I don't know anybody who makes the kind of excuses that Decision Tree suggests above. They're ridiculous. Maybe they're out there, but anyone...
People who practice the Bujinkan martial arts are budoka, so that's the term I use. It means 'martial way person.' This is the best term for...
Taken in its modern context to mean a martial art with punching, kicking etc, ninjutsu is a generic term. Like karate, kung fu etc, it's...
Yeah, those pics are taken at an embu I organised in Dublin a year or two ago. As Marcus points out, two of his students are pictured, but...
Or you could just be a bit more careful who you partner up with for training. A good training partner can make a massive difference to a class,...
This is another nonsense myth thought up by someone with nothing better to do with their time than whine on the Internet. Martial arts...
I think that you don’t need to learn Japanese to study in the Bujinkan, but if you do apply yourself even a little bit, that study can be a lot...
Sorry if I implied the above - it wasn't my intention, and I would respectully suggest you have gotten the wrong end of the stick here Eric....
For something to be found, it first has to be lost. Was it lost, or was the fact of its existence and location just not posted on the Internet?...
I met Kevin Millis one time in Japan a year or two ago (may have been 2005?), and he struck me as a really nice guy. I had a coffee with him in...
I'd agree that what people do with the money they charge for classes and seminars is really nobody else's business but their own. HOWEVER . ....
Well, as I see it, there are a few ways of answering that question, depending on what you mean by ninpo. The first and most widespread use of...
I think Dale's original comment was totally genuine. As he posted above, it may not be the one the poster was looking for - probably they were...
Oh god. Seriously . . . have you nothing better to do with your time? This is pathetic.
Garth, it's important not to confuse training notes somebody made in the 1980s with densho. I'm sure you already know that, but there are many...
A potentially very interesting thread (and thankfully one not dominated by the other nonsense which is killing this board.) We too have been...
I have massive sympathy for the first poster. I speak as someone who has both ordered from many webstores and who also runs one - so I've been...
Hi all, I think actually the sword in the picture might be a bit bigger than the Shinden Fudo Ryu blades Soke had made. I have one in front of...
Hi all, Just a quick note to say that Ohashi Sensei has made some more additions to his page at http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/bujinkan/...
I think Hatsumi Sensei wanted to grow his martial art and he needed to attract students to do that. It's inevitable that people fall away - it...
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