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Ninpo is the art of the true ninja. It is The Art of a
Spiritual Warrior. It is the Martial Training of the Genbukan World Ninpo
Federation.
Ninjutsu is a subset of ninpo. Ninjutsu comprises only the
physical skills necessary to survive in a hostile world. In totality, it
provides perhaps the ultimate self-defense skills:
· Mindfulness and the awareness
of ones surroundings.
· Strategy and subtly
manipulating ones opponent. Utilizing this concept correctly will enable you to choose the
correct fighting stance for each situaltion.
· The art of controlling the
distance. Of course, "controlling the distance" means controlling
the speed, direction, height, as well as, the actual distance of all interactions with your opponent.
Indeed, controlling these factors also menas your are controlling time as well.
· Learning to recognize and
utilize what is at hand.
· Atemi Waza (Striking
Techniques)
· Nage Waza (Throwing
Techniques)
· Shime Waza (Choking
Techniques)
· Osae Komi Waza
(Ground
Pinning Techniques)
Grandmaster
Shoto Tanemura's Genbukan Harukaze Dojo teaches all the practical physical
skills of Ninjutsu as well as the art of some of its more traditional weapons.
Unknown to all except those that practice these arts, weapons training can take
ones empty hand skills to a new, higher level.
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Weapons training focuses on:
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Kenjutsu (Japanese
Sword fighting)
• Bojutsu (Japanese
3 foot and 6 foot staff fighting)
• Tanto jutsu (Japanese
knife fighting) |
The Japanese term "Taijutsu" is synonymous
with the Art of the Ninja. Taijutsu; and can be translated as "The Way or Art of the Body."
It usually is associated with the Ancient Japanese Empty Hand Techniques
practiced by the Ninja and a few other Ancient Martial Ryuha or lineages. The
words are easy enough to understand. However, the Art of the Body is not.
Notice the name is not the "Art of the
Body Parts." It is simply the "Art of the Body." One Completely Unified Body.
This concept goes all the way back to the Chinese origins of the Japanese
Martial Arts where the Chinese say :
" If One Joint Moves, All Nine
Joints Move."
This is really profound and difficult to
understand on the Physical Level. If you tilt your head slightly, just one
joint, your neck, will have moved. Therefore, every other joint in your body
will have to shift slightly in order to keep your Structural Integrity intact.
If this does not happen, you will lose the Harmony and Balance between your "In"
and "Yo" or Yin and Yang. After that, the flow of your Ki or Internal Energy
will not be correct and the skill level of your Taijutsu will become much lower.
You will have to depend more on local muscle strength and less on whole body
power to accomplish your goals. Ki unties your whole body. It is the only one
thing that connects the distant parts together. How else can the power from your
foot drive your hand? There is no one muscle or even one nerve that travels that
whole distance. Yet, with the proper alignment, you can easily feel the power
flow from your feet to your finger tips!
Ninpo, however, has always included
another dimension in its training. This extra dimension sets a practitioner of
our art apart from and above the practitioners of mere fighting systems. Ninpo
is elevated above most other martial arts by its realization that the refinement
and purification of your heart and character is a prerequisite for the proper
opening of your energy channels.
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This has a twofold effect on your ability to produce power and act quickly.
• It increases the flow of
ones internal energy or ki by reducing the internal resistance.
• It enables the
practitioner to become tonus-which is the state of being energized while
remaining relaxed. |
Both of these qualities are necessary to
produce a good martial art practitioner.
Ninpo also acknowledges that the final
extra dimension of power comes from ones spirit. This part of us can only reach
its full potential when it is in harmony with its own inherent nature-which is
infinite strength and goodness. This is why Grandmaster Tanemura has begun to
teach the precepts of
Amatsu Tatara.
This purification/power relationship
becomes a closed, ever expanding circle. The purer our heart becomes, the more
energy we have available. The more energy we have available, the easier it is to
remain true to our morals, our ethics, our values, our honor and our Dharma (
our life's mission). The more we live our Dharma (our
purpose in life), the purer our Heart becomes....
The Harukaze Dojo and its chief
instructor,
Gary Giamboi,
with the support of Grandmaster Shoto Tanemura, will provide the instruction and
nurturing necessary to help our students reach their full multi-dimensional
potential as a true spiritual warrior armed with potent self-defense techniques
and an indomitable spirit.
Very Sincerely Yours,
Gary Giamboi, Kyoshi, Shibu-Cho
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