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Taijutsu: Ninja Art of Unarmed Combat

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Mr Daniels provides a great balance between the philosophy, the history of taijutsu, and the practical demonstration on the ninja art. Not for the DIY martial artist, but a good book for martial arts pracitioners who would like a peak at the ninja art of unarmed combat.

This about 150 pages book brings a fine review of ninjutsu applied to a popular streetcombat and not only (defending against sword) situations. Well prepared, short descriptions but photos instead of'em are very informative. In my opinion this is great book, but not for the beginners. But anyway, if you have a little practice in any martial art you'll find this as very valuable addition. As I've found.

this book's purpose is to demonstrate taijutsu for the uninitiated and to describe the differences in its training and more well known martial arts. If you think you've seen ninjutsu in the movies I should mention I have never seen anyone in a "ninja suit" do even one taijutsu move. If you want to see the real stuff get this book.

For anyone interested in Martial Arts , this is great for Knowledge.

This book is utterly, awesome, for lack of a better word.

The first section you will find is some text about philosophy, martial artist's style, Taijutsu, and how to approach training. This is helpful, and quite lengthy. Although you will be able to relate to this section with your ideas of martial arts. Make sure you read this.

Next you will find very descriptive pictures on how to do basic stances, as well as some pictures where he purposefully "mis-stances" to show you how not to position yourself. If you want to become proficient with these, just stand in your room, or a space convenient in front of a body mirror and imitate them.

Right off the bat after that is a weird jungle mix of strikes, blocks, kicks, grappling and controlling, rolling, falling and more techniques. Frankly this is a minor inconvenience and is not a big deal. Break out the sticky-notes and just label some pages.

That's really it, one review I looked at commented on how there was a conflict in the title and picture of the book. Just don't judge a book by it's cover, and the saying defiantly applies here.

This book is a must have.

This book gets right to the core of ninjutsu's total-body skill. A must read for any serious martial artist or ninja student.

To start the book is thin with plenty of pictures. However a majority of the moves are questionable. For instance if attacked with an overhead knive attack drop to the ground, kick the attacker in the knee then while he is on the ground get the knife away from him. The book is good for laughs but if you're looking to pick up a few moves to add to your arsenal, look elsewhere. I'm no expert on Taijutsu but it seems to me that the moves demonstrated in this book are far from what the origional practicioners intended.

This is a great book for beging and advanced Ninjutsu students. A supurb book.

This book is called, "Taijutsu: Ninja Art of Unarmed Combat," but the guy on the cover is waving around not one, but TWO blades. What's up with that?