My Bujinkan video exploring 小手逆捕り Kote Gyaku Dori from Oguri Sensei. Part of my responsibility as a teacher is to share the lessons of teachers like Oguri Sensei. I was fortunate to have many classes with him, but my students did not. In this class I keep alive some of his teaching for the next generations.
my Bujinkan video exploring the Bujinkan kata 輦輿 Renyo. The name of this kata describes a palanquin. You can’t always use the name to understand detail of the kata, but I share one theory in this video.
my Bujinkan video for Hatsugeiko, our first training for the new year. It’s not like we are trying to prove anything, but my students are tough. Training in all kinds of weather and even on Holidays!
We warmed up with walking drills. As we approach an opponent we evade and roll as he punches. Then we added koho kaiten to this. We finished the warmup walking into jodan or gedan uke. I began class with 行違 yuki chigai. This starts from a walk up. You brush past while picking up his...
We warmed up with 六尺棒術 rokushakubōjutsu. I used the kata 五法 gohō to explore principles of 詒変捌 ihen sabaki. I showed 2 henka of this form that I learned in Japan. If you want to learn more about this kata, you can watch a video I made a few years ago here: https://youtu.be/nWRIJ0luXIc I began...
my Bujinkan video exploring the Bujinkan kata 不動 Fudō. We warmed up with 半棒術 hanbōjutsu kihon using a tsuki to strike the kyūsho 鬼門 kimon, 声 koe, and 角 kaku. We delivered these as the opponent punched. The challenge was accuracy which was even more difficult with the 片手打 katate uchi. I began class with...
Thursday 8/15/13 Warmed up with a variety of oten. The standard ryoute. Then increasing distance and changing trajectories. Next we shortened the distance so you are nearly turning in place. This looks a bit like capoeira. Then we did katate variations with both the lead and the rear hand. Picking up or drawing weapons. we...
my Bujinkan video exploring the kata 両手掛 Ryōte Gake. The first kanji refers to both hands of our attacker, the second means hang or suspend. And he will be hung when we turn his aggression against him!
I began class with 行違 yukichigai. In this kata you walk by, and as you pass, you begin your attack. This beginning contains all of the lessons we warmed up with.