IBDA NIDAN (2ND DEGREE) CERTIFICATION
Gyokko Ryu: IBDA Nidan Training
The Jeweled Tiger School, at the core of the Bujinkan teachings.
A 2-year course, required for IBDA Nidan level certification.
2 YEAR COURSE
The True Foundations of the Divine Warrior
Gyokko Ryu, the Jeweled Tiger School (known by many other names in history), is perhaps the oldest martial school of Japan. For me it is the most fascinating, and it contains the true foundations of the Bujinkan (Divine Warrior) training. It has it all in regards to learning, studying and applying the life of the warrior. In times of old you lived the life; it was not just training you did two nights a week. Personal development, body conditioning, eating holistically, spiritual development, mental concentration, taijutsu and weapons training like the sword was daily living. To me this is the ultimate way of being a Divine Warrior.
At IBDA, the Shodan material was crafted over 7 years, during and after many trips to Japan, as the best possible overview of the 9 Bujinkan schools' taijutsu, techniques, principles and weapons. I did this to give you a deep foundation so you can then study the individual schools. Most Bujinkan students have learned a mix of waza from each school and have never spent a couple of years studying ONLY one school at a time. Many of the Bujinkan schools are COMPLETE systems by themselves. If you ever take the time to study one school in depth, THIS IS THE SCHOOL, because it is the foundation of the schools that came later.
If you do not really learn this school, with the knowledge of where the postures came from, the proper In/Yo magnetic force principle in the waza exchange, why the mudras (and how to develop that energy), the meditation and proper root locks, and the methods of the San Shin and Kihon Happo, then you will never come close to moving like Soke Hatsumi, and in my opinion you will never really learn the Bujinkan methods at a high level. You may learn to be a great fighter, but that is only one part of the Divine Warrior path.
At IBDA we study this school in depth, along with the hanbo of Kukishinden Ryu, for 2nd degree Black Belt. FYI, I have been studying Budo for almost 60 years and the Bujinkan for over 40, and I still study this school deeply and love it.
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Gyokko Ryu: The Jeweled Tiger School
WHAT'S INSIDE
The Gyokko Ryu Training Course Package
A 263-page pictured Training Manual in a Binder, so you can add notes and other pages, plus 4+ hours of waza video lessons covering ALL the waza one by one in the online portal, where you can ask questions on the training.
✓ Learn the Gyokko Ryu waza step by step
✓ Learn the Kukishinden Ryu Hanbo waza step by step
✓ Learn the kanji strokes for all the Gyokko Ryu waza names
✓ Online Dojo Gyokko Ryu Course: everything, even the manual in PDFs
✓ Physical Binder Course (mailed without disks unless you choose that option): 263 pages, a MASTER blueprint for studying the Gyokko Ryu school
✓ All updates added to the portal are yours free for life
THE MANUAL
263 Pages. Also Online in PDFs.
There is not a more complete Nidan or Gyokko Ryu study manual on the planet. Never has there been such a complete presentation in the history of this several-hundred-year-old school. This is a living version of the actual Jeweled Tiger School densho. At no time in history could you have had access to so much of one school, especially at such a low investment. This is your opportunity, one that those who started in this art before never had.
The manual contains history, aspects of the art, kamae, Moto Gata / Kihon Happo, Kosshi Sanpo, Sanshin no Kata, Baku-In, how to write the kanji strokes for the waza names, and all the Gyokko Ryu waza in how-to pictures taken directly from the video lessons of the Jo Ryaku no Maki, Chu Ryaku no Maki, Ge Ryaku no Maki and the Kukishinden Ryu Hanbojutsu Shoden / Chuden / Okuden levels.
FREE RARE BONUS: KUDEN (secret teachings of Gyokko Ryu). BAKU-IN, the Gyokko Ryu mudras (hand seals) and energy transmissions, revealed for the first time.
THE CURRICULUM
Four Levels of Video Lessons
Every waza, one by one, matched to the written and photo instruction in your manual.
LEVEL #1
Jo Ryaku no Maki: 12 Unarmed vs Unarmed
▸ Koku: Empty Sky
▸ Renyo: Imperial Palanquin
▸ Danshu: Projectile Hand
▸ Danshi: Projectile Finger
▸ Saka Nagare: Reverse Flow
▸ Keo: Seagull
▸ Hane Bi: Leaping Flame
▸ Keto: Imperial Fall
▸ Yubi Kudaki: Finger Crush
▸ Ketsu Miyaku: Artery Squeeze
▸ Sakketsu: Killer Squeeze
▸ Tei Ken: Hoof Fist
LEVEL #2
Chu Ryaku no Maki: 8 Unarmed vs Kodachi
▸ Ujaku: Black Magpie
▸ Seito: Mackerel Drop
▸ Dashin: Catch and Shake
▸ Korai: Tiger Drop
▸ Hosen: Bee Tip
▸ Ko: Well Sweep
▸ Shien: Lion Monkey
▸ Horyaku: Destructive Fall
LEVEL #3
Ge Ryaku no Maki: 8 Unarmed vs Sword
▸ Shun U: Falcon Valiance
▸ Shun Soku: Falcon Foot
▸ Ichi Geki: First Attack
▸ Kai Soku: Vanguard Foot
▸ Ko Ryaku: Scoop and Sweep Over
▸ Iai Fu: Sword Draw Entrapment
▸ Chingan: Sinking Wild Goose
▸ Fuu: Wind Blow
LEVEL #4
Kukishinden Ryu Hanbojutsu: 16 Waza
▸ Shoden level: 9 waza
▸ Chuden level: 4 waza
▸ Okuden level: 3 waza
BINDER + ONLINE
You Get BOTH
When you enroll in a Bushindo University Course you get BOTH the physical course Binder manual (no disks, unless you choose the DVD option below) and the Online Dojo complete video / manual training in the Bushindo University portal, so you will always have the latest teachings for life.
The Online Dojo has all the video lessons and manual PDFs, viewable on any computer and on the phone / tablet app. Plus you will be mailed the physical Binder so you can hold it in your hands, read it, make notes, and add related studies.
Your huge advantage: Doshi and the Shihan instructors can add new lesson footage directly to your online course in minutes, so you will always have the latest training. And you can ask questions on any lesson in the study portal. That is not possible with DVDs.
Most everyone loves to hold the manuals in their hands, including me. So now you get BOTH. More training will always be added online.
CHOOSE YOUR COURSE OPTION
Gyokko Ryu: Nidan Course
2 years of training. Averages just $14 a month. Choose your best course option.
ONLINE + BINDER (NO DISKS)
Gyokko Ryu Nidan Course
$347
✓ Online portal
✓ Video lessons
✓ Binder manual (mailed)
✓ Manual online PDFs
✓ Lesson comment + Q & A
✓ Free lifetime online updates
ONLINE + BINDER WITH DISKS
Gyokko Ryu Nidan Course with DVDs
$447
✓ Online portal
✓ Video lessons
✓ Binder manual with DVDs
✓ Manual online PDFs
✓ Lesson comment + Q & A
✓ Free lifetime online updates
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