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Jack Hoban: The Art Of The Ninja, Vol. 3 DVD




This video 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 ... Full Descriptiontechniques 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. Volume 3 presents a variety of ninjutsu kamae (body attitudes), stances, and stiking and kicking techniques. The kamae include shizen no kamae, ichimonji no kamae, jumonji no kamae, hira no kamae, hoko no kamae, kosei no kamae, doko no kamae, bobi no kamae and hicho no kamae. Hoban also covers a number of uchi waza (strikes): fudo ken, omote shuto, ura shuto, shako ken, boshi ken and shikan ken. Finally, keri waza (kicking) techniques such as zeno 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.
Ninjutsu expert and former Marine Corps captain Jack Hoban leads this instructional program on learning the art of the ninja, offering a simple, step-by-step series of lessons covering the techniques for performing the martial art, including body stances, strikes, kicks, and more.