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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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• History

  History & Ryu Ha

  • 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.

  Ninpo Taijutsu Bristol      

Shinden Fudo Ryu

The founder of this school, Izumo, learned Chinese Kempo boxing. Today, some of this is still noticeable within the techniques. The second soke, Minamoto Hachiman Tamenari, is credited as being the official founder. At some point in his life he fled to Iga. This was possibly a result of being on the losing side at the end of a battle.

One of the secret attributes of the Shinden Fudo Ryu is the "Principle of Nature". The school has two styles of taijutsu: Dakentaijutsu and Jutaijutsu, each with its own sets of techniques. In the Dakentaijutsu, there are no stances - Shizen no kamae represents the 'natural posture' and holds no fixed form. Hojojutsu, the art of tying someone with a length of rope, is also taught in this Ryu-ha. Also taught are several different types of yari (spear), Ono (war axe), O-Tsuchi (war hammer), and naginata.

Kuki Takei from the Kuki family of Kukishin Ryu was also from the Shinden Fudo Ryu. Takenaka Tetsunoke, senior student of Jigano Kano, the founder of Judo, was at one time a student at the Shinden Fudo Ryu dojo.

The Bugei Ryuha Daijiten lists the soke slightly differently from below, which is the list provided by Hatsumi Sensei, and is missing the 17^th and 18^th soke. Toda Shinryuken Masamitsu, the 24^th soke, was a samurai, and a master in the Bikenshin Ryu. He was also a sword instructor to the Tokugawa Shogunate. He was Takamatsu Sensei's grandfather, and operated a dojo that had a plaque above the door which read: "Shinden Fudo Ryu Dakentaijutsu".

This was the first style that Takamatsu Sensei learned from Toda Sensei.

A list of rules that was written into the Densho:

1. Know that endurance is simply a puff of smoke.
2. Know that the way of men is justice.
3. Forget the heart of greed, ease and relying on others.
4. One should regard both sadness and malice as natural laws, and just gain the enlightenment of an unshakeable heart.
5. In your heart, never leave the ways of loyalty and filial piety, and aspire greatly for the ways of the pen and the sword.

Observing the 5 rules above is the law of the dojo.

Written at New Year, Meiji 23 (1891)

Toda Shinryuken Masamitsu

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Headmasters of Shinden Fudo Ryu