Hi!!!

[Fitolandia]

My name is Gabriel, i´m a Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu practicioner from the far land of Argentina... Sorry for my english, but i´ll do my best for making me understand so we can talk...
The idea of this message is to present myself and tell you that i think it´s beatiful to be able to talk with people that love this art as much as i do, and of so distant places for me like the US.
For giving a little of information about the training in here i can say that we train monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday and saturday, two hours per day. I think it´s pretty effective and the training respectable rough, in the little time i´ve been training in here i´ve seen many people come and go.
Hoping to talk with you soon

Best regards
Gabriel
:asian:

 

[Jay Bell]

Welcome to the board, Gabriel! Nice to meet you. I train in Phoenix, Arizona.

 

[arnisador]

How did you happen to select Ninjutsu as your art? Had you trained in anything else before?

 

[Fitolandia]

Hi!

Jay bell, thanks! nice to meet you!
Arnisador, well, i´ve trained a year in judo and three years in shaolín kung fu, why did i choose ninjutsu? well, after leaving the shaolín school i needed to train again, my body was asking it. I started to look after some academies of diferent arts, sincerily ninjutsu wasn´t in my list of martial arts, i never seemed to be atracted by the ninja stuff. One day, travelling by bus i saw the dojo, entered in just for curiosity, took a free class and well, after that moment you could say that i fell in love with it... it´s like i´ve found a second family, were i train with the same people everyday, were i found that i can trust and be trusted, nothing was like a thought it was going to be, it was hard, but now i´m begining to understand that its an art about life and not damage, and that is what i love of it, being able to grow, phisically and spiritualy with the people that i´m begining to feel like my brothers, and so i say hi and nice to meet you to everybody that shares this passion for life.

C ya

 

[arnisador]

That's good luck for you!

How does it compare to kung fu?

 

[Fitolandia]

Well... i think that the closest point is ´bout the low positions, let´s say like when you do go gyo no kata, ku no kata, the position when you go down blocking the geri it´s very very similar to a kung fu position called mapu.... i find many points of contact between the two arts, but the most notable is the low positions, diferent to karate or others that have higher positions... historically i think there is a big point of contact between the two arts, with chinese refugees in iga and koga regions.
i found interesting that some secuences of moves of ninjutsu are very similar to a form of kung fu called apu chuen...

what do you do? did you practice other arts before ninjutsu?

 

[arnisador]

Originally posted by Fitolandia

what do you do? did you practice other arts before ninjutsu?

I don't practice ninjutsu--I'm just 'eavesdropping' I'm afraid. I'm a Modern Arnis practitioner.

 

[Richard S.]

Originally posted by Fitolandia

Hi!

Jay bell, thanks! nice to meet you!
Arnisador, well, i´ve trained a year in judo and three years in shaolín kung fu, why did i choose ninjutsu? well, after leaving the shaolín school i needed to train again, my body was asking it. I started to look after some academies of diferent arts, sincerily ninjutsu wasn´t in my list of martial arts, i never seemed to be atracted by the ninja stuff. One day, travelling by bus i saw the dojo, entered in just for curiosity, took a free class and well, after that moment you could say that i fell in love with it... it´s like i´ve found a second family, were i train with the same people everyday, were i found that i can trust and be trusted, nothing was like a thought it was going to be, it was hard, but now i´m begining to understand that its an art about life and not damage, and that is what i love of it, being able to grow, phisically and spiritualy with the people that i´m begining to feel like my brothers, and so i say hi and nice to meet you to everybody that shares this passion for life.

C ya

i dont think there is a thing wrong with your english... you defined our love for the arts as well as anyone could have.......WELCOME!...............respects.

 

[Fitolandia]

Arnisador, well that´s great!! i think that hear is the sign of an open mind

Richard, thanks man!! i´m glad to be with you

c ya all in new threads

 

[Deaf]

Fitolandia,

Welcome to the board and the wonderful world of training in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu!

Training in Ohio, USA

 

[Fitolandia]

Thanks, it´s a pleasure to be here with you all