When I was in the Army, my drill-sergeant (a former Black Ops agent,) told us that the art of the ninja was, essentially, no different from what we were learning in our unit. Is there any truth to this claim? And, if so, what then makes ninjitsu (ninjutsu?) so great?
2007-01-25 06:56:29 · 12 answers · asked by DD 2 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Bull... Our military trains in the art of jujitsu.
2007-01-25 13:53:41 · answer #1 · answered by edempsey18 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He would be correct IF you were learning disguise, stealth, infiltration, improvised weaponry, silent movement and Tai Jutsu (the style of unarmed combat that was used by the NInja) There were several things that separated the Ninja from other martial artist of the time. First was the fact that they had more defensive techniques than the samurai. So while the samurai would be faster wihta swrod, the ninja had no apprehension about blocking with his own, which often so disturbed the samurai that it gave the Ninja an opening he could use. Second the Ninja had several weapons that others did not. For example, for many generations a Ninja could be put to deat for revealing the secret of the throwing star to outsiders. Also the hand to hand combat that the Ninja used (Tai Jitsu it is often called) had a number of techniques within it that we unique to the art and almost impossible for those that had studied it to counter or deal with. That is becasue it relied on a gread deal of circular, fluid movement, which was in stark contrast to the normal linear movement of most Japanese fighting arts at the time.
I have known a number of people that had been in various militares over the last 30 years and none of them even entiond that they had been told anything similar even those that had been in special forces (Rangers, Seals etc.)
2007-01-25 09:01:52 · answer #2 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't taken army combat training but I'd imagine it's a lot different than learning any type of traditional martial art. Martial arts can be a philosophy, an exercise, and used for protection and offensive purposes.
Military training however would just focus on defense/offense, and wouldn't focus on the deeper parts of the art.
Anyhow ninjas were mostly spies and assasins, that's pretty different from being a foot soldier.
2007-01-25 07:06:01 · answer #3 · answered by Patrick D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well he is wrong..ninjitsu was done from childhood..and there training is more like special ops..not your strait leg infantry...you were in the infantry ..weren't you...remember ninjas couldn't call in air support or arty..for help and no machine guns..they had to blend into the back ground..and had no support they travel in teams..of 2 or more..and some times as a single person..you need to investigate the ninjas a Little more and good chance you DI was full of it..
2007-01-25 10:30:57 · answer #4 · answered by Kingofreportedabuse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm... Sound like someone is full of sh*t. Either you or your drill sergeant.
Why the hell in world would someone who was black ops agent resign and go into army? That's like as being a manager for five star restaturant then resign to fry burgers at McDonald.
No one in military really name one specific style. Don't believe me? Go and ask this question in military section and see what they say. I would love to hear from them especially when they read that your drill sergeant was a black ops agent.
2007-01-25 15:02:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regular army learn a mix of Judo, Aikido and basic kick boxing. Marines have their own fighting style called MCMAP or Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
2007-01-25 10:46:11 · answer #6 · answered by Judoka 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The new army cobatitive program has a lot of Brazillian Jujitsu in it but no Ninjitsu. He must have been mistaken or dumb
2007-01-26 04:16:37 · answer #7 · answered by SuperSoldierGIJOE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please, Ninjitsu was the art of the assassin, not a fighting art. Oh they had to fight but fighting was not their specialty. Sneaking in, killing silently and sneaking back out. While on occasion the military does such things, they generally train to do so with modern equipment.
2007-01-27 06:25:17 · answer #8 · answered by Christopher H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
convinced, we discovered MAC (present day military Combatives) and GFT (floor battling concepts). Our drill sergeants reported it became some thing like Brazilian Jujitsu. Take the strive against to the floor and use your hips to get right into a dominant position. then you genuinely study some submission holds, restrains, and chokes. there are diverse factor sot GFT besides..
2016-10-16 02:29:17 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In concept perhaps. Search and destroy ,infiltrate and kill , those philosiphies are similar. The tactics are different .
2007-01-29 04:51:50 · answer #10 · answered by Ray H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋