We Teach Authentic Ninjutsu and Jujutsu,
Traditional Samurai Kobudo, Ninja Kobudo and Bataireacht : Our Native Irish Martial Art,
Unarmed Combat and Traditional Weapons, Self-defence both Unarmed and Armed
Fluidity, adaptibility, and non reliance on size and strength. Also a "no rules anything goes" philosphy
This Dojo has been in operation in Wexford since 2003. The ethos of the club is to teach the art of Traditional Authentic Ninjutsu, Jujutsu and Budo Taijutsu by passing on their knowledge and skill of the art to the students
We study the use of timing, distance and whole body movement with emphasis on the feeling rather than on the particulars of the techniques, learning natural responses to situations, which encompasses both ninja and samurai combat methods Use your strongest natural weapons against your attackers' weakest points.
Advancement through the system is based on hard work, practice and an understanding of what you are doing. In other words, skill
Saying something like "this is the way it's done in Bujinkan" is simply not possible.
Bujinkan training only needs to contain the "general idea" of a particular technique, the rest is up to the instrcutor. You can go from one Dojo to the next and find a very different curriculum, practically a different martial art. Each instructor has a different flavor.
Rank / Dan grade is not important, training with like-minded people is. Egos have no place in this Dojo, If you have one Please feel free to swing your handbag somewhere else
If a person has a rank that you think is too high, and he/she is strutting around saying "I'm a 5th Dan" or whatever...it really doesn't matter.
In my experience people who are overly focused on rank, and especially one who brags about it, aren't worth taking seriously
Don't assume that a high rank means high skill, or that a low rank is less skilled than a higher rank. It takes experience to tell a good dojo from a bad one
Dojos vary a great deal. Some dojos are good, others are not. Some are corrupt and some are not.
There are instructors, some of them skilled martial artists and others not, who promote their friends to high ranks and keep good students back. The bad martial artists in turn promote others equally unskilled. Some instructors have high standards and promote people based on merit.
Pay attention to an instructor's technical skill and teaching ability, not his rank. In fact, if someone tells you he is a 2nd or 3rd Dan and trained for 10 years, I'd be far more inclined to believe he worked his rank than if someone told me he was a 10th or 15th Dan with 10 years of training
Any martial artist who has been around for a while appreciates that there is something useful to be found in every martial art, each to their own
Foundation Skills
- Weapons etiquette
- Weapons safety
- Nature of a weapon
- Footwork
- Body targets
- Holding weaopns
- Two-handed grip style
- One-handed grip style
- Distance
- In-close
Teaching
- Sword
- Knife
- Walking Stick
- Combat Hurley
- Tea Spoon
- Pen
- Truncheon
- Jo
- Bo
- Tanto
- Rope
- Footwork
- Body targets
- Hat
- Coat
- Keys
- Umbrella
- Belt
- Pen
- Book
- kick
- make a fist
- punch
- elbow
- blocks
- wrist, arm grabs,
- arm locks
- joint locks
- clothes grabs
- choke from front / behind
- and more
Egos / Politics and all that rubbish
Training In The Bujinkan Since 1990
Egos, seen tonnes of it flying around over the years. People taking themselves way to seriously. Normally the people that shouldn't
I think these people take themselves far too seriously and react to even the slightest criticism in a totally reactionary and over the top way.
It's just too easy to get a rise out of them which encourages people to do it. It's just fun! Nothing to do with the art
Bujinkan Wexford Dojo
The chief Instructor teaching at this Dojo is a Japan Certified Black Belt Shidoshi in Jujutsu and Ninjutsu
All our Instructors are registered with The Japanese Bujinkan
Instructors Association
(Bujinkan Shidoshi-Kai)