AWMA® The Art of Ninja Vol. 3 DVD

This video series offers a unique and comprehensive approach to learning the art of the ninja. In these videos, Jack Hoban-a former Marine Corps captain and one of the acknowledged "founding fathers" of ninjutsu in America-reveals the core physical techniques of this mysterious and often misunderstood art. Hoban, who received ninjutsu training from Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi in Japan, is a long-time practitioner of the martial arts. Now a shidoshi (senior instructor), Hoban is an ideal instructor to teach ninjutsu to both new and experienced practitioners, as well as serious students who want to move beyond the ninja myths to practical application.

Vol. 3 presents a variety of ninjutusu kamae (body attitudes), stances, and striking and kicking techniques. The kamae include shizen no kamae, ichimonji no kamae, jumonj no kamae, hira no kamae, hook no kamae, kosei no kamae, doko no kamae, bobi no komae, and hicho no kamae. Hoban also covers a number of uchi waza (stikes): fudo ken, omote shuto, ura shuto, shako ken, boshi ken and shikan ken. Finally, keri waza (kicking) techniques such as zenpo geri (front-stomp kick), sokugyaku geri (front-toe kick), yoko geri (side kick), ushiro geri (back kick) and the sokuyaku geri (heel kick) are demonstrated.