I heard some saying they’re not because all its techniques are ancient.
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If you look at the Qi Sephiroth, Tai Chi and Kung Fu are the two hard branches of Qi Gong.
If Taijutsu was developed from Tai Chi, then it shares many of the same basic motions of Kung Fu. Tai Chi is traditionally practiced much slower. It does contain forms that look very much like blocks, and you are always on balance. It seem like this would lead more to developing styles like Aikido and Hapkido, but strikes could be added if needed. Most martial arts are in a constant state of modification. I have not seen this fighting style but reason dictates that it is possible to practice for self-defense..
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That would depend on the school.
If they do sparring against resisting opponents, then yes.
Just because it’s old does not make it bad. Just because it’s new does not make it good.
As long as they pressure test their techniques it’s fine.
That said there are some outdated techniques just because they were meant for use against armored opponents or controlling the sword hand ect.
The answers the other gave are true , pressure and sparring is needed to say will this work. Time is also a good thing as the skills have been put to the test. Are you going to drop way back into a deep stance and do a kihon (basic) skill in a fight maybe not but the timing and strike will be there the skills at rolling and bone and tissue damaging will be there so maybe when in the fight you will survive. That being said any traditional art can help you defend in a fight but only you can win the fight.
All fighting technique are ancient .There is nothing new in self defense or fighting.
I was learning and teaching many of the techniques in KRAV MAGA before there was a system called krav maga .Why?Because KRAV maga is a collection of already existing technique from several systems.
Ground and pound is looked on as "new" .New in the sport sense maybe but fighters have been dong that since the beggining of time probably since one guy got another guy on the ground only in those days he probably used a handy rock to do the pounding.
So ancient isn’t bad and new probably isn’t
No.
In most cases, I believe that anything can work if practiced correctly. However, having trained in a bit of it (for a brief period of time), I can say that the techniques were pretty bogus.
Lunge-punching is retarded. It doesn’t work. Standing keylocks (the way that they taught them) are low-percentage moves. The stances are horrible and don’t encourage good footwork.
The counter to my argument, which is sure to come up, would be that I was just taught poorly. Okay, fine. Even if myself –and other people I know who’ve practiced BBT — went to crap dojos, I’d recommend checking out the Ninjutsu episode of Human Weapon.
Even in Japan, in Dr Hatsumi’s dojo no less, there was no live sparring. This was made evident as Jason and Bill who had no prior training in weaponry were able to hold their own and/or defeat high level BBT practitioners.
And in the brief moments of that hand to hand engagement, Jason COMPLETELY dominated the 15th degree blackbelt.
My honest opinion is that you shouldn’t waste your time looking into Bunjikan Taijutsu if you’re interested in learning how to fight.
Yes they are, as it’s been said many times over. The strength of the technique is based on the user and their knowledge of when and how to apply it.
Absolutely. Bujinkan budo has survived this long because of its ability to adapt to the changing times. It is after all about survival. As far as "stances" being horrible and not encouraging footwork, you need to spend time training and you will see how one moves away from these stances and becomes more fluid, flowing from technique to technique adapting to your opponents techniques. There are no obvious stances as you progress. Footwork is highly encouraged and neccessary.
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