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Two sweet video clips in the AKBAN blog show Emmanuel Augustus and Roy Jones Jr.
These great boxers use two traditional techniques and elevate them to pure art.
A link to the post
We are starting to add, in small digestable bits, a tutorial section to our martial art encyclopedia, the AKBAN-wiki. Here are two examples from last week Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Ramat Hasharon Dojo practice:
A jump guard tutorial,
A Taijutsu sutemi waza tutorial.
We just added new Ninjutsu moves and techniques to the wiki. Some of these include:
Hitting and jumping kata,
Scoop throw,
Escape from front clinch,
Gan seki otoshi,
Ganseki nage.
As a general rule you can always check the recent addtions to the wiki
here.
Sorry, the
AKBAN-wiki, our huge martial arts encyclopedia, was down for more then 6 hours. It seems that it's memory demands were tasking our server.
Fixed it, sigh...
An interesting article in Furyu the Budo Journal, gives a scholarly perspective about hand signs in Ninjutsu, Mikyo (esoteric Buddhism), and Koryu.
A link to the article
Sunday the 19th of may saw three more students who, after an average two years of training, passed the yellow belt exam.
A link to the requirements for the yellow belt exams
In Beit Hakerem Dojo we started with
sakanagare no kata and emphasized
Kata Guruma.
At the German colony Dojo we continued with
Daken and punching techniques in addition to
several wrestling throws.
At the Tedi, Ramat Hasharon and Tel Aviv Dojos we dealt with
sacrifice throws Tai Sabaki and
Hissaku no kata
A new article by Yossi S. about the special senses of a warrior, illustrates the subject by an example from politics.
A man's premonition could have prevented prime minister's Rabin assassination.
A link to the article in the AKBAN blog
With the an average time at the Dojo of 2.5 years of training, four trainees manged to pass the yellow belt exams: Amir, Daniel, Eldad and Daniel B.
A link to the yellow belt syllabus.
We have begun assimilating Gatka into our encyclopedia.
A link to the article in the AKBAN blog.
In the orange belt exams at the Jerusalem Tedi Dojo only Otni managed to pass. Four other members will have to go through all this again at some future date.
link to the requirements for orange belt.
Even for the AKBAN veterans who ran the (
Hebrew link, sorry) Megido ultra Marathon (50km), will find the next ultra marathon, The PRO:SPORT Challenge, (
again, a Hebrew link...) a hard act. After all its going to be 60 km with backpacks.
Good luck, guys!
A new and improved edition of "The deity and the sword" our indispensable book,
can be purchased here.
Hurry up and order it. We don't get any money from the transaction, but it's a good book to have.
Michael L. writes the third article in the trilogy. The connection between body and emotions is investigated and given a functional meaning.
Here's a link to the article
Yuval, Orion, Saar and Ran passed the Orange Belt test in the Tel Aviv Dojo.
The test was full of fighting spirit, Well done!
A link to the orange belt in Budo Ninjutsu.
A new post in the English blog about the Ben Yitzhak's insights about Do.
A link to the post
Sian Welch & Wendy Ingraham crawl to the finish line in this
short youtube clip.
Probably understandable to those veterans who ran the Tiberias Marathon with no preparation.
This week's topic in the 'German Colony Dojo' and in 'Gilo Dojo' in Jerusalem was combining punches and pad work with Ninjutsu's Tai Sabaki.
Here's a link to the punches in our curriculum.
Ilana, Yaad, Avinoam, Aviad and Erez, all from the Jerusalem tedi Dojo.
a link to the yellow belt syllabus in Budo Ninjutsu
Maybe ethics won't, but cameras in urban centers may force many martial arts practitioners to reconsider their actions.
Link to a video of driver attacking a bicycle rider
After many years in translation and finally with the help of Tal Haran and Keith H. the Progress Model used in AKBAN, the
Methodical Pyramid is online.
Guy R. wrote of our view. The Japanese Kami in martial arts.
Here's the post.
This week started in the Jerusalem Dojo with doing henka of
Hissaku no kata. This extermly aggresive kata looks a bit like Bjj's "Jump guard".
To Otni from the Jerusalem tedi dojo and to Guy and Udi from Tel Aviv dojo who passed belt grade test for
yellow belt (5th kyu).
The avarage time it takes to qualify for a yellow belt exam in Budo Ninjutsu is half a year to a year.
We continued training on kata incorporating
sabaki against a fast attack.
On a completly different note we started going over all the
hand release kata (te hodoki).
The Budo Ninjutsu website is going through a big upgrade right now.
We tried to tailor it for your navigation ease. After all it's got 40,000 files and still counting.
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The combat savvy and experienced community of AKBAN has opened up its videos and knowledge for all martial arts styles, Ninjutsu and Budo Taijutsu included.
Martial arts techniques, hundreds of throws, kicks and punches plus weapon kata are arranged in an easy order, for you to learn and be a better fighter.
Effective and accurate training in martial arts is our goal. Even though we think it is not recommended to learn online exclusively, our immense, free, AKBAN-wiki can add to your practice and give better, more effective skills in self defense and martial arts.
Training in Ninjutsu and other martial arts styles for many years has taught us this secret Ninja lore, we know: "There is no substitute for a qualified teacher and a Dojo."
And we know this too: "Only by continually learning, practicing and exchanging we can be better human beings, better warriors."
Use this as a reference to gauge your own performance, or simply take a look at the foundations of a style different from your own.
Care to join and tour with us? You are most welcomed, our friend in martial arts.