Hello Ninjutsu Fans! I was scanning through youtube today and came upon a great video of Soke Hatsumi performing the Godan test for a variety of individuals. It brought back memories of 1996, when I took and passed the test. Bufu Ikkan Airyu Living the Ninja Lifestyle Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via […]

“We train in the use of weapons: rope, swords, spears, chains-everything is a weapon. A piece of paper. Anything that is nothing. I’m a walking arsenal – but being a ninja is more than just the physical. It’s teaching awareness, the spiritual. You have to develop a real killing feeling, but with the ability to […]

Alright Ninja’s! It is time to start kicking your physical conditioning up a notch. Below is a workout we use prior to starting our training session. The names of the exercises may be strange to some of you, so please feel free to contact me for any explainations you may need. Oh yes, the workout […]

Its Sunday a day of rest, right? NOT! Sunday is a great day for training of the body and mind. Hopefully, you aren’t slacking off just because most people take Sunday as a day of rest. I like to think of it more as a day where I can improve and or have some time […]

0 dark thirty on 3.19.14, I get my sorry butt out of a nice warm bed, pour myself a cup of coffee(yes I drink coffee in the morning and then a switch to green tea later in the afternoon), sit on the floor in the living room and start to stretch and loosen up my […]

  Well, last weekend I got to spend some time in the great out of doors, practicing camping and survival skills in the snow. If you are a ninjutsu practitioner, you must constantly push yourself out of the comfort zone and explore new avenues of training. In 2009, I slept in the above (unfinished) snow […]

“A ninjutsu practitioner is very rarely surprised by a situation,  he utilizes his skills of observation, preparation and his training covers areas not normally found in traditional arts. It is through this wide angled view and preparation that he is able to protect himself and ones he cares for.” – Airyu Bufu Ikkan Bookmark on […]

Ok, many, many emails have been coming in, so it is once again time for a Q&A session!! “Airyu, I dig the post on 3/2, but can you tell me what you started to eliminate after you were honest about it? Thanks” – Randy W. Conn. Ok Randy, one item I worked on was telegraphing. […]

As a ninjutsu practitioner, understanding and surviving an extreme situation, such as a natural disaster, life threatening combat, emergency first aide etc., often depends on the individual’s ability to respond to the threat they are faced with. This “stress response” in humans has for decades been referred to as the ‘fight or flight’ response, and […]

Nothing is more important to a ninjutsu practitioner than situational awareness. This is  a key to understanding your environment so that you can know better both your circumstances and your options. There are hundreds of examples that could be given here but as an example would you notice the bulge (printing) of someone’s concealed weapon […]