Does anyone here take ninjitsu?

Question

If so, did you start off with ninjitsu or did you take different martial arts courses and work your way up to it? Thanks in advance :p

Answer 1

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Answer 2

No they don't,

Even if they claim they do, they have been lied to and deluded and they are either:

1- are totally conned and are learning nothing of any value; or

2- are learning techniqes that work, but are really being taught another system or generic "karate" and thier school unscrupulously uses the term ninjitsu to market the school.

3- I'm not putting in the H.G. Wells time machine reference although it seemed like the most plausible way someone could actually learn "real" ninjitsu, because it seemed like I was the only one amused.

Answer 3

I am also a bujinkan practitioner. I started in various other styles including TKD, Aikido, Judo, Jujutsu, and Karate. Honestly, the many criticisms above tend to bother me, since as an experienced practitioner, I really am aware when I am being fed a load of crap, and bujinkan is nothing of the sort. The techniques are NOTHING like any of the other martial arts I have studied, and they encompass a greater number of real-life situations as opposed to just "sparring" or "MMA fighting." They are practical, the instructors are knowledgeable people etc.

I frankly don't care about anything else as long as what I do keeps me safe and alive.

Don't take the words of callous critics too seriously until you try things for yourself.

Answer 4

You're asking for trouble. Ninjitsu get very little respect nowaday due to million of frauds out there. Many historian even really question what ninja was actually like. Some even go as far as question if they actually exist.

Answer 5

Hi there

I agree with the question above this one!

Yes it's a real art but there is alot of confusion as to what it is and what is practiced today.

Firstly most and i say most high graded practioners dont call it Ninjutsu for a varitiy of reasons and tend to use the general name of taijutsu (natural movement). We learn 9 different schools of martial arts but only practice the techniques of 6 because little is known about the other 3. The school of Ninjutsu we train in is called Togakure Ryu and we practice the escape methods plus Biken (Ninja Sword) kata from this school. The rest of what we practice comes from the remaining 5 schools of kobudo jutsu.

We only practice unarmed techniques and weapons from these schools.If you look into the history of the art and read the records and densho such as the ninpiden. These explain the methods of stratergy and breaking in but have very little practical use in todays modern world hence why they are no longer practiced. Its not that they dont exist. There is also a medicine component called Amatsu that can be studied.

There is no such thing as a Ninja the same as there are no Samurai's anymore. The only person who is really qualified to call himself a ninja is Soke in Japan. The rest of us just practice his art (which is the same for any other martial art).

The goal when learning taijutsu is to move more naturally. Most other martial arts won't help with the exception of jujutsu or akido where knowledge of the techniques may be benefficial.

As for people questioning what is practiced today everyone is entitled to their opion. Martial arts are often compared to religions
due to how strongly people beleive and follow them. All arts have there strong and weak points the same as inividuals.

For me the truth lies with Soke in Japan and anyone who has seen him move will understand

I studied karate and jujutsu for 10 years before i started this art and have never looked back. Yes there are well known fakes out there but this art does not feel like any other. It is difficult to grasp and the amount there is to learn is huge!

Again like all arts you need to find a good qualified instructor, which is a difficult task in itself as the best ones dont tend to advertise.

As for go with a martial art that works? Martial arts can only be compared to the ones that are similar ie karate and kung fu or Akido and Jujutsu. So dont get drawn in to this debate as it is of no concern to a mature student. You have got to study the art that suits you best or the one that most interests you.

If you want to wear black pajamas and run around then wear black pajamas and run around but if you want to learn a martial art then find a good club and start training. ;)

Regards

Idai

1st Dan Wado Ryu
2nd Dan Bujinkan Shidoshi ho and Amatsu medicine

Answer 6

Uhmmmmmmmm....

No.

If you hear of a "Ninjitsu" instructor in America teaching openly, that instructor is NOT teaching Ninjitsu.

Ninjitsu was the way of the Assassin. It is illegal.

Now, there might be some underground instructors in Ninjitsu. I have heard rumors of them but nobody has ever shown me proof.

Question to you: do you want to learn to be an assassin? If you do not want to learn to kill people and devote your life to it (Ninjitsu was a lifestyle, not a sport), why are you asking?

A funny story:

I was eating lunch with two other of my Dojang's blackbelts at a local diner. We were known. A couple of the local "ninja" experts came up to us, in the restaurant, and started telling us how "bad" they were and they would meet us outside to show us.

They were outside as we exited the restaurant, made some "moves" towards us, we said "see you tonight for class" to each other, ignored the "Ninjas", and went our separate ways.

Really... playing Ninja is just silly.

Answer 7

I've been a student within the Bujinkan Dojo 武神館道場 for nearly a decade. Within the system are three schools of Ninpo/Ninjutsu 忍術 (jutsu bro', not jitsu), as well as six schools of Samurai Bujutsu 侍術:じゅつ.

The 9 seperate ryu-ha in question are :

Gyokko-ryū Kosshijutsu (玉虎流骨指術)
Kotō-ryū Koppōjutsu (虎倒流骨法術)
Shinden Fudō-ryū Dakentaijutsu (神伝不動流打拳体術)
Takagi Yōshin-ryū Jūtaijutsu (高木揚心流柔体術)
Kuki Shinden-ryū Happō Bikenjutsu (九鬼神伝流八法秘剣術)
Gikan-ryū Koppōjutsu (義鑑流骨法術)
Togakure-ryū Ninpō (戸隠流忍法)
Gyokushin-ryū Ninpō (玉心流忍法)
Kumogakure-ryū Ninpō (雲隠流忍法)

We're headed by 34th Soke Maasaki Hatsumi 初見良昭 who was a disciple of 33rd Soke Toshitsugu Takamatsu 高松寿嗣. Takamatsu Sensei was nicknamed "The Mongolian Tiger" because of the fights he undertook while doing espionage in China. He's been called the "Last Combat Ninja" because he came from an era where Ninjutsu was still prevelant in Japanese culture.

Now, to answer the second part of your query,
I started off in other martial arts.

I trained in Hung Gar 洪家, for fourteen consecutive years as a starting art. In the midst of that training, I crossed into Wing Chun 詠春, Muay Thai มวยไทย, and 'rolling' with Mixed Martial Arts practitioners to supplement the core training in Hung Kuen I was doing.

I've played with numerous things throughout the years....Aikido, Judo, TKD, etc...(moreso sparring against, not training in.)

So, I transversed into the Bujinkan after 14 years of training in other arts, and other methodologies.

Answer 8

All martial arts are about excelling in discipline to reach your fullest potential.

The way of the ninja is the way of stealth.

harm is a choice to yourself if attacked or a decision if attacking.

Ob1

Answer 9

No I don't take nin-jutsu . I do know of some practitioners. Its unfortunate that there are a lot of fake ninja schools . Do research before you join anything.

Answer 10

ninjas are worthless they are cowards!! who fight from far not close. they are assasins and it cannot be tought legally its like teaching to be a hitman they are worthless !! go with a real martials arts. shoin ryu gojuryu .. something like that jiu jitsu.. brazilian jiu jitsu something worth it.

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