![]() ![]() They would argue that they can't do sparring and other kinds of training with people actively trying to "win" against each other, because their techniques would seriously injure or kill themselves if they did. This is a point of contention with Bujinkan and many other traditional styles. So it's vital that you have a reasonable set of rules in place to keep everyone safe. Because if you don't have rules in place to keep each other safe, neither you nor your partner will be able to come back tomorrow and train. Now, here's the most important factor: You need to train safely. You will feel like it's a fight or a struggle at least. They will stop you from doing anything to them. So you want to train with partners who aren't letting you get away with anything. then you simply won't know what to do when you find yourself in that situation for real. If you don't train by having someone resisting everything you do, punching you in the face, kicking you in the legs, trying to grab a hold of you and take you to the ground, trying to pummel you once you're on the ground, trying to choke you out, etc. In order to perform well under the pressure of fighting for real, you need to prepare yourself for that by training much the same way. What MMA / no-holds-barred competition has taught us over and over again is that it's how you train that matters, not what style you train in. I say that, because it has an old and flawed understanding of how to train. That said, I think it's a dead end in terms of being able to fight well in real life. And Bujinkan gave me a big leg up with that. Whenever I analyze karate and kung-fu forms ("kata bunkai" to Okinawan karate), I often use my understanding of classical jujitsu to ascertain what the purpose of the motions are. Virtually anything you can think of is in there. ![]() It is a library of classical jujitsu technique. I trained in Bujinkan for less than a year, but it was a very rewarding experience which informs my martial arts to this very day.
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