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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
Michał Zimowski
Krzysztof Rogala
Sławomir Kaczmarek
Artur Tulatycki
Michał Śliwka
This book was created
with the approval of and by arrangement
with Soke Masaaki Hatsumi.
“Ninja is true personification of the Budo spirit”
Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi Soke
Ninjutsu means life,
life means creativity,
creativity is the human destiny.
(Always read between the lines)
Remigiusz Borda
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOGAKURE RYU NINPO
GYOKUSHIN RYU NINPO
KUMOGAKURE RYOU NINPO
GYOKUSHIN RYU KOSSHIJUTSU
SHINDEN FUDO RYU DAKENTAIJUTSU
KOTO RYU KOPPOJUTSU
GIKAN RYU KOPPOJUTSU
KUKISHINDEN RYU HAPPO BIKENJUTSU
TAKAGI YOSHIN RYU JUTAIJUTSU
KUJI-IN (THE NINE SYLLABLE MUDRA)
TOWARDS THE TARGET
INFILTRATION
KUNOICHI: THE FEMALE NINJA
TENGU
GOTONPO: TRAINING IN NATURE
MOKUTON (WOOD) - TREES
NATURAL MEDICINE AND MAGIC
KATA: KAMAE NO KATA - SANSHIN NO KATA
KAMAE NO KATA
CHI NO KATA: THE FORM OF EARTH
SUI NO KATA: THE FORM OF WATER
KAN NO KATA: THE FORM OF FIRE
FU NO KATA: THE FORM OF WIND
KU NO KATA: THE VOID FORM
UKEMI GATA TAIHENJUTSU - THE PASSIVE FORM OF DEFENSE
HO KEN JU ROPPO - (16 METHODS OF STRIKING)
SOKUYAKU KEN/KERI - FOOT DANCE
KOHO KERI, SOKUHO KERI
KAKATO KERI
TOBI SOKUYAKU KEN/KERI
TOBI SOKUYAKU KEN/KERI - RYOTE FORM
WEAPONS: A SELECTION FOR A VARIETY OF DISTANCES
TAIJUTSU: BODY TECHNIQUES
KIHON HAPPO (THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES): MUSHA DORI
KIHON HAPPO OMOTE GYAKU DORI
REVERSE MUSHA DORI
OMOTE GYAKU AGAINST OMOTE GYAKU
IMMOBILIZING PIN
INTERCEPTING A KICK AND A COUNTERATTACK
NAGARE: THE FLOW OF MOVEMENT
THE SOFT BLOCK AND INTERCEPTING A HAND
DEFENSE AGAINST OPPONENT’S GRAB ON BACK OF COLLAR
RELEASE FROM THE GRIP AND GAINING CONTROL WHILE IN A SITTING POSITION
MISLEADING OPENING FOR THE KICK
MOVING BEHIND THE OPPONENT’S BACK
THE VOID SPACE
SOFT BLOCK/RECEPTION OF ATTACK AND FIRM COUNTERATTACK
TORI EXPOSED TO KICK AND COUNTERATTACKS WITH WRISTLOCK
DEFENSE AGAINST GRIPS AND STRIKES
AN ATTACK TARGETED AT THE LEGS
AN ATTACK FROM THE AIR
AMBUSH: THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE
HOLDFAST AND “THE DEMON HORNS”
A PAINFUL BLOCK ON THE THIGH
NAGARE: THE FLOW
THE COUNTER-THROW
HALF-HIP THROW
OMOTE ONIKUDAKI
