Training Day

Another Great Training Day, The weather in Olympia, Washington has been great all summer long. We will be working with the Tanto for the next few months and did some introductory training against basic knife attacks with evasions and disarms. Reviewed the Sanshin No Kata, as well as Hon gyaku, and a henka of omote gyku.

Awesome Training today, we had a new guest join us this evening but it was definitely a schedule conflict since one of ours members was going over his test material. But other than that all was well. We reviewed all of the 8th kyu material and test requirements and reviewed some basic taihenjutsu, and taisabaki. Loving these last few days of summer. I have a feeling the weather will be coming soon and we will back to indoor training for the winter.

Best Ice Bucket Challange Yet !

Rener Gracie performs the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in a Gracie Breakdown. As usual it is pretty funny

Guess what? Training day - Today was great training, we started out by leaping in with both feet to the kihon happo. We have been studying various aspects of omote gyaku over the last few months and really had some great randori in training with it today, we covered static omote, grabbing from a punch and the wrist escape version. We then trained in Shito no Waza from the Shoden no Gata scroll of the Koto Ryu Koppojutsu which includes defense of a hon jime (collar choke) a koppo ken to the kasumi (temple) and a omote gyaku to the ground. It was great training in that everyone did a great job and was very fluid with the technique after the last few months of training.  No video for today :(

Metamoris 4 !!! is today check it out at the link below and stream live for some awesome no points submissions only jiu jitsu. After watching it my favorite match was Saulo Ribiero v. Roderigo Medeiros, reminded me of an old school judo match as they were in full gi and a majority of the match was grip fighting while standing with a few amazing throws.

Training Day - Had some great training today and I actually remembered to set up the video camera to record some of it, I will post the clip below in a few days when I finish editing. We also had a new person join us so we reviewed some of the Bujinkan basics including ukemi and taihenjutsu rolling, Safety First ! We then went to some dakentaijutsu with the kiten ken omote shuto and then practiced the sui no kata from the sanshin no kata. From there moved to kihon happo and the basics forms of ichimonji no kata and omote gyaku, and finished up with the omote tehodoki wrist escape. Full day but great training.

Training day !! Today we went over all of the 3rd kyu material and one of us took the third kyu test. The test went really well a big thanks goes out to all who helped in the training. Material for 3rd kyu includes sword Kamae, but we also practiced kaitens with a sword as a bonus, the Nage Waza portion was great as well, love all of the variation of the base ganseke nage. We also had some great henka of omote gyaku which included executing he technique from a punch and outside circular movements.

Training day, worked extensively on kaitens with a sword, I think in the future a lot more emphasis should be placed on ukemi and taihenjutsu techniques with weapons as the alter the techniques but also provide great insight into ones own body mechanics and helps increase focus on fundamentals. Had a brief introduction to the suwari gata concepts.

Some interesting insight in some randori style application of omote gyaku, and some great exposure to an unscripted attack defense.

Training Today, Reviewed 8th kyu material, with an introduction to the kihon happo, some extensive work on basic Omote Gyaku. Worked on Sword kamae and flowing through various stances. Had some great training with Kentai Uchi and visualizing body mechanics. Great Training

Tired and sore from a long night of gracie jiu jitsu the night before we decided to train today ! only two of us could make it out but we had a great time going over some of the 8th kyu material and expanding on some of the techniques beyond their basic forms.

A few of us had the opportunity to do some cross training in Gracie Jiu - Jitsu, Ryron Gracie (grandson of Grandmaster Helio Gracie, the founder of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu) was in town and hosting a seminar.

We had a great time and learned a ton, my mind was pretty well blown at the end of the 3 hour session with all the new and intricate techniques we were learning. Some of the material was solely for sport jiujitsu but there were also a lot of great fundamentals that apply to real life conflict that we learned and were practicing

Overall it is always a pleasure to be able to train and receive instruction from an amazing martial artists regardless of their specific training. BJJ is not that far removed from JJJ which is a descendant of the Samurai styles of ancient japan so we did not feel too far from home.

 

 

Had to bust out the white belt again !

Training Day ! Today we were joined by 3 new people for a few hours of great training. we spent some time discussing the fundamentals, concepts and theories of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. We went over Chi and Sui no kata from the Sanshin no kata forms, Dakentaijutsu we focused on the kiten ken / omote shuto. We also did some introductory level work with the omote gyaku and explored a few of its concepts. Overall a great training day.

Below is a video that shows a man disarming a bat wielding attacker. This is a real, live street fight and shows great technique. and restraint. Caution strong language at the beggining may offend some viewers.

Post by Active Self Protection.

Training Day ! well the weather held out for us it was a beautiful morning for training. It started to downpour about 10 minutes after training. One of our newest members took his 9th kyu test and performed extremely well. With very solid taihenjutsu skills and a fluid proficiancy with kamae, and dakentaijutsu. After testing we had some in depth training on Musha Dori, with a brief overview of Ganseke Nage to finish off the day.

Well a reprint of a old book has recently been released on amazon. I just got my copy in the mail and I have only thumbed through it so far but it is a cool piece of Bujinkan History. This booked is articles and original issues of the "Testsuzan" magazine printed back in the 80's. It contains some great information and pictures on Ninpo Taijutsu with interviews from Takamatsu Sensei. It is a little older reference material when compared to the newer Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu Teachings but it is a great piece of history and a must buy in my opinion if you train in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu.

Link to the book on amazon - Here