Practical Application of Bujinkan Ninpo Taijutsu DVD by Wataru Tezuka

Bujinkan Budo of Masaaki Hatsumi

Techniques recognized as authentic by military and security professionals around the world.

It is not about winning or losing.
What matters most is survival.

The true essence of martial arts cannot be fully conveyed through text or kata alone.
Through this DVD, we hope you can experience a part of the oral and physical transmission that has been passed down from master to disciple.
(Bujinkan Dai Shihan Wataru Tezuka)

Bujinkan Budo is a martial tradition taught by Masaaki Hatsumi, who inherited the leadership of nine classical martial arts schools from Takamatsu Toshitsugu, often referred to as the last real battlefield ninja.

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: SEI (Preserve) — Fundamental control and sensing

Demonstration ①: Traditional taijutsu forms

◯ Taihenjutsu (body transformation techniques)

• Move off the line of attack and change it
• Move naturally and deal with attacks naturally
• Let the body drift and flow in space

◯ Use of fingers and pain perception

• Strike or touch vital points
• Hook naturally without aiming
• Break structure through pain, then connect to the next action

◯ Fist–body unity

• The fist is delivered through body structure
• Strike through stepping; the fist transforms
• Strike, control, throw—all are one principle

◯ Koun Ryusui (flowing like clouds and water)

• Do not resist the flow or oppose it
• Abandon yourself; even in difficulty there is a way through
• Never become mentally or physically fixed in place

Demonstration ②: Traditional weapons forms

Chapter 2: HA (Break) — Connection to real combat

◯ Kaname (the essential point)

• Control the key point of the body
• Dominate the key point of space
• The “center” is always shifting

◯ Stone skipping

• Like a stone skipping across water
• Use rebound and reaction of movement
• Treat the opponent like a billiard ball

◯ Interconnected external force transmission (Keitatsu Gairiki)

• Link the opponent’s body and transmit force through it
• Act on multiple points through intent
• Unite yourself with the opponent as one system

◯ Transformation between emptiness and reality (Kyojitsu Tenkan)

• If it misses, it is “empty”; if it hits, it is “real”
• Convert emptiness into reality and reality into emptiness
• Manipulate the “truth” of time and space

Demonstration ③: Practical combat demonstration

Chapter 3: RI (Detach) — The state of emptiness of self

◯ Nuki (removal / disengagement)

• Disappear from confrontation
• Remove timing and remove fighting spirit

◯ Satsuki (perception of intent)

• Sense intention before it manifests
• Perceive naturally through full-body awareness

◯ Control

• Control distance, body, and mind
• Control empty timing and empty space

◯ Muen Mushin (no thought, no mind)

• Abandon technique and abandon learning
• Forget the self and forget the opponent

About the Instructor: Wataru Tezuka holds 15th dan Bujinkan, Dai Shihan. Representative of Bujinkan Tezuka Dojo in Tabata. He began training in Bujinkan Budo at age 16, and in 2008 received permission from Soke Hatsumi to open his own dojo. He now also teaches at the headquarters dojo. He has many international students from countries such as Germany, Argentina, and Mexico. He is also a licensed judo therapist and director of Kayabacho Osteopathic Clinic.

Language: Japanese

Run time: 40 min.

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