of enduring, surviving, and prevailing over all that would destroy him. More than delivering strikes and slashes, and deeper in significance than the simple outwitting of an enemy, ninpo is the way of attaining that which we need while making the world a better place. The skill of the Ninja is the art of winning.”–Toshitsugu Takamatsu, 33rd Grandmaster.

So how do you go about living a Ninja lifestyle that helps you endure and prevail over all that would destroy you? It starts with your training, what are you doing each day that helps move you forward to a new level of understanding, skill or knowledge? Are you applying those skills, knowledge and strategies, to succeed in your endeavors? Today I was awake early, I had my morning coffee, watching the sky grow lighter, and preparing myself to take on the left over remnants of a snowstorm. Taking it as an opportunity to train physically by shoveling and practicing my balance on the slippery, icy terrain, awesome time even though I am a bit tired now! So I hope this analogy opens your eyes a bit, instead of looking at this situation as a chore, I chose to take it as an opportunity to improve! This is one way to take the phrase “skill of the ninja is the art of winning.”, and apply it in what might be perceived as a crappy chore and or hard work. I was winning by making this a great opportunity for improving my physical skills.

More to come in this series on what constitutes a Ninja Lifestyle!

Bufu Ikkan

Hello Ninja Fans,

Well this link isn’t exactly ninjutsu (although they have some relation, look up the curriculum for the ryu) but as a traditional art with a combative nature you need to view this video!

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This is how a Ninja goes fishing!!!!

So we hit 56 fanpage likes yesterday!! So new Facebook content is coming up, thanks for all the enthusiasm for the Ninjutsu Training Online site. This past weekend I revamped 147 pages of content!! (my fingers are tired..) with a hell of a lot more to go before the relaunch of the Members training area. (yes, this is why I haven’t taken the two sections down yet smart ass…:) )

More coming

Bufu Ikkan

Happy New Year Ninjutsu Fans!!

Lot’s about to happen here so pay attention:

1) If you are currently a member to one of the two lessons available, be sure to copy anything you want as I am taking the members lessons off line TOMORROW!!!!!!! Why you might ask——Because I am combining 3-5 lessons into ONE SWEET LESSON!! I already have over 170 pages of written material, 1 audio, 25 video clips(which are being updated to FLV for ease of viewing) and a few surprises to boot! So don’t say I never listen or read your emails because this is where I got the idea, so you better be ready for the first new ninjutsu lesson!

2) Free stuff is a coming your way, a downloadable PDF will be placed here on the Ninja Blog shortly. This is also a very small sample of what some of the lesson material includes.

3) Audio, Audio Audio, and maybe a Video podcast as well! 2012 will be seeing a new look and feel to the posts, by adding downloadable audios, and videocasts for FREE……and you said I was cheap!

4) Facebook Fanpage! The fanpage has been up and running for a long time now but this year be ready for FB only postings but only if we hit 50 Fanpage likes! So get to it ninja fans.

I am staying up late and working insane hours on all this new material, upgrades and free stuff for all Ninjutsu practitioners worldwide, all I ask is spread the word, and let your training partners, friends and family know that this is going to be the #1 Ninjutsu Community Online!!

Bufu Ikkan

Within the curriculum of Onshinjutsu(invisibilty) lies the techniques and strategies of Hensojutsu, or the art of disguise.  Ancient hensojutsu tactics were based upon the shichi ho de, or “seven ways of going”(more on this in later posts and in the Online training sections), and allowed a ninja the ability to blend in and penetrate a fortress or enemy area, nearly at will.

Many of you reading this quick lesson will have doubts as to why should I disguise myself? But to this I can only point out the fact that there are times when being see as “you” can endanger your mission or even put your family or friends in danger. A perfect example would be the surveillance of a suspect, as a private investigator. The skills within ninjutsu can easily be utilized in a career as a Private investigator, so study on.

Fundamentals:

Strategy: a disguise is intended to impede future recognition and or to allow an operative to blend in with their environment so as to disappear into the background of a crowd.

A good disguise includes the following:

1)      Is able to cover up your facial features or characteristic features

2)      Is generic and easily available

3)      Is quickly and easily put on, applied or taken off

4)      Is of little value and can be disposed of easily

Disguise Kit Equipment:

1)      False mustaches, beards

2)      Sideburns

3)      Eyeglasses

4)      Wigs

5)      Sunglasses

(More covered in the online lesson)

So you now have a few basics of Hensojutsu, what “individual” can you create that will blend in, within your local area? Put together the Disguise kit for that individual and go out and test it in public, have fun and be safe.

Bufu Ikkan

Way back in 1996 I sat with 16 other yondans all waiting to be tested by Soke Hatsumi for our 5th dan. It was a little different then as Soke told us he would strike all the way through to the floor and you would fail if he hit you anywhere along his cutting line. (I know because he got me on the heel the first time) But I recently saw this clip on you tube and it brought back that day way back when.

Enjoy

Due to the extreme nature of the missions that a ninja of ancient Japan were called upon to perform, they required a level of physical and mental fitness that bordered on the phenomenal. They lived a rugged and often Spartan like existence from a young age, which allowed them to develop these physical skills that modern Olympic athletes and Elite military organizations today would be envious of.

A well rounded Ninjutsu training program will cover Flexibility enhancement, Strength and Conditioning as well as Aerobic and Anaerobic cardiovascular development. But, these physical fitness enhancements mean little if they do not enhance and or improve your fighting skills, why else would a ninja warrior practice them but to help them fight or perform their missions at an enhanced level.

As a start here is your first:

Ninja Warrior Conditioning Exercise

Hold and Hang:

                Grab a low hanging branch or overhead pipe, your feet need to be off the ground, now hang on for as long as you possible can. When you drop, note the time and begin a scorecard on how you are increasing your time as you add this exercise to your routine.

Skill enhancement: physical conditioning, grip strength, arm, shoulder and back strengthening, utilized in rope climbing, rock or wall scaling, grappling, weapon training

In upcoming posts we will be covering skills, drills, and exercises that will help you develop a whole new level of physical and mental fitness. You will notice that I said mental fitness as well! Yes, a warrior level conditioning program will develop your mental endurance levels, if and only if you are able to push through the barriers that will be holding you back.

Bufu Ikkan