Are there any ninjutsu dojos in louisiana?

I am taking shotokan karate but i want to know if there are any ninja schools. japanesse realted please help|||the problems with ninjitsu is that schools that teach it generally fall into one of two categories:





1- they are outright frauds teaching you stuff that does NOT work and is just LARPing (live action role playing).





or





2- the teacher/owner is teaching you legit techniques from another style or styles but is using the name %26quot;ninjitsu%26quot; to unscrupulously sell and market his school to the unwary.





the unarmed style of ninjitsu that seems to have the most legitimacy is bujinkan, however there are other issues with that as well. be VERY carefull to make sure you find a teacher that is teaching letgitimately, whether it is ninjitsu, bujinkan, boxing or midget tossing. legitimate training includes training against resisting opponents.





odds are if you are throwing rubber shuriken and playing with %26quot;ninja%26quot; swords (which never historically existed) and black suits you are in category #1.





this is a pretty good article that breaks down ninjitsu and bujinkan.





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Things to know: ninjutsu is not a martial art in terms of fighting hand to hand, it%26#039;s a skill set related to tasks specific to the ninja. The martial arts techniques of the ninja were called ninpo taijutsu, which is a general term referring to those body skills that aided in the day-to-day activities of the ninja, including combat methods. This may seem unclear, but study and you%26#039;ll grow to see the difference eventually.





There are only three groups generally accepted to be teaching ninpo taijutsu, which are the Bujinkan, Genbukan, and Jinenkan, collectively referred to as X-kan, all of which branched off the teachings of Takamatsu Toshitsugu. In the Bujinkan, three schools are considered ninpo happo biken (I won%26#039;t get into the meaning of happo biken since there are hidden meanings I don%26#039;t have the patience to explain, but they are ninpo schools) -- Togakure Ryu, Kumogakure Ryu, and Gyokushin Ryu. The other 6 schools are various other taijutsu skills. For the most part, only Togakure Ryu taijutsu techniques (the half-dozen or so that there are) have been taught, and Soke openly says he has never taught %26quot;real ninjutsu%26quot;, though many shihan have claimed to have been taught small pieces here and there through kuden (which I honestly don%26#039;t doubt).





Anyone claiming to teach Koga Ryu, know that the last Soke of Koga Ryu was Fujita Seiko, who died claiming %26quot;No one on earth knows this art.%26quot; All other claims are considered suspect. Frankly, even the teachings of Koga Ryu within the Genbukan are a little suspect.





Ashida Kim claims to teach %26quot;ninjitsu%26quot;. There%26#039;s plenty of material on that elsewhere on the internet. Suffice to say this is one thing Bullshido gets right (and a large part of the reason they take such offense at the X-kan). Frank Dux%26#039;s claims have resulted in different legal troubles, and are on par with Ashida Kim.





Specific schools in louisianna:


I show a Kelly Hill in Baton Rouge and a William Harrison in West Monroe. I%26#039;ve never heard of either, so I can%26#039;t vouch for whether they%26#039;re any good, but we%26#039;re a big group. You can find their contact on the ninjutsu.com page linked below. Genbukan.org shows no instructors in LA. Jinenkan.com does not either.





While I don%26#039;t recommend it, you can do a remote training course through the IBDA (ninjutsu.com) where you basically practice of the videos with another student in LA doing the same course. You won%26#039;t get immediate and great feedback, and you%26#039;ll end up with the idea it%26#039;s all about techniques, but it%26#039;s one way to do it until you can find another instructor and travel to them a few times a year (minimum).





Good luck.