Taijutsu with Striking!! (06-26-24 Ninjutsu Class Notes)

In this class we look at how to add striking into you Taijutsu without ruining it

[@RobertGareau-z2b]

Hi I enjoy watching your videos and I have a question do they practice witchcraft in ninjitsu because there was one ninjutsu master on KZbin named Christa Jacobson and found out she practices witchcraft as a ninjutsu master, and I am a devout Christian and don't want to practice witchcraft and was wondering if all styles or some style of ninjutsu or ninjitsu practice witchcraft? I don't want to sound stupid and don't want to get the wrong idea about ninjitsu. I want to learn how to fight and defend myself and don't want to engage in practicing the occult

[@DiscoveryMartialArtsPortland]

No witchcraft over here!!!

[@bujindork]

Although I no longer practice any Takamatsu den ninjutsu, ninjutsu has no occult elements. That person you mentioned does this as a personal hobby, its not part of ninjutsu(or budo taijutsu) in anyway.(I practiced Bujinkan for 12 years)

[@YasuragiDojo]

The question was about Ninjutsu and it's connection with spirituality / ritual that may seem heretical to a Christian? Ok, There are aspects of Shinto that cannot be detached from any traditional Japanese Kobudo, including Ninjutsu. However, with the modern spinoffs of Ninjutsu, there are certainly opportunists who love to wear the role-play costume of magical beings who use sorcery and spell casting, that's all make believe and not rooted in any historical fact ... but was sorcery a thing? Yeah, there was very specific alchemy and shamanistic practices (ie. miyako), but it became popularized among the ninja stories in the early 1900s. Indeed Shinto is polytheistic and animistic in which it is believed that supernatural deities are within all natural things ... it's really too much to explain in a KZbin chat, however thinking you can deeply understand Kobudo without this link is impossible. At some point you will be exposed to this, and as a devout Catholic I can assure you that there is no risk of sin, so long as YOU don't carry that forward into your life and are vigilant and diciplined in your own faith. It is extremely reasonable to study traditional Kobudo, sit alongside a Mikkyo fire ceremony, visit important shrines in our history, sit in seiza and offer rei-ho to a teacher ... Yes, there were Christian samurai, and there are still old Dojo in Japan that have a veneration of the cross instead of a kamidana ... it's a thing, but don't get yourself wrapped around the axle of fear; simply remain steadfast in your own action and prayer. Energetically (again, too long for here), it's what you chose to do with yourself and your actions that matter. It's every bit as easy to live in sin within your church (actually, much easier!) as it is within a Ninpo Dojo, because that's where YOU are. Good luck on you path.

[@kotohinemura]

Thank you so much for these, Mr White. Very informative, well explained, and relatively easy for a person with a spinal cord injury/severe mobility problems, such as myself to practise. I can actually use my opponent to give me stability and balance before I remove theirs, and remove the threat, with minimal movement. Just have to find a couple of willing friends to practise/test the Waza on 😄😄😂😂🦵💪👊 Love the quote 'there's gonna be some physics shit that goes on in there'. 🤣🤣 Very 'Mr Poliquin'. ❤😎

[@DiscoveryMartialArtsPortland]

@@kotohinemura Thank you very much for taking the time to write this. It warms my heart to know that these can help anyone in anyway. Thank you again and see you on the mat!