The little difference in age was one of the factors that helped to build a great friendship with my teacher, made of mutual respect and profound sharing of experiences. After only six months of preparation, he introduced me to other masters to learn different points of view and to face (through private encounters) their students. […]
The only effective way to hide ourselves is (as the Ninjutsu teaches us) to get in harmony with nature, with the surrounding environment, abandoning our human form and becoming “nothing” (nothing of relevant). We do not necessarily have to do not be seen, heard (etc.), we must rather abandon the times and spaces that sensitively […]
Inspired by the Shaolin until Ninjutsu passing through the most effective aspects of the most important styles of martial arts (Jeet Kune Do, Wing Chun, Silat, Systema, etc.) 6 Dragons Kung Fu teaches: Fight with bare hands, fighting to free mass (ground fighting, levers, projections, multiple opponents clash, pressure points, etc.) Use of weapons, practical […]
Unlike what happens in many other martial arts, the 6DKF’s practitioner begin right away to approach / familiarize with the use of weapons. We can choose whether or not to master the different types of weapons (from Ninjutsu, from Shaolin, etc.) but we can not exempt ourselves from learning the use of the fondamental ones. […]
The most important 6 Dragons Kung Fu’s (specific) exercises After seeing the compositional elements of most of the martial arts’ training (read How to train in 6DKF: basic exercises) we pass to the categories of exercises specifically related to 6 Dragons Kung Fu (with or without weapons, with or without obstacles / variants). In 6DKF […]
In the previous article we saw, in practice, what is wrong to do during a confrontation on the ground, let’s see some tips on how mentally focus ourself for a ground fight. The mental attitude: In a ground fight we have (relatively) more time to process strategies, we have to use the inner calm to […]
A tribute to Yossi Sheriff, a real master. Info:Bujinkan shidoshi and headmaster of AKBAN Academy (Bujinkan Ninjutsu).
To learn how to walk so stealthy is not in any way sufficient a periodic training. We will never learn to be silent and to be part of the environment if we do not decide to live according to this principle consistently (or at least in all the moments in which it is reasonable to […]
After seeing the introduction and the basic exercise for the silent walking finally we see the first technique, the more general (there are several, each of which adapts to different situations and different physical requirements). What we are going to describe is a 6DKF’s “adaptation” of methods used in Ninjutsu, it allows a good speed […]
Each type of combat correspond to a specific context For each combat category we can identify different: Scenarios to face Determinating skills Goals to reach Risks to avoid Rules to follow Levels of psychological tension Causes and consequences to prevent … Before starting to list the various kinds of fighting it is important to stress that: 6 […]