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Third Level: Green Belt Strategy

Strategic Development:
  • Tactical thinking - Choose the right technique for each situation
  • Weapon introduction - Basic blade, staff, and flexible weapon handling
  • Adaptive responses - React effectively to unexpected attacks
  • Principle-based training - Understand the "why" behind techniques

Green Belt marks your evolution from technician to tactician. You've built solid foundations and learned to flow between techniques—now you'll develop the strategic mindset that makes Ninjutsu truly effective.

This level introduces your first weapons training and emphasizes adaptive thinking. Instead of memorizing responses, you'll learn to read situations and select appropriate techniques. The goal is developing martial intelligence alongside physical skill.

Key shift: You're moving beyond "how to do techniques" toward "when and why to use them." This strategic awareness separates effective martial artists from technique collectors.

Fitness

Endurance

Kamae 構, combat stances

Daken 打拳体術, striking and punching

Geri, Kicks 蹴, Using the legs to strike

Kansetsu-waza 関節技, joint locks

Sabaki 捌, Movement and evasion

Kaiten 廻転, Ukemi 受身, rolls and breakfalls

Chokes, 絞技, Shime waza

Nage waza 投げ技, throws

Weapons

Hanbo 半棒, short stick

Tanto 短刀, knife

Attacking from these stances:

Kusari 鎖, chain

Osaekomi-waza 押込技, pins or holds

kata 型, forms