because those who i personally know are evil, those who have done violence to me and will do violence to others… they do not rest. they run, they train, they improve themselves what poisonous tools they possess and they make their plans and schemes along the way.

Today is the day to train as hard as possible for those i love, and for those who are innocent.

these are the foundations for the training.

ninjustsu is the name of the game.  all ultimate forms of fighting (all evolved schools of combat) share techniques for one of several reasons:

1) they encounter each other and learn or borrow

2) human bodies function the same basic way.  what is effective based on biology and physics is not culturally mandated

3) the ultimate level of all “work” or technique is maximum benefit (output) with minimum work (input/energy expendature/calorie consumption) a good model for this are predators like lions, who sleep 80% of their lives, and rely on effective skills and instincts to find food.

schools that share techniques with ninjutsu-

grappling:  baghua (pakua, bagua,) a chinese school based on internal energy and chi control — related to the i-ching and feng shui practices; chin-na, a chinese school of grappling evolved from shaolin techniques; jiu-jitsu, a grappling combat system evolved from the same ancestral roots as ninjutsu; silat, an indonesian/malasian combat family heavily shaped by contact will all of the martial arts in asia; krav-maga, a modern israli system of combat devloped for use by conter terrorism teams; systema, a russian system developed by spetznatz (russian special forces) based on experience with chinese and japanese influence.

striking- gojiryu karate, tai chi and other “soft” internal chinese arts, silat, systema and krav maga

weapons- ninjustu is bastardized.  it deliberately borrows the most practical weapons from budo (samurai schools.)  modern ninja should also be accomplished in modern weapons like firearms.

18 skills of ninjutsu-

1.Seishin teki kyoyo (spiritual refinement)

2.Taijutsu (unarmed combat)

3.Ninja ken (ninja sword)

4.Bojutsu (stick and staff fighting)

5.Shurikenjutsu (throwing blades)

6.Yarijutsu (spear fighting)

7.Naginatajutsu (halberd fighting)

8.Kusarigama (chain and sickle weapon)

9.Kayakujutsu (fire and explosives)

10.Hensojutsu (disguise and impersonation)

11.Shinobi iri (stealth and entering methods)

12.Bajutsu (horsemanship)

13.Sui ren (water training)

14.Bo-ryaku (strategy)

15.Cho ho (espionage)

16.Intonjutsu (escape and concealment)

17.Ten-mon (meteorology)

18.Chi-mon (geography)

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basic skills:

kihon happau- 8 basic directions.  ninjutsu is laid out on a fractal system.  8 directions are forward 1, backward 2, left 3, right 4, and then midway between those points (northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest.)

grappling techniques-

1) musha/muso  dori (arm bar to elbow lock with your hand rising from underneath)

muso dori

omote and ura gyaku.

2) ura gyaku is the wrist lock executed to the outside of the opponent’s body (where you end up behind his elbow)

gyaku

3)omote is the wrist lock executed from the inside (where you move outside his shoulder and elbow)

omote

4) oni kudaki- the T shaped arm bar executed with your forearm accross the opponent’s hand/wrist, the other arm under his elbow, and the fingertips touching (least practical)

oni kudaki

5) genseki nage -- arm bar to elbow lock with your hand descending from above

genseki nage

five basic elements/ modes of combat

1) air (receiving/ open style)

2) water (flowing / rhythmic style)

3) fire (fast / intense / energetic style)

4) earth (slow / low / energy conserving style)

5) void (all of the preceding as needed)