Ninjas how many kicks punches throws and weapons

[kungfudude]

Hi

i found a club for ninjutsu in my city and i kneed to know how good it is in paractical life andwhat sort of weapons you use

[kungfudude]

oh in the title i meant how good are the kicks etc

[koto_ryu]

What's the website for the club? There's different ninjutsu schools on here.

[kungfudude]

the martial arts schools from where i come from do not have a web site (sorry) but a friend of mine trained in ninjutsu from there and he is pretty good.

[gregimotis]

It's really hard too say how good a particular style is going to be. The problem is that just about any 'style' is potentially great for self defense BUT most schools are not.

In many cases the styles are barely recognizable as applicable fighting arts because the schools are all theory and no practice. By which I mean, students of a school don't fight outside the school against opponents who want to win. This is the basic conundrum facing non-competitive styles which train for self defense - How do you train for something you don't actually do on a regular basis and still know that it works?

Boxers know that boxing works (within it's ruleset) because they regularly compete for large enough prizes that everyone involved REALLY wants to win. It's a good bet that if there were any better way to punch in the world, boxers would be doing it.



So is your prospective school any good for street application? You're just going to have to go down there and try it out, but here are some things I'd watch out for:

If they start telling you it's going to take ten years to be effective, then it's probably no good for self defense.

If they tell you that many of thier techniques are too deadly to actually practice, it's probably crap.

If the advanced (more than one year) students aren't regularly sparring, and sometimes sparring kinda hard, it's probably not effective.

Keep your common sense about you. For instance, don't let anybody tell you size doesn't matter when it obviously does matter.


It's real easy for an instructor to start 'buying his own hype' as they say. This is because he spends all his time with students who accept most anything he says without question. He may be a well meaning guy, and he may be the best ninjitsu instructor ever, but that doesn't mean he knows much about modern-day self defense.




Note to readers: This post not meant to disparage or endorse any particular style - don't get yer panties in a bunch.

[Tom Yum]

Note to readers: This post not meant to disparage or endorse any particular style - don't get yer panties in a bunch.

Phewww!

I was getting worried about my ultra deadly drunken-ape double fist strike to the toes.

[kungfudude]

every body will be better at using their style on the streets if they practice it with friends street combat style

[sojobow]

If it is Ninjutsu/Ninjitsu related, It should be ok. Start somewhere.

[koto_ryu]

If it is Ninjutsu/Ninjitsu related, It should be ok. Start somewhere.

That's the thing, we're not sure if what he's training in is even remotely close to ninjutsu. It could be a CHAK school for all we know.

[sojobow]

It's really hard too say how good a particular style is going to be. The problem is that just about any 'style' is potentially great for self defense BUT most schools are not.
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Note to readers: This post not meant to disparage or endorse any particular style - don't get yer panties in a bunch.

You really are opening a can-of-worms with this post. I'm interested in who will actually pick up one what you are actually saying? It is interesting to determind if a style is a Martial Style - having to do with a military art or suited for War. If a style is dedicated to only self defense of an individual or, in the least, if the style is dedicated to hobbyism.

It could be observed that Ninjitsu would be classified as a War Art and at the top of the food chain. But, I've developed a slanted opinion. I'll site back and watch the drama.