I'm away to Japan tomorrow -- short trip, just going for "the circus" and birthday party this time. Next trip (spring or summer) should be much...
So, it just ended: http://www.bujinkankunoichi.com/ Needless (I hope!) to say, I wasn't there. However, two women who train with me did go....
This is a clip of a henka of a Togakure ryu technique (koteuchitonsougata) from this past Thursday's training. After I enter and strike the...
. . .is up at his blog: http://henka.wordpress.com
I ran across Alex Archer's first novel about archeologist/adventurer Annja Creed (sort of a Lara Croft who has to work for a living) in an airport...
Wow, the things that turn up on YouTube. . . A couple of my students mentioned in class last night that they'd just run across a clip of...
Latest stuff from Japan: Today's crime fighter in Tokyo - Ninja style In inimitable ways, Japanese ease fear of attacks on street Martin...
One of the things that makes Bujinkan training unique in my view is the occasional focus on protecting third parties rather than oneself. . .I...
This is primarily for instructors of any of the various Takamatsuden "kans", but anyone else is free to chime in as well. My own so far was a...
The Discovery Channel TV show "MythBusters" (http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/about/about.html) is doing an entire episode on fact...
Brad Ellin (a.k.a. Kurohana & Mister K) just had me out for a seminar in the Houston area this past weekend, and I wanted to take a moment to...
By the way - not all "demos" are supposed to be realistic - some are drills that ONLY teach you concepts. There are far too many people who don't...
Have any of you ever had someone tell you that (technique X) would never work “in a real fight”, “against resistance”, etc. – and then give you a...
Many people from modern sportive arts, who apparently have no understanding of what they're observing, criticize the same-hand/same-foot forward...
Just saw the entry on the second page of links at the new Hombu website: http://www.bujinkanhombujapan.com/links1.html
As most here will know, Hatsumi sensei has placed great emphasis on armed and armored combat the last couple of years; and "our" (e.g. the...
As many of you know, Jack Hoban was my first instructor in the Bujinkan and remains a very good friend. Each year he writes a "New Year's Message"...
As most know by now, Soke has announced it as "Nature", explored via the taijutsu and swordsmanship of Shinden Fudo ryu. For anyone looking for...
A Bujinkan instructor from Australia, Darren Horvath (who lives in Japan for about half the year), has posted a few pics from last week's...
On another thread there have been comments concerning a dojo website which doesn't seem to be doing its owner any favors. Rather than continuing...
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