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Ground Fighting

90% of Fights End on the Ground

Written by Hadrian Parry • 19th Feb 2023 • 3 min read

This statistic is often attributed to Rorion Gracie, a member of the family most associated with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...

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Bujinkan a Self Defence System

Written by Hadrian Parry • 7th Jan 2023 • 3 min read

To get an understanding of why Bujinkan Ninjutsu is a good self-defence system it may help to define some of the types of martial arts...

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Sakki Test

Situational Awareness

Written by Hadrian Parry • 2nd Oct 2021 • 2 min read

I recently watched a YouTube video by Michael Bisping a UFC Championship, a very competent ring fighter. He is talking about a situation...

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Why do we roll?

Written by Hadrian Parry • 16th Sep 2021 • 2 min read

Rolling is an important part of training and is done at the beginning of most Ninjutsu classes both at Bujinkan Reading and many other...

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Knife Defence

The Bujinkan Budo and Woman's Self Defence

Written by Dale Walters • 8th Sep 2021 • 1 min read

Bujinkan Budo is an extremely effective martial art form of self-defense. We don't use power and strength in our techniques. You don't...

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Psychology of Fighting with a Weapon

Written by Hadrian Parry • 14th Dec 2019 • 1 min read

At the club we have been doing a bit of hanbo work recently; a hanbo is a wooden stick about 3 feet or 1 meter long. In training we often...

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Stick against a long knife

Written by Hadrian Parry • 11th Nov 2019 • 1 min read

Last Monday (4th November 2019) we were looking at techniques using a hanbo against a wakizashi. The hanbo is a stick about 3 feet or a...

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