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  Ninpo Taijutsu Dojo has been teaching Martial Arts in Bristol since 1985

  We teach Martial Arts for self protection and self improvement.

  

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  A private Martial Arts Dojo

  

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• History

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  • How did Ninpo Taijutsu (Ninjutsu) evolve part 1
  • How did Ninpo Taijutsu (Ninjutsu) evolve part 2
  • Philosophy
  • Ninpo Taijutsu training structure

  • Gyokko Ryu Koshijutsu
  • Koto Ryu Koppojutsu
  • Togakure Ryu Ninjutsu
  • Kukishinden Ryu Happo Hikenjutsu
  • Kumogakure Ryu Ninjutsu

  • Gikan Ryu Koppojutsu
  • Shinden Ryu Dakentaijutsu
  • Gyokkushin Ryu Ninjutsu
  • Yoshin Ryu Jutaijutsu

  Martial Arts for life

  

  The beginning of Bristol Ninpo Taijutsu written by Andrew PearcyRead more...

  

  Ninpo taijutsu has evolved over many years through trial and error.Read more...

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  • Etiquette
  • Terminology
  • The Kneeling Posture
  • Where it all began (Search for: Iga Province)
  • The First Ninja "Hattori_Hanzo"
  • Strength training
  • How to overcome a learning platau

  • Ninpo
  • Tai-Jutsu
  • Dave Heald
  • britishbujinkan.co.uk
  • Weapons information
  • Window sticker
  • My Space

  • The begining written by Andrew Pearcy
  • Internal Energy
  • Godai
  • Abdominal Exercises
  • Grading notes
  • Current Black Belts
  • 5th Kyu basic Japanese quiz

  Ninpo Taijutsu (mind & body techniques

  

  When things go wrong return to zero, Kurai Dori "Seizing the Position" KAMAE, fall back on your Kamae.

  Masaaki Hatsumi SenseiWatch video...

• Gallery

  You must feel a technique being done to you before you can understand how to do it to some one else.

  Here are some image examples

  

  Ichimonji and the use of SHIKEN

  

  Dave Heald teaching at Bujinkan Bristol in Clifton college 1992

• Classes

  The Tora Dojo is a Private Dojo

  All classes must be booked with the Instructor

  Please e-mail explaining why you think Ninpo taijutsu is the Martial Art for you.

  

  Our classes are kept small to keep it more personal, with that in mind we don't allow the public to come in off the street and watch, all classes must be booked with the Instructor. A normal class will be one and a half hours and have a maximum of ten students.

  

  Private classes can be either one on one or two on one with the Instructor. These are held on a Sunday only at 10, 11 and 12 they are booked in advance as spaces are very limited, students from any system are welcome, please email John O'Connor.

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Koto Ryu Koppojutsu

It is thought that the Koto Ryu came from China via Korea, brought by Chan Busho, a Chinese warrior, in the form similar to koshijutsu. Yet it would be many hundreds of years before the style was shaped into Koto Ryu koppojutsu. The exact origin of the style is not known, but the techniques of this Ryu were organized and formulated into a proper Ryuha by Sakagami Taro Kunishige in 1542. He was also a Soke of Gyokko Ryu Koshijutsu. The two systems share many similarities, including the Sanpo Gassho (Gassho Kuji Kiri in Gyokko Ryu).

There were a large amount of ninja, and some samurai, who were trained in the methods of the Koto Ryu. Momochi Sandayu is one of the most famous of all ninja (after Hattori Hanzo), and he taught ninjutsu to Ishikawa Goemon, the infamous ninja who spent most of his life as a criminal. Momochi always denied that Goemon was a member/ex-member of his school. Goemon was thought to have attempted an assasination on Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but this was in fact attempted by Hideyoshi's general, Akechi. Goemon, the 'ninja Robin Hood', was eventually caught and boiled to death in a cauldron of oil. Some historians, including Toshitsugu Takamatsu, believe that he was not caught, and the Shogunate was too shamed to admit it. In some cases, history handed down through generations can be more reliable that the written word.

Koto Ryu contains one of the complete Kyusho (pressure point) scrolls of the Bujinkan System - the other coming from the Takagi Yoshin Ryu.

Koto Ryu had a unique and unorthodox method of kenjutsu, handling the sword in a way that gave the observer the impression that the swordsman was unskilled, changing the gripping method and stance at will. They also have a kamae, unique to the Koto Ryu, called 'Mangetsu no Kamae', in which the sword is held above the head and the blade is used to reflect sunlight into the eyes of the opponent. Alternately, if it was raining, the blood groove (hi) was used to catch the rain water, which was then flicked at the eyes of the enemy.

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Lineage of Koto Ryu