Shoten - Wall running
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Background of Shoten - Wall running
All acrobatics in Budo Ninjutsu / Taijutsu are first of all orienteering tasks. Somersaults, climbs, wall running, break falls and related techniques are practiced in order to improve the warrior's three dimensional sensitivity and his reaction to unexpected movements and falls.
Shoten is the collective name for any climbing that culminates in a roll or somersault. Doing shoten depends on fast sprinting before the climb, and as such it is used in the [AKBAN syllabus] with young trainees and children to build fast explosive forward movement.
Description of Shoten - Wall running
At the beginning of the climb one attacks the wall or the climbable object with a step aimed straight towards the wall and upward. Doing the shoten one establishes friction between the soles of the feet and the object climbed. The technique calls for the use of special spikes (shuko) on the sole of the foot, but trials revealed that the spikes should be extremely short.
A related technique
Shoten tombogaeri - Back somersault from wall running
Related citation
"Work (practice) like a mule, jump like a tiger."[citation needed]
Video of Shoten - Wall running
This technique is part of Budo Ninjutsu Grade requirements syllabus Brown belt grade requirements and of Black Belt grade requirements
