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Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu is a classical Japanese martial art that teaches unarmed combat and traditional weapons. The Bujinkan is known as a school of Ninjutsu in the West, but in fact it is actually an amalgamation of nine different martial arts, of which only 3 are Ninjutsu Ryu the other 6 are Samurai.
The nine schools taught within the Bujinkan are
- Togakure Ryu Ninpo
- Gyokko Ryu Koshijutsu
- Kukishinden Ryu Happo Hikenjutsu
- Koto Ryu Koppojutsu
- Shindenfudo Ryu Dakentaijutsu
- Tagaki Yoshin Ryu Jutaijutsu
- Gyokushin Ryu Ninpo
- Gikan Ryu Koppojutsu
- Kumogakure Ryu Ninpo
Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu teaching method allows for an atmosphere of personal learning and discovery, with practitioners communicating and co-operating with each other while receiving guidance from the instructor.
The training method of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu provides a modern, realistic combat method of self protection in a traditional Martial art; secondly, ensuring that the ability taught is appropriate to the student's skill level, and lastly, developing an above-average sense of self awareness and self-control in the practitioner.
Generally, each class will involve one or two of the many subjects that are studied in the Bujinkan Dojo. For example, it might be a class on blocking and striking, or grappling and throwing or a combination of both, or the application of traditional weapons.
The feeling of each class is created by a mixture of four fundamental training styles, slow, soft, fast and hard. Each of these different styles offers students an important learning experience. Beginners are mostly exposed to the slow and soft style.
This provides a level at which one can easily understand and practice natural body movement, develop co-ordination and balance, one can experience and experiment with the training aspects of distance, angling, timing and breaking the opponents balance.
Budo Taijutsu
On a physical level, this subject covers the traditional aspects of the Bujinkan combat method which includes:
- JUNAN TAISO: Body flexibility
- DAKEN TAIJUTSU: Strikes, kicks and blocks
- JUTAIJUTSU: Grappling, throwing and limb control
- TAIHENJUTSU: Rolls, leaps and evasions
- WEAPONS: Long and Short Sword, Knife, 6ft and 3ft Staff, Shuriken and much more
On a mental level, placed in the controlled combat environment of the Dojo, a student can quickly begin to confront emotions and attitudes that are not usually recognized in everyday living. These could be, for example: aggression, ego, low self-esteem, or fear of confronting personal limitations or even fear of failure itself.
If students face any of these non-productive aspects of their personality during training, they are encouraged and guided to acknowledge and overcome them, enabling a greater level of success to be achieved in their personal lives. Through the process of this training method, students develop into mature martial artists, respected for their physical attributes and balanced character.
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