Bujinkan Training Videos

We continue to explore the Gikan Ryū waza as taught by Noguchi Sensei in Japan. 其の十 Sono Jū has a 骨法術 koppōjutsu focus. In fact, this form uses five strikes in quick succession.

My Bujinkan video exploring my own personal kuden during the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. That attack brought the United States into World War II. Then my own Grandfather was drafted fought against the Japanese in the Pacific.

We explore the Bujinkan Kuden of 以心伝心 Ishin Denshin. This is a holiday week in the U.S. But we are still training! I begin with a class on the night of the rocket launch for Nasa’s DART mission.

We continue to explore the Gikan Ryū waza as taught by Noguchi Sensei in Japan. 其の九 Sono Kyū is a mutō dori. Noguchi called our starting kamae ichimonji, but he did it almost like seigan. You evade the cut, then strike and throw.

We continue to explore the Gikan Ryū waza as taught by Noguchi Sensei in Japan. For number eight, your opponent is wearing 大小 Daishō. But the main focus is on the shōtō.

We did our annual 秋修業 Aki Shūgyō fall seminar in the San Gorgonio wilderness. It was a camp out up in the mountains under the stars. This video documents some of the themes we explored during the training.

We continue to explore the Gikan Ryū waza as taught by Noguchi Sensei in Japan. Number seven is pretty simple. But in the spirit of Noguchi’s classes, we did many henka to get at the feeling he expressed.

Now that everyone was sick of me breaking and pinning them, we looked at 義鑑流 Gikan Ryū 其の六 Sono Roku. Luckily it was more breaking and pinning! In the basic form you bring your opponent down and pin with both knees. Then you lift his leg backwards to break the hip joint.

Then we began class with the fifth Gikan Ryū waza that Noguchi Sensei taught in Japan. I already made one video covering this but it has a different title: 弱骨 Jakkotsu. So tonight was review, but I also added some additional details and henka.

very dynamic and Noguchi Sensei moved rapidly through the forms and added many henka. This is normal for his teaching style.

We continue our study from the notes of my classes with Noguchi Sensei. First I shared the basic form of 義鑑流 Gikan Ryū 其の三 Sono San. It looks simple enough, but there are lots of small details from Noguchi Sensei that make it come alive.

We continue our study of 義鑑流 Gikan Ryū from my notes of my classes with Noguchi Sensei. In the basic form of 其の二 Sono Ni, the second waza, 骨法術 Koppōjutsu is the key feeling. But it is not just blunt striking, there are subtle aspects for us to explore.