Obi Wan Shinobi
Green Belt
Hey guys I've come across these clips on youtube bashing the Bujinkan. Quite frankly I feel that this person does not understand the principles of the Bujinkan way of fighting. They are obviously biased and do not understand the difference between training for sport and training for self defense. I am a Deputy Sheriff in Florida and have also work as a State Corrections Officer and Detention Deputy and can say that Bujinkan has saved my rump more than once. I have also served in the USMC for 5 years as a grunt (0351, 0331) prior to the MCMAP and can say that no matter how effective an system the Marines use they still will train you slow at first until you become effective. Those Marines are more likely to be trainers themselves and therefore are training at a different level than what the line troops will be. Also theres the fear of Marines becoming injured and therefore causing a shortage of deployable troops. Also if I'm not mistaking Jack Hoban himself was a subject matter expert in creating the MCMAP. So this guy doesn't really have a clue to the MCMAP. Also this guy compares what seems to be MMA competition to an Bujinkan instructor teaching a waza slowly to his students. First of all most MMA fighters only fight maybe 3-4 fights per year where their opponents are of the same weight class and view prior fights to set up a strategy. Not to mention that in the cage there are no unknowns. There are no weapons, no eye gouges, no biting, no finger bends, no ear popping, the cage is clean and there is a referee to stop the fight if it one gets knocked out or is unable to defend himself. Not to mention that after five minutes you get a break. We fight to survive not to win....and we don't walk away with a belt and money just hopefully with our lives. As for the fight clips shown I've seen worse in the jails. The thing is we have to assume that our assailants will almost always be bigger, stronger and faster so then we train to use superior techniques and training. I'm only 5'7" 200lbs most people in the world are bigger than me. Those fighting clips only show that fighters that are pretty much wailing on each other until the stronger guy prevails. Basically survival of the fittest. Well thats the western philosophy towards fighting that you have to be bigger and faster in order to win. Which is why this guy doesn't understand what the Bujinkan offers to those who are vertically and physically challenged. I do believe and I'm guilty of it that alot of Bujinkan members physicaly fitness is lacking. I do work 12hr shifts and train in BBT twice a week and teach once a week. I am a single father of two so therefore life gets in the way. And I'm sure I'm not the only one but we do what we can when we can. These MMA guys and Marines are paid to stay in shape and have all the facilities and time to do so. The average Joe works, take cares of his/her family and trains whenever possible. I only say this since whoever this guy that posted these clips on youtube seems to have a vendetta against the Bujinkan. Even though not all Shodans are created equally within the Booj and some schools trains harder and faster than others doesn't qualify this person to discount and disrespect the Bujinkan in the manner he does.
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