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Ten Chi Jin (天地人)
Ten Chi Jin (天地人)
The Ten Chi Jin Ryaku no Maki (Heaven, Earth, Man Strategy Scroll) is a document produced and modified by Hatsumi Sensei to present the Kihon Kata (foundation forms) of the Bujinkan. It is divided into three levels:
- The Ten Ryaku no Maki introduces stances, falling and rolling, leaping, and basic striking and grappling techniques, or waza.
- The Chi Ryaku no Maki expands the Ten with kicks, chokes, joint locks, throws and escaping techniques.
- The Jin Ryaku no Maki is a selection of particular techniques from each of the nine schools.
The Ten Chi Jin serves the purpose of introducing the 5 pillars of taijutsu (body art):
- taihenjutsu (body movement skills)
- dakentaijutsu (striking body skills)
- jutaijutsu (grappling body skills)
- koppojutsu (skeleton breaking skills)
- kosshijutsu (essence pressing skills)
Weapons (Nin Gu)
Weapons (Nin Gu)
There are a huge variety of weapons trained in the traditional arts of the Bujinkan. Most are drawn from Kukishinden Happo Bikenjutsu. Below are a few common to our practice.
Japanese swords (katana, shoto, tanto, odachi, tsurugi)
Various sizes of staff weapons (rokushakubo, jo, hanbo)
Polearms (yari, naginata, bisento)
Chain and sickle weapons (manrikigusari, kusarigama, kyoketsushoge)
Throwing blades (testubishi/makibishi, shuriken, kunai)
Rope use (nawa, hojo)
Various claws and climbing tools (kaginawa, shuko, ashiko, tekko kagi)
Small weapons like fans and truncheons (tessen, jutte, kunai)
Shinobi Juhakkei
Shinobi Juhakkei
(忍者十八系)
(忍者十八系)
In addition to the fighting skills and weapons of the Bujinkan, the 18 Skills of the Ninja were considered the minimum training of Togakure-ryū Ninpō Taijutsu (戸隠流忍法体術). We continue these warrior traditions of Japan by training in ancient and modern versions of those skills. Including the fighting skills above, the list is as follows:
- Seishinteki kyōyō (spiritual refinement and personal development)
- Taijutsu (unarmed combat)
- Kenjutsu (sword drawing and fighting techniques)
- Bōjutsu (stick and staff techniques)
- Sōjutsu (spear techniques)
- Naginatajutsu (halberd and and other polearm techniques)
- Kusarigamajutsu (sickle and chain techniques)
- Shurikenjutsu (throwing weapons techniques)
- Kayakujutsu (fire, explosives, smoke and firearms)
- Hensōjutsu (disguise and impersonation)
- Shinobi-iri (stealth, entering and infiltration methods)
- Bajutsu (horsemanship and vehicle operations)
- Sui-ren (water and boat training)
- Bōryaku (tactics and strategy)
- Chōhō (espionage)
- Intonjutsu (survival, escaping and concealment)
- Tenmon (meteorology and use of heavenly bodies)
- Chi-mon (geography and terrain analysis)
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