How to Become a Ninja

Series Summary

Mixed martial arts kickboxing, normally associated with cage fighting, blends many different fighting forms including: muay thai kickboxing, judo, Brazilian jiu jitsu, boxing and wrestling. Mixed martial arts (MMA) has gained in popularity since the first Ultimate Fighting Championship won by Royce Gracie. MMA is so popular, in fact, it will soon become an Olympic Event and was scheduled to be included in the 2004 games before losing its place at the last minute. MMA fighters have historically trained in a specific martial art such as muay thai boxing or Brazilian jiu jitsu before combining the techniques. Recently, however, students have begun to train specifically for MMA with other students and a variety of trainers. In this free video series on martial arts, martial arts instructor Michael Lewis demonstrates several techniques used in various forms of combat. Lewis begins by explaining how to become a ninja and twirl a bo staff. He then discusses how to spin nunchakus, throw ninja stars, needles, knives and even how to perform various judo techniques. Watch these free videos and learn more about martial arts today.

Video Transcript

"Hello my name is Mike Lewis with Christian Martial Arts. We are talking about how to become a Ninja. A lot of people type in the question or look it up on the internet. They watch the movies, they see all the Hollywood type of portrayal of a Ninja and really the best place to start is to actually research the history. Don't look necessarily at the movies although they are entertaining, its great, it adds to the mystique of being a Ninja, Ninjitism and everything else like that but begin to look up the history of them. Study why Ninjitsu and Ninjas were even began in the first place. Also take a look at their training styles, their techniques, their ingenuity as far as creating their own weapons. There is a lot more to it than what you just see in Hollywood pictures. There are studios around the United States that do train in Ninjitsu and train in the whole realm of that and that's another great place to start. Once you study it up as far as the history goes and the techniques and as much as you can find on the internet pretty much, go out and look for a studio that is close by. In certain areas of the United States and on the South East you won't find too much of it and you may find individuals that know it but will not actually teach it. Also keep in mind that Ninjitsu is an art that was meant for assassination. You were stealthy, you would sneak up, the whole mystique of dressing in black and not being seen is a part of it so you will be learning techniques that you will not necessarily be able to use however, there is a lot in it that you can pull out to be able to use these techniques in self defense. Ninjitsu primarily was meant as an offensive type of style because you are stealthy, you are assassinating, etc., etc., etc. Again the first thing is research as much as possible. Find out what a real true Ninja is, not the Hollywood version and also go out and look for instructors that train in Ninjitsu and can give you the right direction."