my Bujinkan video exploring the Bujinkan strategy of 霞より居合 Kasumi Yori Iai. We began with 体変術無刀捕 taihenjutsu mutōdori as a warmup. But here we also establish the basic sword drawing distance.
my Bujinkan video as we continue with our warmup series focusing on 体変術無刀捕型 Taihenjutsu Mutōdori Gata.
I reminded my students that if you get in a sword fight and you don’t get cut, you are doing it wrong! Of course, this is kind of joke but it does suggest the proper attitude for muto dori.
We warmed up with 体変術無刀捕型 taihenjutsu mutōdori gata using 一文字の構 ichimonji no kamae. This makes the taihenjutsu control of the kukan very consequential. If you fail to control the space with your taihenjutsu, your opponent will easily cut you down. We continue our study of 宝拳十六法 hōken juroppō, with 手起拳 shuki ken. Many people neglect...
We warmed up with 体変術無刀捕型 taihenjutsu mutōdori gata using 十文字之構 jūmonji no kamae. There are many variations on this kihon. We did inside, outside, and with one cut, or evading two cuts. We continue our study of 宝拳十六法 hōken juroppō, with 不動拳 fudō ken. Fudō means immovable or motionless. But a fist will always be...
We warmed up with 体変術無刀捕型 taihenjutsu mutōdori gata using 平の構え hira no kamae. After demonstarting the basic taihen, I showed how to evade so that you can control or escape. It is important to have the ability for both. Then we did this against an attacker cutting freely. I began class with the first of...
After a class studying 無刀捕 mutōdori, we discuss basic Bujinkan kuden. I also share some advanced training on this topic that I received from Hatsumi Sensei in Japan....
my Bujinkan video exploring the kata 跨飛 kahi. The name of this kata suggests a method of leaping. Most people teach this like 飛倒 hitō and it does have some similarity. I began the class this way, but later I focused on the quality of leap this kata requires. The evasion in this kata is...
my Bujinkan video exploring the kata 朴返 bokuhen. We warmed up with a type of 体変術無刀捕 taihenjutsu mutōdori. Not the official forms, but we used ukemi connected to the opening of the kata we are studying in this class. We did sokuho kaiten, koho kaeru kaiten, and yoko nagare. The reason I did the warmup...
Thursday 10/03/13 Warmed up with 体変術無刀捕型 Taihenjutsu Mutōdori Gata. First 一文字之構 Ichimonji no Kamae, followed by 十文字之構 Jūmonji no Kamae, then 平之構 Hira no Kamae. Now I used these as a starting point to explore what I have studied in Japan this year. First I used hira to evade and control hiji. This is done...