Ninja, Weapons, and Grappling : A Decade of WTF

[El Neko]

Man, I think I remember you mentioning the Samurai story before... and it is a good one.

Pretty good read, Plasma, you reminded me when I was younger and I left Judo for Kuk Sool Won... I still regret that decision

[Pennypacker]

I've been away from Bullshido for a long time. This thread has me wondering what else I've been missing. This has got me riveted! I grew up on the 80's ninja movies and I can totally relate to the belief that ninjutsu is the most powerful martial art in all the world! I would have killed to have a ninjutsu school near me.

When I was in my early 20's, I used to walk by a BJJ school almost daily. Then, I would get into my car and drive to my "Chinese Boxing" class. I mean, what do Brazilians know about martial arts?

[bill_nye68]

I keep refreshing the page but no new ninjer stories are appearing.

[plasma]

Part 2: Post College

Chapter 8: College SamuraiChapter 9: The Return of the Ninja

[FinalLegion]

Plasma, I'm loving this. It invokes a lot of memories of my younger years of getting involved in the martial arts....everything from walking into a Dux-Ryu "Ninjutsu" school to being friends with a guy who claimed near mastery of Kempo and "Scorpion style kung-fu" to learning a little Aikido from a junior high school coach. This is great stuff you're giving us.

There's just two things that I want to make sure I understand: first, at this point in the story, you've more or less given up on Ninjutsu and are studying Judo, correct? Second, at this point in your story, are you feeling like you wasted your time with Ninjutsu?

Keep it comin', man!

[Xiphiidae]

Man, I guess I should feel glad that most of the crazy martial arts folks I have encountered at college have not been grudge bearing wakadoos with plots to defeat me in front of their students to prove a point, but at the same time I feel like I'm missing out on something. Anyway keep them coming, I'm really enjoying the read.

[plasma]

There's just two things that I want to make sure I understand: first, at this point in the story, you've more or less given up on Ninjutsu and are studying Judo, correct? Second, at this point in your story, are you feeling like you wasted your time with Ninjutsu?

Keep it comin', man!

1. At this point of the story I am training at a dojo at does a few things. We would have Kihon Jujutsu (Drilling Throws, Self Defense, etc.) for the first hour and the second 2 hours we would focus on a speciality such as Ko-ryu Kata, Kenjutsu, Bojutsu or Competition Judo depending on the day. We spared in the Kihon Jujutsu class, but we didn't use IJF ruleset (such as allowing Leg Locks) and saved IJF rule sparring for competition class. We weren't prepping anyone for nationals, we competed locally, so we didn't need focus solely on IJF rules randori.

2. I don't regret it. I pulled a few things out of Ninjutsu training I still use today. I still on occasion counter a Tomoe Nage with a Cartwheel into North-South. My rolls and evasion I learned from years of sabaki training I still use today. In fact a little over a year ago I was doing some stick sparring with a Escrima instructor friend and going even with him by evading just out of the range of his stick and counter attacking like the stick was a wakazashi. While most of that came from my Kenjutsu training, the basic footwork and movement I first learn during my time in Ninjutsu.

[plasma]

Chapter 8 - Appendix 1- Throwdown

Video of the Gang Sau:

[ghost55]

Christ what an asshole.

[XXIV]

Oh my god I totally forgot that happened since it's not on Phrost's Youtube account.

[killface]

Apparently, Jiggle Butt (DerAuslander/MadMonk) did not approve of the fact that I skipped over the Throwdown experiences.

As a noob, I am glad he did not approve. Seriously, it is quite interesting to read.

Also I am feeling very strong envy that you despite being a full-of-shit ninja always ended up at great schools. I am not the type of person to be envious but thinking about the years I lost still hurts. You can consider yourself very lucky.

[Stickybomb]

Also I am feeling very strong envy that you despite being a full-of-shit ninja always ended up at great schools. I am not the type of person to be envious but thinking about the years I lost still hurts. You can consider yourself very lucky.

I can only say +1

[plasma]

As a noob, I am glad he did not approve. Seriously, it is quite interesting to read.

Also I am feeling very strong envy that you despite being a full-of-shit ninja always ended up at great schools. I am not the type of person to be envious but thinking about the years I lost still hurts. You can consider yourself very lucky.

You see I don't see that as luck. Even in the beginning I knew what type of training I wanted. To me Martial Arts was fighting and the pseudo spiritual stuff was dependent on the fact you can fight. To me, I need to see what I am doing is working, I will not take someone's word that it will work. I was too wrapped up in the Ninja aspect and "being a ninja" during college that I didn't realize that Modern Ninjutsu and training in alive manner was incompatible with most of the X-kan schools. So I supplemented with things like No-Gi Jiu Jitsu. Yes, you can say I was lucky that my X-kan school I first went to sparred. But I think if they didn't, I wouldn't of lasted the summer.

It wasn't till after college I realized I could have my cake and eat it too as long as I didn't care it wasn't Ninjutsu. Remember in Chapter 5, I am "kicked out" of a X-kan school for not LaRPing correctly and putting a Black Belt in a Rear Naked Choke.

[Stickybomb]

Ok, you're smart & lucky. I always ended up in crappy schools. Before internet era some really crappy boxing at college, than aikido (which I liked because the people were nice, falling etc...), than crappy judo (oh, the instructor was a very capable black belt, he just wasn't that much pedagogical/interested in n00bs and I never even learned even basic dojo ethics from him - he was even stopping his pupils when they were trying to show me something etc... I had nothing but some condition from visiting that place) , than crappy ju-jitsu. There could be some great schools around but I never found them, and really never much cared for Tae - kwon do which was available. Although it would probably do me waaay more good than aikido.
Being around 29 or so it really started with Gracie - Barra, Allience, some good boxing and recreational judo clubs...

I envy you much :-)

[plasma]

Part 2: Post College

Chapter 9: The Return of the Ninja