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<blockquote data-quote="OCBujinkan" data-source="post: 2398373" data-attributes="member: 803488">I&#039;m going to share a little something I learned... Take it for what it&#039;s worth, and maybe you&#039;ll learn something.I have notebook after notebook of notes from the Bujinkan (Just the Bujinkan -- I&#039;ve done others as well). 1000+ techniques, transcribed in detail, then broken down and analyzed. Techniques for standing, kneeling, laying on the ground, laying on top of a wall, and leaping from above. Very few are the kata you see in Kempo or Karate, but they&#039;re there. I&#039;ve learned dozens of ways to strike: with fingers, knuckles, knees, head, hips, feet, shoulders, elbows... You get the point.1000+ techniques. You know what it all boils down to? Movement. The bowing? Don&#039;t worry about it. Do it and get it over with and you get to the good part. Besides, it can teach you things as well (reiho involves kamae!). If you don&#039;t want the belt, opt to not rank. You&#039;re a fool if you think tai chi is useless, and the animal movements are emulation of nature -- animals only know efficiency.You think that you&#039;ll go into a class, learn a few techniques and automatically be a monster on the streets. I watch your sort come and go -- they get into an egotistical fight, they move to apply their technique and find out, &quot;Oh god! It&#039;s not working! WHAT DO I DO?!?!&quot; They inevitably try to force the technique, and they get flattened. They haven&#039;t the sensitivity to feel where the other person&#039;s movement is going, they haven&#039;t learned to control their heart rate so they don&#039;t expend too much energy, they haven&#039;t learned that all that &quot;soft judo crap&quot; is designed to allow them to spend less energy to lay the other guy flat and all it takes IS CORRECT BODY POSITIONING.You want to go force against force? Fine. You&#039;ll lose, then you&#039;ll decide, like every other meathead has, that martial arts is BS. And that&#039;s fine; you&#039;re just taking up space in our classes anyhow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OCBujinkan, post: 2398373, member: 803488"] I'm going to share a little something I learned... Take it for what it's worth, and maybe you'll learn something. I have notebook after notebook of notes from the Bujinkan (Just the Bujinkan -- I've done others as well). 1000+ techniques, transcribed in detail, then broken down and analyzed. Techniques for standing, kneeling, laying on the ground, laying on top of a wall, and leaping from above. Very few are the kata you see in Kempo or Karate, but they're there. I've learned dozens of ways to strike: with fingers, knuckles, knees, head, hips, feet, shoulders, elbows... You get the point. 1000+ techniques. You know what it all boils down to? Movement. The bowing? Don't worry about it. Do it and get it over with and you get to the good part. Besides, it can teach you things as well (reiho involves kamae!). If you don't want the belt, opt to not rank. You're a fool if you think tai chi is useless, and the animal movements are emulation of nature -- animals only know efficiency. You think that you'll go into a class, learn a few techniques and automatically be a monster on the streets. I watch your sort come and go -- they get into an egotistical fight, they move to apply their technique and find out, "Oh god! It's not working! WHAT DO I DO?!?!" They inevitably try to force the technique, and they get flattened. They haven't the sensitivity to feel where the other person's movement is going, they haven't learned to control their heart rate so they don't expend too much energy, they haven't learned that all that "soft judo crap" is designed to allow them to spend less energy to lay the other guy flat and all it takes IS CORRECT BODY POSITIONING. You want to go force against force? Fine. You'll lose, then you'll decide, like every other meathead has, that martial arts is BS. And that's fine; you're just taking up space in our classes anyhow. [/QUOTE]

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