IBDA YONDAN (4TH DEGREE) CERTIFICATION
Takagi Yoshin Ryu: IBDA Yondan Training
Takagi Yoshin Ryu Jutaijutsu, Shoden, Chuden and Okuden levels.
A 2-year course of study for official IBDA Ninjutsu Yondan certification.
LEARN IT AS IT IS TAUGHT IN JAPAN
The “High Tree, Raised Heart” School
“Soft like cotton, hard like lightning; courage to win against ten thousand men.”
Doshi Richard Van Donk, a 15th dan in Budo Taijutsu / Ninjutsu, presents the teachings of Takagi Yoshin Jutaijutsu: 97 waza broken down into 3 levels, Shoden, Chuden and Okuden, plus the Kukishinden Ryu Sojutsu written waza. This is the required study for 4th Degree Black Belt (Yondan) from the International Bujinkan Dojo Association.
✓ 97 detailed waza
✓ Sojutsu (6 ft yari art)
✓ Postures, grappling, sword, throws and submissions
✓ Easy to learn, step-by-step instruction
✓ Successfully proven worldwide since 1995
2 YEAR COURSE
The History of Takagi Yoshin Ryu
In 1569, during the Eiroku era (1558–1570), in the Funagata Yama mountain area of Miyagi, there was a Chinese mountain priest from the Abe family called Unryu (Cloud Dragon), an expert in the shuriken, bojutsu, yari, naginata and taijutsu of the Amatsu Tatara Rinpo Hiden Makimono. The Amatsu Tatara scroll was kept by the Abe, Nakatomi, Otomo and Monobe families (Takamatsu Sensei's family and the Kuki family also possessed a copy). The Dai Nippon Bugei Ryu-Ha gives Unryu's name as Sounryu. He was a wandering Taoist monk living in Rikuzen Funagawa, not far from Sanroku Mountain. Some historians say Unryu came from Hieizaenji Yama in Kyoto. He studied Sessho hiden no jutsu, a system that uses the yari, also known as the Juppo sessho no jutsu.
Unryu taught this system with the yari to a samurai from Katakura Kojuro (in Fukushima province) named Ito Ki-i Morisatada (also called Ito Sukesada). Ito was a famous martial artist of that time (1570s) and the founder of the Itto Ryu Kenko Ryu.
The transmission of the Takagi Yoshin Ryu scrolls from Takamatsu Toshitsugu to Hatsumi Masaaki took place on a lucky day in the 5th month of Showa 33 (May 1959).
WHAT'S INSIDE
The Yondan Certification Course Package
Step-by-step Takagi Yoshin Ryu waza, complete with written instruction, pictures and step-by-step video instruction for every waza, all 97 of them. ALL ONLINE, in a study portal on your computer, tablet or a dedicated phone app. Plus a 206-page Binder manual mailed to you, also online in PDFs matching the waza lessons.
✓ History of the Takagi Yoshin school and genealogy
✓ Soke lineage charts
✓ Yondan rank requirements
✓ How to, and how not to, learn waza material
✓ Takagi Yoshin Jutaijutsu: 97 waza in 3 levels
✓ Kukishinden Ryu Sojutsu written waza (written only, no video lessons): Yari Jutsu, Kodachi, Muto Dori
THE KUDEN
14 Kuden Waza Not in the Book
Actual step-by-step waza of Takagi Yoshin Ryu Jutaijutsu, Shoden, Chuden and Okuden levels. This includes the special 14 Kuden waza NOT revealed in Soke Hatsumi's Unarmed Fighting Techniques of the Samurai book.
(Note: the UFT book by Soke Hatsumi is open material to the general public, and the Bujinkan kuden is reserved for actual students of the Bujinkan arts. We at IBDA feel Yondan level is the appropriate level to offer this very special training knowledge.)
Each waza has an IBDA practice version that relates directly to the video instruction, the official (often vague) original densho version, and often training notes on the waza. Plus the romaji, the English translated name and the Japanese kanji name, such as 5. Katamune Dori (Single Chest Capture).
Having a comprehensive study of the school in written and video form is extremely valuable for your progression in the Bujinkan arts. Many of the waza at this level can only be understood by training with a DaiShihan such as Doshi Richard Van Donk, who has had extensive training in Japan.
206 PAGES
A Living Version of the School Densho
There is not another more complete Yondan or Takagi Yoshin Jutaijutsu 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 school densho.
At no time in history could you ever 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 the history, aspects of the art, and every Takagi Yoshin Jutaijutsu waza in how-to pictures taken directly from the video lessons of the Shoden, Chuden and Okuden levels. All packaged into a beautiful Binder Course.
THE CURRICULUM
97 Waza in Three Levels
Three levels of step-by-step video lessons, waza by waza.
SHODEN LEVEL
Beginning Transmission
▸ Shoden no Kata
▸ Ura Gata
▸ Eri Shimegata
CHUDEN LEVEL
Middle Transmission
▸ Sabakigata
▸ Tai no Gata
OKUDEN LEVEL
Inner Transmission
▸ Okuden no Kata
▸ Daisho Sabaki Gata
▸ Muto Dori
▸ Moguri Gata
YOUR PATH TO YONDAN
Where Yondan Fits in Your Training
Yondan training is generally started after you have completed your Sandan training, which dives you deeper into the study of Budo Taijutsu. You may have come here because you are most attracted to the Takagi Yoshin Ryu, and that is cool. Start here if you desire, but also get the required Shodan Course so that you know all the terminology and the foundational teachings this school requires. The Yondan Course assumes that you know that material.
At IBDA you start with the Ninjutsu Shodan Course, an in-depth overview of the Bujinkan system while learning aspects of the 9 traditional schools: Junan Taiso body conditioning, meditation skills, stealth, Gotonpo (using the elements to your advantage), throws, grappling, and ancient, exotic and modern weapon basics. Most importantly you are taught Ninpo philosophy, and how to use your mind for self awareness and perfecting your heart and life.
Then you begin the Budo Taijutsu lessons with Gyokko Ryu in the Nidan Course, then the Sandan Course, and the Budo Taijutsu Course that gives you insight into the subtle yet powerful small approaches that make the art come alive.
1ST DEGREE
Shodan Black Belt Course
2ND DEGREE
Nidan: Gyokko Ryu Course
3RD DEGREE
Sandan: Shinden Fudo Ryu Course
DEEPER STUDY
Budo Taijutsu Course
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.
LIFE CHANGING QUALITIES
What Becoming a Black Belt Can Give You
Respect for yourself and others, body conditioning, a ‘never give up’ attitude, perseverance, endurance, the ability to go past preconceived limits, focus, concentration, increased self-confidence, self-esteem, awareness, goal setting and achievement, a new family of friends, emotional balance, self defense and personal survival, how to be a teacher, spiritual concentration, how to direct energy, mental sharpness, flexibility, not to fear, leadership, responsibility, peace, resolve, personal mastery, and MUCH MORE.
Which one of these qualities could change your life?
A MESSAGE FROM DOSHI RICHARD VAN DONK
I never imagined how my life would change from studying the martial arts. From that first time I entered a dojo I never thought I might get to the second level belt, much less a Black Belt. It was only after two years of hard training that I saw the glimmer of the possibility of becoming a brown belt, and after achieving that it took a few more years of dedication to reach Black Belt.
Since that time I have traveled the world teaching and training with many great Grandmasters, and became a personal student of several of them, including Soke Masaaki Hatsumi, who shared with me his wonderful art of Ninjutsu. I now have several students who have been promoted to 10th dan by him and the International Bujinkan Dojos. My life has been blessed.
I am not looking for a quick dollar. I am not even looking for a lot more students, as I mostly teach teachers now. I am looking to change lives. Martial arts teach inner harmony and freedom while you are learning to defend yourself and your family. Add a lot of training and perseverance, and that is the fun part.
Join us on this path and start your journey today. See you on the mat!
Doshi Richard Van Donk, 15th dan
Personal student of Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi since the mid 1980s
CHOOSE YOUR COURSE OPTION
Takagi Yoshin Ryu: Yondan Course
2 years of training. Averages just $14 a month. Choose your best course option.
ONLINE + BINDER (NO DISKS)
Yondan Course
$347
✓ Online portal
✓ Video lessons
✓ Binder manual (mailed)
✓ Manual online PDFs
✓ Lesson comment + Q & A
✓ Free lifetime online updates
ONLINE + BINDER WITH DISKS
Yondan 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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