Correct me if I'm wrong, Taijutsu has punches, kicks, sweeps, throws and jointlocks, and you're saying it's way better to crosstrain?
I think so. I'm extremely comfortable with tachiwaza, but the newaza I've been doing from Judo has just blown me away. I think the two arts compliment each other perfectly.
i think if people are honest with themselves and indeed want to learn the material, then good for them.
Just to be clear, I didn't mean to turn this into a bash thread. I was just asking. Let's leave the "it doesn't work" out of it please. Or at least be nicer about asking I know I can't make you guys be polite but I can ask nicely.
I think that one of the key elements of ninjutsu is to fight smart and to survive. That means taking into account multiple opponents and use of weapons. It implies not going to fight in way that is profitable for the other person. So if you fight someone who is good in BJJ stay away from the ground, dont try to beat somebody on their A game. And if you want to do competitions in a ring there is nothing wrong with studying other arts in order to prepare for that occassion. As you are adapting to a different rule set in a sports environment. I've visited other dojo and rolled with some BJJ/MMA people i thought it was great fun. Can I beat the highlevel BJJ practioners in groundfighting in the dojo, nope. So i would not try in a real fight to play their game either. I've know some highlevel kendo guys. Would I be able to beat them in a kendo match? nope. But give me a spear in a real fight and things will be different. Or take away their sword and let me fight them hand to hand then there will also be a different outcome. Correct ninjutsu training will give you a very general assortiment of possibilities to fight. From unarmed to fully armed, from single to multiple opponents. From strategy to survival. The whole system is set up so that learning one field complements your understanding of other fields. Learning spear will improve your taijutsu. Learning taijutsu will improve your swordwork, learning one ryuha will help you understand another ryuha etc. Now to be honest I think if you want to learn how to fight there are quicker ways to become proficient when fighting ordinary people. Somebody who has done kickboxing for a year is better at kicking and striking then somebody who has trained ninjutsu for a year because of the scope of training. Ninjutsu is something that takes a long time to become good at, and you will only reach that point if you train very hard, with the right instruction/teacher. Good practitioners are very scarce and scary. Most practioners are not so impressive. I used to be a bouncer for a while and I have fought several skilled practitioners from other arts including semi-professional MMA guys 'on the street'. So far my ninjutsu training has helped me survive and overcome those people because i fought smart and didnt play their game.
Good for statues and robots with one punch. Also not bad against people who don't resist. I also thought it was good for a mindset. Learned some cool tricks and concepts that stuck with me. Like how to pick up a chair that you're sitting on to defend yourself.
Gotta love Brian McCarthy! And the way he "promoted the art" I base all my knowledge of MA on his stuff. I trained with him once. It was a very strange day. Honest.
That guy is a whack job. I maintain though, that the people I trained with were all learning Taijutsu pretty much the same as the better demos on YouTube. The black belts all seemed to have a fair knowledge of Taijutsu. No doubt I would smash them now though, weapons or no. (I've learned my fair share of kali)
Maybe that sounds like you should give it a go! Say hi to master Bri! But no, they were not learning Bujinkan arts. Simples. Uncle Bri was always teaching a strange kempo, kb, jujItsu hybrid I think. With a thin veneer of Buj.