The Bujinkan students don’t know how to punch. I have heard this so many times, and it basically stems from a misunderstanding that we don’t punch. We either thrust or we cut. It’s weapons work, and if you’re not holding a weapon in our hands, we use our hands in the same way..
Now that’s as far as the basics are concerned when you start getting in the variations and applications of techniques, you will find that the striking starts to look a lot more like what you might see in boxing, for example .
The mistake is usually people only see the basics and they don’t understand what they’re looking at. Often times even teachers in the system are not sure what they’re doing.
