I am curious

[I am just a shadow]

I was just wondering about Ninjutsu. I have read most artifacts on the style and so far I like it... Although, I have been in Isshin-ryu karate for 7 1/2 years. I was wondering what is the diffrence between the two,and will it be hard to train and do this trasition? Also, is this system good and useful for women. Also, I have another question? I am about to Attend to Chattanooga Buijinkan dojo in Tn. I was wondering if the instructor and the dojo is Legit... If any one knows what I mean.. Thank you. :bow:

[heretic888]

"Artifacts"?? :confused:

[Tony Dismukes]

I was wondering what is the diffrence between the two,and will it be hard to train and do this trasition?

The body dynamics of ninjutsu/taijutsu are completely different from those of karate. You'll probably make the quickest progress if you treat your ninjutsu/taijutsu as a completely new area of study and don't try to carry over the style of movement you've learned from karate.

I'm not personally familiar with anyone from the Chattanooga dojo, but HERE (http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19403) is another discussion thread with some information on the teacher there, including some info from the teacher himself. (Scroll about halfway down.)

[David Craik]

Once again, kindly sign your posts. Surely even a shadow has a name.

[sim3012]

Although, I have been in Isshin-ryu karate for 7 1/2 years. I was wondering what is the diffrence between the two,and will it be hard to train and do this trasition?
I agree with Tony Dismukes, treat ninjutsu as a whole new art don't carry over any Karate. There is a new guy in my Dojo that did Akido for a year and he was trying to intograte Akido into ninjutsu and you can't they are two totally different arts. He had a hard time with the transition, from Akido to ninjutsu, until he treated it as a brand new art.


Also, is this system good and useful for women.
As for this there are no women in my dojo so I really can't say. But I would assume so, if women even do this art.

[Dale Seago]

As for this there are no women in my dojo so I really can't say. But I would assume so, if women even do this art.

They do -- got several in my own dojo.

[sistaninja]

It can be hard to find dojos with a good number of women students. However, the style itself is ideal for women, and, at the top levels in Japan, dedicated women are welcomed and respected. There are also some great senior women as role models. As for the transition from karate - in my experience, I will not say this is necessarily an easy transition and the advice given above is correct. Ninjutsu requires a much more relaxed body movement than most styles of karate - but some styles eg gojuryu do incorporate some circular movements and these stylists can find it a little easier. But, many people who do make the swap find that ninjutsu just makes so much sense to their bodies after the linear approaches of most traditional karate. I have been going for14 years and I learn a whole class full of new things every single lesson. Good luck, Frances Haynes

[Dale Seago]

But, many people who do make the swap find that ninjutsu just makes so much sense to their bodies after the linear approaches of most traditional karate.

That was my own experience. When I attended my first Bujinkan seminar, I'd been doing various Korean, Okinawan, and Japanese forms of karate for 14-15 years. I'd certainly have thought that that sort of movement would have felt "natural" by then, and if you'd asked me at the time I'd have said that it did.

Monday evening after the weekend of Bujinkan training I was back in the Japanese karate dojo I was training in at the time, and I was shocked to find that it all felt "wrong". My body didn't want to do this anymore: It wanted to learn this other stuff that I couldn't even understand or do yet.

I dropped karate entirely within a few weeks, and never looked back. That was over twenty years ago, and I've never regretted it. This is no way a criticism of any form of karate, but just to point out that the Bujinkan approach "agrees with what my body wants to do".

Your body may vary. :wink2: