In this video, I teach various ninjato combat techniques
from the Tojutsu Jissen Gata. Anyone who is training in the ninja martial arts
(ninjutsu) understands the importance of tojutsu (swordsmanship) and its
relationship to kenjutsu and iaijutsu.
This lesson is directly for the practitioners of the ancient
Japanese koryu martial arts of the ninja and samurai, such as ninjutsu (ninpo)
and bujutsu (budo).
In this video, I teach an old ninjato/shinobigatana
technique from the Togakure-ryu school
of Ninpo Taijutsu.This kata is from the Ninja Biken section called
“Hiryu no Ken”, which means Flying Dragon Sword. I briefly go over the
classical kata and explain some of the principals.However, the purpose of this training session
was to extracted some of the principals of the traditional kata and work
various training drills to develop stronger skills with the ninjato/shinobi-gatana/ninja
sword.
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This lesson is directly for the practitioners of the ancient
Japanese koryu martial arts of the ninja and samurai, such as ninjutsu (ninpo)
and bujutsu (budo).
In this video, I explain what the ninjato is, as taught from
the Tomo-ryu tradition.There are many
koryu in Japan, and all of
them will have a different explanation as to what things were and how they were
used in ancient Japan.On the scrolls of the Tomo-ryu, it is very
clear, that the “ninjato” are the “blades of the ninja” that were specifically modified
to help them on their mission.
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Many times people see the kanji “nin” (忍) and following it would be the kaji for blade, sword, spear, bow
and arrow, etc – and they automatically assume it is “ninja”.Many times it is NOT “ninja” at all. In fact,
the majority of the time they are talking about concealed or hidden weapons.
Remember the kanji “nin” (忍) is associated with ninja, but it all
means hidden, concealed, stealth, endurance and perseverance.So you have to understand the context of the
scroll and why the scroll was written to understand the use of the weapon.
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This is why the kuden and transmission is so important. As
Soke of this tradition, it is my responsibility to make sure that the true
history and tradition is passed on correctly to the next generation.
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This lesson is directly for the practitioners of the ancient
Japanese koryu martial arts of the ninja and samurai, such as ninjutsu (ninpo)
and bujutsu (budo).
In this video I demonstrate a basic iai (iaido) sword
drawing training drill to help develop the skills needed to be proficient in
iaijutsu. In this drill I am using a kodachi (ninjato) because the ryuha that
we are training in has a strong focus on the use of the short sword.
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The training (keiko) of Iai/iaido/iaijutsu is to be able to
respond quickly to a unexpected attack efficiently.This is a skill-set that is highly needed in today’s
world of self-defense, as these same skills can be equally used in the use of
concealed carry with edged weapons for self-defense / self-protection.
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This lesson is directly for the practitioners of the ancient
Japanese koryu martial arts of the ninja and samurai, such as ninjutsu (ninpo)
and bujutsu (budo).
