This Is Ninpo

Martial arts is about moving the body in a specific way, understanding the laws of movement in the martial arts: distance, timing, rhythm, and balance.

Every school, style, discipline, and master has a way of moving, of which as students we are following on this martial path.

Ninpo, is a philosophical application, a way of applying a certain philosophy to this method of movement known as taijutsu.

It (ninpo) is the ability to look at a movement and not only understand the essence of that movement, but also the ability to use that movement despite never having seen it before. It is a philosophy of movement.

How do we cultivate this idea of ninpo in our class?

By not only training in correct taijutsu movement, but also by keeping an open mind and laughing heart. By taking the training very serious, but no the self in a serious way. By being open to opportunity and possibility for correction when mistakes are made, and not by looking at a mistake in movement as criticism, but rather as a transmission of compassion as a vehicle to grow together and evolve as martial friends. 

Martial arts is about moving the body in a specific way, understanding the laws of movement in the martial arts: distance, timing, rhythm, and balance.

Every school, style, discipline, and master has a way of moving, of which as students we are following on this martial path.

Ninpo, is a philosophical application, a way of applying a certain philosophy to this method of movement known as taijutsu.

It (ninpo) is the ability to look at a movement and not only understand the essence of that movement, but also the ability to use that movement despite never having seen it before. It is a philosophy of movement.

How do we cultivate this idea of ninpo in our class?

By not only training in correct taijutsu movement, but also by keeping an open mind and laughing heart. By taking the training very serious, but no the self in a serious way. By being open to opportunity and possibility for correction when mistakes are made, and not by looking at a mistake in movement as criticism, but rather as a transmission of compassion as a vehicle to grow together and evolve as martial friends.