Is Bujinkan training methodology really effective?

I did hear once about a knife concealed under Soke's armpit and book in hand went to show 'testee' book and then dropped knife, 'testee' moved foot to avoid knife ?

that was for 8th Dan back in the early ninties. how true who knows.

 

Nope, that was a story propogated by that person who is still an 8th dan, i asked a couple of years ago when i was in japan and it NEVER happened.

 

I have seen 6 people go through the Godan test on video, my Sensei being one.

One of them would sit in front of Sensei Hutsumi with thier back to him.
He stood with a woodensword above his head ready to strike it down on them.
They had to rollaway at the right moment to avoid the strike,they had no idea when he would try to strike them in the head.
Only one of the six didnt get it right and he was allowed one more chance,he past of coarse.
They used to do it with a live blade,no second chance.
Any way I was impressed.

Cheers

 

It's a lot more impressive once you've been through it and you're trying to figure out what the heck just happened.

 

Yes I bet!! Ive done it with a few friends to try and get what it was like,But I think we didnt even come close to it, even though we all lost our heads 3-4 times

Best Regards

 

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OMG! makes me think whether anything was true, why oh why do people feel the need to do such things?

Not my problem anyhow and it did no good in the long term.

better to be a normal person and remain one than build a 'super' person only to fall!