One of the most important drills that I have ever seen is a taihen jutsu drill taught to me by Bill Atkins.\u00a0 What he does in this drill is he has one person attacking (unarmed or with a weapon) with simple attacks (no tricks to start) and the other person is moving from kamae to kamae avoiding the attacks.\u00a0 It is simple to memorize all the kamae, but can you use them.\u00a0 Do you know which kamae belongs where and when?\u00a0 Do you understand the attitude that you need in each kamae to get an effect in your opponents kamae?\u00a0 If not you need to start at the beginning.<\/p>\n
Take the gyoko ryu kamae (ichimonji, jumonji, hitcho and shizen).\u00a0 Move from one kamae to the next.\u00a0 Once your body understands the kamaes on a mechanical level it is time to move on to application.\u00a0 Understand moving against attacks trying to get to a place where you are flanking your opponent.\u00a0 What I mean by flanking your opponent is if you draw a circle around someone looking down from above, you can divide the circle into thirds.\u00a0 The front third where they are strong.\u00a0 The third starting to their right and the third going to the left (ending right behind them) where they are weaker.\u00a0 Your goal is moving in kamae from the region where your opponent is strong to the one where they are weak.\u00a0 Simple yes?\u00a0 But wait there is more.\u00a0 You want to move to a kamae at a range where you can bring all of your weapons to bear on your opponent.\u00a0 What range do you need to throw kicks?\u00a0 Punches?\u00a0 Knees and Elbows?\u00a0 What weapons can your opponent use to attack you?\u00a0 What will it take to defend yourself from these attacks?\u00a0 Can you move differently to prevent the possibility of being attacked like this.<\/p>\n
Until you understand this movement, you will not be free with your taijutsu.\u00a0 Until you understand your distance, you are not doing the arts of the Bujinkan.\u00a0 Please make sure you understand taihen jutsu the skills of changing your body (kamae).<\/p>\n
Your life is on the line, practice well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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