There are hundreds of moves in the martial arts but that left hook to the liver ( or kick ) does it everytime. MMA legend Bas Rutten was a master at liver shots. You can also strike the liver using a right back hand or hammerfist. Very sneaky, doesn't telegraph at all especially at close range.
Yep, wasn't your typical ninja movie. There was no running around with a mask on and throwing shaken. Although there was blinding powder that was used by the bad guy LOL
Great drills! Thank you. If possible can we get some where the attacker is more stationary, along with out fighting. Like Muay Thai or kick boxer. Also wrestling techniques would be cool. 😊
Great material taught by a great instructor. I really like the positive learning environment and comraderie that is clearly present in this dojo, thank you.
A strong shot to the heart has been known to cause problems. Part of the brick thing or internal strike is TOT: Time On Target. Equal and opposite reaction is seen in the recoil of a shotgun to the shoulder. A fast strike can be like recoil, but a strike that sticks to the person may send more force internal. Muscles don't have feelings, nerve clusters do. lol I think that is why we take more thigh kicks than calf. It would be fun to train in your class, you seem more realistic than most, and politics aside, at my age it is just fun to move, not get the body torn apart from heavy fighting.
Dim mak is real, but it’s a Chinese martial arts technique, not Japanese. It also means to press acupoints, not death touch. Bujinkan kosshijutsu is based on similar principles. Also shout out to Bas Rutten’s Self Defense for the liver shot.
What's the closest example of someone using this in sport, or moving in this manner? I know in the early UFCs there was a guy representing Ninjutsu (Jennum?) but it really didn't look like it... closest I've seen is some older styles of TKD actually that kinda stand on a line (versus boxing stance or more square muay thai., or inbetween like MMA).. and the head doesn't bob up and down during transitions...
Frankly, Ninjutsu/To Shin Do is a kind of weird animal when it comes to sport combat. Lots of the setups will work (barring our favorite eyesight disruption techs), and lots of the follow ups/finishers will work. Where it becomes an issue is when you (in the middle of a match) begin to fight your own brain because it wants to throw techs from your class in the middle of the match that would straight up end it, and you have to tell it not to do so and throw some more mid-level techs instead. Hardee has experience in the ring and can probably verify. Biggest hurdle for ninja in sports combat? Their own minds. Solution: Leading up to the fight, you gotta train inside the rule set you're competing in instead of standard class curriculum, so that way your brain doesn't fight itself. There's lots here to use. There's just also lots you can't use.
@@jckingsley --- I guess the simple answer I'm distilling from this is that Ninjutsu is not a sport. It's not meant to be applied under "sportsman" attitude. If anything, it's to temper your mettle in all dimensions... make you adaptable and resilient in all situation. So the "the mind" becoming your enemy would only be an issue if you enter some kind of contest conflicted, since Ninjutsu training should make your mind one of the strongest tools. In that sentiment, you essentially failed by even agreeing to a fair fight, so to speak. And in there is the big age old debate in how we train... how someone getting ready for the olympics in say Greco Roman wrestling, versus someone in Krav Maga. Hyper sport versus hyper violent role playing? Which one bestows the best pressure testing of the techniques? Which one offers the most fluidity to adapt to spontaneous and chaotic situations? Which one allows you to return home alive, or conversely, win a contest? I guess my answer is train both. But if you can only train in one?
@@TheNinjaEveryDay -- I think I found my answer in the title of your video, namely that these are weapon oriented techniques that remain the same, or are a still relevant if you have a knife, a stick, a staff, or bare hands. I'm also seeing that they could be applied while being weighed down by armour. So in regards to my sports application question... if I invert it... what happens to a high level MMA athlete when you load him up with 100lbs of gear (like a military soldier), drop him in uneven terrain somewhere in the forest, and then have him battle with a bo? So I guess it's a misnomer question kinda like who wins, a great white shark or a lion? Osss
@@majorawol Any undertaking of the Martial Arts in general should probably start with "What are your goals for this?" That being said, I, just for example, started in order to learn to overcome adversity in life... period. If someone handed me a set of ROE (Rules of Engagement) in a battlefield scenario or a cage match or a street brawl, I wanted to be able to roll with the given proverbial punch there, and beat that "rule set". Sun Tzu said the easiest way to win a war was to control both sides of the battlefield. Seems like cheating, right? Oh no. There are plenty of "rules" on even an open, full on, wartime battlefield. You still have ROE even then. Even in a street fight, you have legal concerns that provide the same. So, there are no situations where there "are no rules" to worry about. You will ALWAYS fight your mind on a happy marriage of circumstance and applying devastation to an opponent. It's about adapting QUICKER and learning new tricks to "trick" your own mind into the behavior you want to produce reliably.
There is such a thing as Dim Mak it's for real, but it's taught in certain Chinese martial arts not in Ninjutsu at least not as far as I know. Pressure points are taught but to my knowledge the techniques aren't the same as the ones taught in the Chinese arts. It's actually quite effective and they have some really good stuff and effecient movement from what I have seen. But people get thrown off because of the term - " death touch. " Frank Dux is a well known fraud and more than likely has trained in martial arts but created a fake Ninjutsu style and claimed to have a teacher who taught him these skills. Of course nothing he claims is based on fact. I have watched a lot of his interviews and read the few articles about him in the magazines and he has changed his stories many times. Also lied about his military background so no, the information he puts out can't be trusted. He helped make a great martial arts movie that brought attention to a famous action star JCVD and that's about it.
outstanding instructor
Thank you very much!
THANK you for that. I just spent 10 minutes looking at liver shot compilations.
There are hundreds of moves in the martial arts but that left hook to the liver ( or kick ) does it everytime. MMA legend Bas Rutten was a master at liver shots.
You can also strike the liver using a right back hand or hammerfist. Very sneaky, doesn't telegraph at all especially at close range.
Woah! Stephen K. Hayes appearing in your video was such a awesome sight to see!
I consider myself very fortunate to have a mentor like An-Shu Hayes!
Well, THAT was cool. A lot of little sneaky secrets in there! I love it. Thanks for sharing this! 🦖
Thank you, my friend!
Fantastic! Similar to My Kali transition from stick to empty hand. Great instruction Mr. Merrit!
Thank you for watching!
This. Stuff. Is. Brilliant.
Thank. You. Very. Much!
Excellent work as always, Hardee.
Hey! Thank you very much!
When a movie is about breaking bricks and entering a tournament, you forget it's related to ninjas.
Yep, wasn't your typical ninja movie. There was no running around with a mask on and throwing shaken. Although there was blinding powder that was used by the bad guy LOL
Great combination and great use of tai sabaki, utilising every movement for positioning yourself and the enemy.
I like it a lot :)
Thank you very much!
Best regards from Germany
Great drills! Thank you. If possible can we get some where the attacker is more stationary, along with out fighting. Like Muay Thai or kick boxer. Also wrestling techniques would be cool. 😊
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i seen here real practical movements in Ninjitsu for the first time.
Great Instruktor!
You are belong the Bujinkan Budo?
Great material taught by a great instructor. I really like the positive learning environment and comraderie that is clearly present in this dojo, thank you.
Much appreciated!
First 😄 Greetings from Germany and thank you for the great Video. Can't wait to get back to the Dojo on Monday.
Thank you!!
Thanks for the video! Nice work!
Glad you liked it!
Great video, really enjoyed the lessons presented.
Thank you for watching!!
A strong shot to the heart has been known to cause problems. Part of the brick thing or internal strike is TOT: Time On Target. Equal and opposite reaction is seen in the recoil of a shotgun to the shoulder. A fast strike can be like recoil, but a strike that sticks to the person may send more force internal. Muscles don't have feelings, nerve clusters do. lol I think that is why we take more thigh kicks than calf. It would be fun to train in your class, you seem more realistic than most, and politics aside, at my age it is just fun to move, not get the body torn apart from heavy fighting.
Dim mak is real, but it’s a Chinese martial arts technique, not Japanese. It also means to press acupoints, not death touch. Bujinkan kosshijutsu is based on similar principles.
Also shout out to Bas Rutten’s Self Defense for the liver shot.
Thank you for watching!
As wing chun guy, iron palm training is real
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Hello! I posed a question on your latest video where you showed sensei Seth classical Ninjutsu, could you answer my questions please and thank you.
He already did that, bud. 3 days prior. You should be good to go check it out! Good luck out there! Play on!
Yessir, go back and check!
@@jckingsleyoh shit I didn’t get a notification
@@TheNinjaEveryDayI didn’t get a notif, my bad 😅😅😅😅😅😅
What's the closest example of someone using this in sport, or moving in this manner? I know in the early UFCs there was a guy representing Ninjutsu (Jennum?) but it really didn't look like it... closest I've seen is some older styles of TKD actually that kinda stand on a line (versus boxing stance or more square muay thai., or inbetween like MMA).. and the head doesn't bob up and down during transitions...
Frankly, Ninjutsu/To Shin Do is a kind of weird animal when it comes to sport combat. Lots of the setups will work (barring our favorite eyesight disruption techs), and lots of the follow ups/finishers will work. Where it becomes an issue is when you (in the middle of a match) begin to fight your own brain because it wants to throw techs from your class in the middle of the match that would straight up end it, and you have to tell it not to do so and throw some more mid-level techs instead. Hardee has experience in the ring and can probably verify. Biggest hurdle for ninja in sports combat? Their own minds. Solution: Leading up to the fight, you gotta train inside the rule set you're competing in instead of standard class curriculum, so that way your brain doesn't fight itself. There's lots here to use. There's just also lots you can't use.
I appreciate your question and I will try to consider how to give you my best attempt at an answer.
@@jckingsley --- I guess the simple answer I'm distilling from this is that Ninjutsu is not a sport. It's not meant to be applied under "sportsman" attitude. If anything, it's to temper your mettle in all dimensions... make you adaptable and resilient in all situation. So the "the mind" becoming your enemy would only be an issue if you enter some kind of contest conflicted, since Ninjutsu training should make your mind one of the strongest tools. In that sentiment, you essentially failed by even agreeing to a fair fight, so to speak. And in there is the big age old debate in how we train... how someone getting ready for the olympics in say Greco Roman wrestling, versus someone in Krav Maga. Hyper sport versus hyper violent role playing? Which one bestows the best pressure testing of the techniques? Which one offers the most fluidity to adapt to spontaneous and chaotic situations? Which one allows you to return home alive, or conversely, win a contest? I guess my answer is train both. But if you can only train in one?
@@TheNinjaEveryDay -- I think I found my answer in the title of your video, namely that these are weapon oriented techniques that remain the same, or are a still relevant if you have a knife, a stick, a staff, or bare hands. I'm also seeing that they could be applied while being weighed down by armour. So in regards to my sports application question... if I invert it... what happens to a high level MMA athlete when you load him up with 100lbs of gear (like a military soldier), drop him in uneven terrain somewhere in the forest, and then have him battle with a bo? So I guess it's a misnomer question kinda like who wins, a great white shark or a lion? Osss
@@majorawol Any undertaking of the Martial Arts in general should probably start with "What are your goals for this?" That being said, I, just for example, started in order to learn to overcome adversity in life... period. If someone handed me a set of ROE (Rules of Engagement) in a battlefield scenario or a cage match or a street brawl, I wanted to be able to roll with the given proverbial punch there, and beat that "rule set". Sun Tzu said the easiest way to win a war was to control both sides of the battlefield. Seems like cheating, right? Oh no. There are plenty of "rules" on even an open, full on, wartime battlefield. You still have ROE even then. Even in a street fight, you have legal concerns that provide the same. So, there are no situations where there "are no rules" to worry about. You will ALWAYS fight your mind on a happy marriage of circumstance and applying devastation to an opponent. It's about adapting QUICKER and learning new tricks to "trick" your own mind into the behavior you want to produce reliably.
There is such a thing as Dim Mak it's for real, but it's taught in certain Chinese martial arts not in Ninjutsu at least not as far as I know. Pressure points are taught but to my knowledge the techniques aren't the same as the ones taught in the Chinese arts. It's actually quite effective and they have some really good stuff and effecient movement from what I have seen. But people get thrown off because of the term - " death touch. "
Frank Dux is a well known fraud and more than likely has trained in martial arts but created a fake Ninjutsu style and claimed to have a teacher who taught him these skills. Of course nothing he claims is based on fact. I have watched a lot of his interviews and read the few articles about him in the magazines and he has changed his stories many times. Also lied about his military background so no, the information he puts out can't be trusted. He helped make a great martial arts movie that brought attention to a famous action star JCVD and that's about it.