Schools and Doujou update

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The Schools/Styles and Doujou section have been updated.

 The Schools section contains information about the 9 schools of the Bujinkan and will expand over time as the techniques are covered in class. Each school will include information on history, techniques, feel and miscellaneous information relevant to that school.

 The Doujou section was also updated with information about etiquette and the bowing in ceremony performed during every class. This section will also gain future updates in regards to the Doujou (Shizenjou), etiquette, images and history of QUT Ninjutsu.

 I will continue to update the curriculum section as I iron out the kinks of my training plan and come up with new ideas. The curriculum section is a training plan I have come up with based on older manuals and what I think is important for beginners. It is unique to QUT Ninjutsu, but contains many elements that other Bujinkan dojo cover. The Schools section on the other hand contains techniques and strategies straight from Soke or his books/DvDs, which I have, in many cases, reworded or rewritten to make them easier to understand.

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Mon 27/02/2012

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