Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Is Ninjutsu Training online actually practical?

Whether ninjutsu training online can be practical and effective depends on what you're trying to achieve. 

Ninjutsu at the highest levels practiced today...

In the Gyokku Ninja Clan, Ninjutsu training in the higher levels equals the training of most special forces, including battle tactics, modern urban warfare, electronic counter-measures, survival in various environments, structural infiltration, and much more. To imply that all this can be learned at home is quite obviously ridiculous.

Equipment

Ninjutsu is also a highly equipment-intensive art. At even intermediate levels, Gyokku Ninja face each other in battle armor in training battles in which they use every possible weapon (padded training weapons) of the ninja - this includes tactical bows with blunted arrows. Yes, in sparring in the Gyokku Ninja Clan, it is acceptable to shoot your opponent down with a blunted arrow from a tactical bow, and he or she must deflect the arrow successfully and close the distance so you cannot use your bow so effectively... or forfeit the round. Without the special training armors that allow such realism in combat, a ninja can hardly attain their full combat effectiveness.

Then there are all the basic, traditional weapons of the Ninja...


A modern ninja also uses camouflage outfits of various types, specific to different environments, weapons harnesses, tactical bows, electronic counter-surveillance equipment, and more.

So what IS possible in online Ninjutsu training?

 Quite a lot, actually. If an online ninjutsu training program has been designed around effective self-defense in an urban environment, and if it's been designed to be studied online, it can be especially effective. This would mean that there would be emphasis on striking and attacks on nerves and blood vessels, as these attacks are easier to learn and more effective in urban self-defense than grappling.

You can go to this link - it is an introduction to such an 'self-defense-based' ninjutsu program.



Monday, May 23, 2016

Concepts Crucial to Ninjutsu Training Online... Seeing Humanity through the Eyes of the Beasts




In the course of your Ninjutsu Training Online, you will come upon many original concepts. The one below will show you the importance of the kick, and of developing proper kicking technique, in your overall melee combat strategy . . .




Judge yourself by Standards that are more than Human...


Try to look at yourself as the predators of the wild would perceive you; that is to say, to judge your combat ability by the standards of the wild, rather than by the puny standards of your fellow man.

Now, the ninja specializes in weapon attacks, and therefore trains heavily at the use of blades and blunt weapons, rather than relying upon unarmed combat for defense and offense. 



 The Kick


Nevertheless, even for a ninja, the kick is an excellent attack to develop, because it is an extremely powerful attack, equivalent to the attack of many wild beasts of equivalent size and weight to a human.  

This is why, in the course of your Ninjutsu training online, you must strive to improve your kicking technique - this can be extremely useful in  combat, even to those who normally use and rely upon weapons.

. . . Here are some useful and powerful basic combat kicks . . .

NINJUTSU TRAINING ONLINE - The Fire-Element Stamping Kick

NINJUTSU TRAINING ONLINE - The Wind-Element Roundhouse Kick to the Solar Plexus

NINJUTSU TRAINING ONLINE - The Wind-Element Crushing Kick to the Knee 



Through the Eyes of the Beasts


Did you know that the savage gibbon will not willingly take a kick from a trained human leg, but will attempt to avoid it? This is because the wild creature knows that it cannot survive the kick. This goes to show that even creatures of the wild respect the power of the human kick, which is an excellent reason for you to train at using it in combat. 




Developing the Thighs


Squats are a very good way of developing the thighs, and so of increasing the power of your kicks, but once you’re doing more than 200 squats, it does not do to increase repetitions, but rather it is better to start doing squats while carrying weights in each hand. A dumbbell in each hand would be excellent, and is far preferable to a barbell, which can place a shearing strain upon the spine. 

Squats can also cause the body to generate testosterone, which is anabolic, and aids the buildup of muscle. This is not to say that women cannot do squats, as it is an excellent exercise for everyone.

Nevertheless, the squat is an essential exercise to anyone pursuing Ninjutsu training online, as the testosterone release leads to a buildup of power, not only in the thighs, but in the entire body.



Here are simple and clear videos on executing situps and half-squats. They are basically for beginners to training, of course . . .

Bringing Strength to each Kick and enhancing Kicking Technique - The Half Squat 



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DISCUSSION BOARD, NINJUTSU TRAINING ONLINE - The Half Squat for improving the power of the Kick, and ensuring the effectiveness of Kicking Technique!