Learn Ninjutsu – Kyojitsu Tenkan Ho – The hidden secret of all ninja techniques

Within the realm of martial arts, the system of self-protection and combat developed by the ancient shadow warriors of Japan still stands the test of time in a way unlike any other martial art of the time. In fact, the Ninja’s ability to employ punches, grabs, and whatever other tactic you can think of is what modern mixed martial artists are trying to duplicate.

Rather than being primarily limited to hitting and kicking, or simply throwing techniques as many of the more conventional martial systems did during Japan’s Meiji Restoration Period in the mid-1850s, the Ninja’s fighting arts employ a wide range of armed and disarmed techniques. tactics and strategies. In fact, I like to say that the Ninja arts are like the old Prego spaghetti sauce commercials that they used to say here in America …

“is there!”

What I mean is that, in Ninjutsu, anything that can be done for you, gold by you in a self defense situation, it is part of the art as a skill or tactic …

… or is it an attack scenario that you need to prepare for in training!

Any it is off limits.

But, with all the lists kata. With all the scrolls of the traditional bloodlines that have come together to form the foundation of modern Ninjutsu training, there is a technique found within each of them that makes them more powerful than the written description or the step-by-step form. . teaches.

This technique is called, Kyojitsu Tenkan Ho.

Kyojitsu tenkan it is the juxtaposition – the alternation – of truth and falsehood.

And, although many people believe that this is just a reference to the espionage and intelligence gathering activities of the Ninja in ancient Japan. I can assure you that it is much, much, more than that!

Others believe that kyojitsu he is nothing more than what we might call a “psychopath”. And again, the concept runs much deeper than this low-level technical beginner, common to almost all martial systems.

No. Kyojitsu tenkan hoAlthough difficult to describe through the written word, and even more difficult to understand, it is the technique that the Ninja uses to prepare his opponent to fall in love with the actual technique that the shadow warrior IS doing.

Confused?

Let’s see it another way. Only this time I’m going to ask you a question?

How likely are you to find an attacker who wants to hit your head and …

… is he also willing to let you do your cool technique with him or with him?

Right. No very likely!

In fact, dare I say, ummm … NEVER!

So if your attacker isn’t going to let you make a cool move with him, then what?

You could just force it, right?

But doesn’t that mean you would have to be bigger, faster, or stronger than him to do that?

So how then, if in a self defense situation where you are going to be the loser, you will probably be smaller, weaker, less skilled and maybe even less armed than your attacker? your technique with this person when the odds are against you?

And the answer is …

It does this by creating a reality that its attacker believes in, while simultaneously doing something different. What I mean is that you do something that makes your attacker believe that you intend to do something, while in reality you are using that move to set up your actual technique.

Again, this is not the typical psychic outlet we see when someone hits to make their opponent flinch so they can hit them with a forehand cross.

Here is an example to illustrate my point:

Let’s say that, in true Ninja style, I watch my attacker move and try to reach me. And, based on my previous study and research on the way different fighting styles do things, I recognize that this person is a “lockdown” oriented fighter. That means you use conventional karate-style blocking to deal with incoming punches.

Now, also in the most ninja way, I use this knowledge about my attacker to launch “what appear to be “a downward hammer blow to my attacker’s head or face. Then, when he instinctively raises his arm to block my apparent blow, I drop my elbow at the last second and open my fist into a knife hand, that hits his raised forearm – breaking it!

Can you see this is not a psycho? And, if it is, it was the attacker who did the psychiatry.

This is what actually happened:

Knowing it was a blocker, I launched an attack that, if not blocked, would do a lot of damage. But, when he took the bait and gave me the real target, his forearm, which is what I wanted all the time, I changed my punch at the last second to hit the breaking punch that I planned.

Do you understand why this works so well? It works because …

My opponent cannot defend against an attack that he cannot see. Of course you saw the fist. But what did my fist and the direction of my blow tell you? He told him that he was after his head.

And furthermore, his arm was nowhere in the picture at the time. So for him, his arm was a weapon, not a target!

This is the technical secret!

Knowing what’s on your attacker’s mind, what he or she believes to be true, how they process their world, and in this case, how they think about fighting …

… and then give him something that has “the appearance” of that reality. In that way, while chasing an illusion, his attacker is actually preparing for his own defeat.

For a true student of the shinobi arts, even the opponent, in essence, becomes a tool for the Ninja to use against himself. And in doing so …

… becomes an accessory to his own kicking in the butt!