Training
Fundamentals
The fundamental
techniques of Budo
Taijutsu can be classified in three
broad categories of action:
- Taihenjutsu includes all methods of individual body
movement; breakfalling, rolling, leaping, tumbling, positioning,
angling, avoiding, climbing, and walking methods unique to this art.
- Dakentaijutsu includes all strikes, kicks, slams, stomps,
blocks, and pressure point strikes.
- Jutaijutsu is the grappling method for locking, choking,
throwing, wrestling, tearing, unbalancing, and escaping the restraining
holds of others.
Also specifically taught are the use of weapons (as natural
extensions of basic principals), strategy for single and
multiple attackers, appropriate moral context, and sensitivity awareness.
It is therefore this
breadth of training that provides the taijutsu
practitioner the fluidity, creative flexibility, and proficiency
necessary for successful protection
of oneself
and others.