QUT Ninjutsu

Unfortunately, the Queensland rainy season has hit quite late this year and has resulted in severe weather around the state, including flooding.  For safety, tonight's class will be cancelled. I will gauge interest in make-up classes on Wednesday or Friday. Depending on demand, we may start up permanent Wednesday and Friday classes.

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 straig...

I've updated the curriculum and have included techniques and methods for Mukyuu (10th level) and Kukyuu (9th level). These are all the techniques and methods covered at QUT Ninjutsu for the first 12 months of training. 

Two weeks ago we did some spent some time filming some of our training. What you see in the video is only a small fraction of what our training includes. The techniques, drills and skills in this video is the basic beginner level of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. 

After a long absence, QUT Ninjutsu is returning to QUT, same place, same times, but better training. With new knowledge, better training methodologies and more experience, QUT Ninjutsu will deliver martial arts classes that cover the martial systems of the Ninja and Samurai. QUT Ninjutsu will also now cover Japanese culture, history and language.  Training has already begun. If you are looking for an exciting new club and activities, send an email through the Contact form or come to the Monday class. 

For this monday session it was raining so we trained indoors at Z-block 2 level 3. We looked at footage from the 2007 Australian Taikai (Meeting of all the Senior Australian Instructors) and examined taijutsu and balance taking. We practiced different throws, throw counters, and grip breaking techniques. We also examined advanced kicking concepts. Friday's session is on as usual.

In our inaugural Friday session we covered advanced breathing exercises and practiced breathing under pressure. We covered Sanshin with an advanced fitness component and moved on to the Koshi Sanpo section of Kihon. We also covered basic cuts from Jodan as well as receiving a cut from Jodan by using principles from the Koshi Sanpo. Finally we analysed and compared the difference between unarmoured sword technique and armoured sword technique. We closed the class with a light striking sparring session. Our Monday class will be on as usual.