2013 - NinZine 3.0

Shinken#02 Dean Rostohar – Knife and Pistol (pt 1 of 2)

budoshopNovember 3, 2013

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Dean taught unarmed defence against knife and pistol. He also taught how to use the knife, and how to use pistol from close distance. He also taught many tactic manouvers how to take out a guard, and also how to avoid the same situations. Also how to act as a bodyguard…

Dean Rostohar teaches unarmed defence against knife and pistol. He also taught how to use the knife, and how to use pistol from close distance. If you learn how to use these weapons you can also learn how to defend yourself against them.

He also showed many tactic manouvers how to take out a guard, and also how to avoid the same situations. Also how to act as a bodyguard…

We also added a few clips from his shooting videos so you can see how it is done with a real gun against targets.

With Dean Shihans experience from real fighting in war, and also from his time in the police force in Croatia he certainly know what he is doing. For his full resume, check out his web site…

Who is Dean Rostohar

Dean Shihan has a lot of experience from real fighting in the independence war of Croatia, and also from his time in the police force. He was born 1965 and started training Martial Arts at the age of 10. He have experience from many martial arts styles but he was not completely satisfied with them until he found the warrior art – Bujinkan Ninjutsu/Ninpo Taijutsu. For his full resume, check out his websites. http://www.bujinkan.hr http://www.specwog.bujinkan.hr

If you want to sponsor a seminar or course, please don’t hesitate to contact him. For more information see his web site http://www.kesshi.com…

Shinken#01 KIHON HAPPO with DEAN ROSTOHAR

budoshopNovember 3, 2013

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Dean taught Kihon happo techniques with “shinken kata style”, realistic fighting applications. He first taught unarmed basic and then quickly moved on to do it more realistic, covering all kinds of weapons.

Dean Rostohar teaches Kihon happo techniques with “shinken kata style”. Unarmed also knife and pistol techniques at Kaigozan Dojo from September 2007.

We also added a few clips from his shooting videos so you can see how it is done with a real gun against targets.

Who is Dean Rostohar

If you want to sponsor a seminar or course, please don’t hesitate to contact him. For more information see his web site http://www.kesshi.com…

Jutte with tsuba

buki stolarNovember 3, 2013November 3, 2013

From paart budo buki by buki stolar

Dear friends,

here is last version of Jutte with tsuba

soon more info

詒転三転 Iten Santen: Never Ending Change Filled With Deception

Michael GlennNovember 2, 2013November 2, 2013

From Bujinkan Santa Monica by Michael Glenn

Kashiwa Annex Frosted Window, photo by Michael Glenn

Bujinkan fighting is an illusion. You will never find two witnesses of a fight who see the same thing. Even if you haven't seen this in a fight, you have in the dojo. Most of the time, no two students in the dojo witness what Hatsumi Sensei has shown in the same way.

One day Soke said this was like 詒転三転 iten santen. I had no idea what he meant until I realized it was a play on words as he is fond of doing. The standard phrase is 二転三転 niten santen. This means being in a state of flux, a sequence of never ending changes.

The way Sensei said it was to imply that these never ending changes are full of deception. A result of 虚実 kyojitsu. This is why Bujinkan is an art. You might say that art is neither truth or fiction.

Soke told us that the real essence of the technique or of kyojitsu exists in

"The place where one cannot see. It's here where changes to the extraordinary happen."

This is akin to the short story 藪の中 Yabu no Naka by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. If you haven't heard of it, it is better known as the basis for the movie 羅生門 Rashōmon. The plot has various witnesses to a murder describing what they saw. Of course no one's version of the crime matches.

What happened? What happens in Soke's classes? What did anyone actually see? Something extraordinary that will never be discerned with the rational mind.

The name of that story, 藪の中 Yabu no Naka has become a common phrase to describe an event where no one can really say what happened.

When I train or teach, I am striving for something that cannot be comprehended. Beyond technique and form. When I succeed I have the pleasure of seeing the confused looks on my student's faces.

That part is amusing. But what really is fantastic for me is to see my students do something I myself cannot comprehend! When that occurs it is sublime.… Read More