BUDO TAIJUTSU LESSON | Mis-Direction and controlling your opponent | Dennis Bartram

In this first session Dennis Bartram talks and demonstrates the principles of his teacher Dr Hatsumi of Budo Tai jutsu, and principles of mis direction, timing and controlling your opponent

[@olekiilerich4191]

Very interesting - thank you for sharing!

[@stephanrogers8947]

I'm pretty sure Dennis should be moving more than this. Even Hatsumi doesn't move like this. The principles are accurate, but his body movement isn't, nor is the uke moving properly. I'm not saying Dennis doesn't know what he's doing, but I bet he'd be moving totally different in an actual fight.

[@active-balance]

Thanks for your feedback. Yeah part of what’s interesting to Dennis story is that a couple of years ago he had an injury that really restricted his movement, which really limited his ‘Kamae’. However he kept on training during this period and found that this developed his ’Taijutsu’ to the point you are seeing in this video. Yeah of course he would most likely move differently in a real fight, this is training. The subtleties of what Hatsumi is doing are often lost when we train too fast and too rigid. Dennis is training in the way that he was taught by Hatsumi In terms of the uke, I don’t fully understand, they are both moving the way they are dictated by Dennis’ movement. Hope that helps explain what is being shown in the video

[@stephanrogers8947]

@@active-balance Thanks. I train in Bujinkan as well. I've been to Japan too...trained with the Shihan, etc... Now that you're saying he has a serious injury that restricts his movement that explains a lot. Clearly, I wasn't factoring that into my observation. It was just really off to my eyes. Bear in mind I've seen a Bujinkan practitioner in a wheelchair with severely compromised movement that I could never say moves wrong. I'm probably nitpicking. I'm sorry. Thank you for your timely response and I'm sorry he was injured and I wish him all the best.

[@melars9Greenbaymartialarts]

He its a back/ hip spine injury .He only moves shoulders and arms .

[@jamespisano1164]

Need to watch again. Hard to hear some of the audio. Fascinating stuff.

[@ding_dong_dingus_]

Other than looking like he'd get his ass rocked in a fight by leaving his face open and giving his side to his opponent, good stuff 👍 👍 👍

[@active-balance]

Thanks for your feedback. This is training