Blackbelt Magazine: Art of the Ninja, Vol. 3
The experts at Black Belt Magazine the most popular martial arts magazine in the world are proud to introduce a comprehensive and unique 4-volume DVD series on the art of the ninja. In these videos, Jack Hoban - a former Marine Corps captain and one of the acknowledged founding fathers of ninjutsu in America - reveals the core physical techniques of this mysterious and often misunderstood art. Volume 3 presents a variety of ninjutsu kamae (body attitudes), stances, and stiking and kicking techniques. The kamae include shizen no kamae, ichimonji no kamae, jumonji no kamae, hira no kamae, hoko no kamae, kosei no kamae, doko no kamae, bobi no kamae and hicho no kamae. Hoban also covers a number of uchi waza (strikes): fudo ken, omote shuto, ura shuto, shako ken, boshi ken and shikan ken. Finally, keri waza (kicking) techniques such as zeno geri (front-stomp kick), sokugyaku geri (front-toe kick), yoko geri (side kick), ushiro geri (back kick) and the sokuyaku geri (heel kick) are demonstrated. Hoban, who received ninjutsu training from Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi in Japan, is a long-time practitioner of the martial arts. Now a shidoshi (senior instructor), Hoban is an ideal instructor to teach ninjutsu to both new and experienced practitioners, as well as serious students who want to move beyond the ninja myths to practical application.