I found good taijutsu

[moonwatcher]

Yes I'm sure when you hear taijutsu you think ninja larpers, and hatsumi I certainly do. But in my daily travels I came across this system of fighting. Its called fuji ryu taijutsu, from the vids I've seen it looks like daido juku, with a stronger emphasis on self defense. I don't know much about it, all I've seen are the videos posted on the website.

http://youtube.com/user/shimomaruko

thats the channel

and some light sparring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhonc0XXWoc

enjoy

[jessenwarrior]

Yes I'm sure when you hear taijutsu you think ninja larpers, and hatsumi I certainly do. But in my daily travels I came across this system of fighting. Its called fuji ryu taijutsu, from the vids I've seen it looks like daido juku, with a stronger emphasis on self defense. I don't know much about it, all I've seen are the videos posted on the website.

http://youtube.com/user/shimomaruko

thats the channel

and some light sparring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhonc0XXWoc

enjoy

This isnt taijutsu, it looks like some form of karate with some ground fighting thrown in. :wrestlerb Dont drink everyones kool aid.

[G-Off]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhonc0XXWoc

enjoy

Pretty good stuff, though I thought there a few opportunities for throws before the guy in black went for the arm drag (I think that's what it was). Dude in white was groaning bloody murder though.

[HappyOldGuy]

Me != expert, but I'm pretty sure that taijutsu has nothing to do with ninjers except in the sense that they have polluted the term. IIRC it is almost interchangable with jujitsu. They are closer to generic terms for fighting rather than specific styles.

People who know what you are talking about go ahead and correct me, I'm lubed.

[jessenwarrior]

Me != expert, but I'm pretty sure that taijutsu has nothing to do with ninjers except in the sense that they have polluted the term. IIRC it is almost interchangable with jujitsu. They are closer to generic terms for fighting rather than specific styles.

People who know what you are talking about go ahead and correct me, I'm lubed.

There is Koryu that use this term so I partially agree with the happyoldguy.

[Odacon]

Thats Daido Juku/Zendokai.

[Ryno]

Found their website, here's the background page: http://www.fujiryu.jp/US/history/index.htm

[moonwatcher]

Thats Daido Juku/Zendokai.

I wonder why they call they call their system fuji ryu taijutsu then?

[moonwatcher]

The website was pretty informative, I guess these guys have a pretty short lineage.

[G-Off]

I'm not surprised at finding good taijitsu. From my limited understanding, taijitsu has a pretty good reputation generally. The one taijitsu guy I've ever sparred was good too, gave me a black eye.

[moonwatcher]

I think its just the Ninja dorks that ruin the name

[G-Off]

I think its just the Ninja dorks that ruin the name

True that. I generally think of taijitsu as being the best example of ninjitsu...the kyokushin of ninjers, if you will.

[moonwatcher]

its odd though, the taijutsu of the bujinkan doesn't have proper striking (as far as I know from the threads on this site)

[Odacon]

I wonder why they call they call their system fuji ryu taijutsu then?

So they can say they have the real taijutsu, and not ripped off wholesale from another art.

[rw4th]

Just because the ninjas use the word doesn't mean they have exclusive rights to it. Isn't "taijutsu" a generic term for unarmed fighting anyway?