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Recently (25/03/2023) we had a seminar with Tommy Joe Moore on WW2 Military Combatives at the Seal Martial Arts Dojo. Tommy covered a wide variety of techniques during the seminar with the focus being on the practical application of simple techniques such as palm heel strikes and knee strikes to the groin. The first drill we did Tommy had us group up in pairs and keep our arms up in a defensive position in front of the body. We then had to push the opponents head back with both hands under the chin. Rake downwards with the fingers into the...

The Kamae are traditional stances and postures that position your body in the most efficient way for the technique that you are about to perform. This is particularly important when using weapons like the Katana so that you do not cut yourself with the blade by having your leg in the wrong place when performing Chiburi for example. These Kamae should not be thought of as static positions that you assume and stay in throughout the duration of the fight but they are more a still frame in a fight sequence and assumed when needed. Some Kamae are an exception...

Seal Martial Arts Shurikenjutsu is our Shuriken, Knife and Tomahawk throwing organisation that was previously called Shinobi Shurikenjutsu. After much deliberation I decided to close Shinobi Shurikenjutsu towards the end of 2022 in order to rebrand the association and incorporate it into the Seal Martial Arts Dojo. Primarily this was because it was getting too complicated running the Seal Martial Arts Dojo, Ningu and Shinobi Shurikenjutsu and I had a lot going on in my personal life which meant I could not dedicate the time into Ningu and Shinobi Shurikenjutsu to push them forwards in the necessary way. Now that...

So I bet your probably wondering what this is all Seal Martial Arts Kobudo business is all about? Jamie is a Yondan in the Bujinkan right? How can he have a system that goes up to 8th Dan?! It’s simple really, I have been a Yondan in the Bujinkan for a long time and have pursued a lot of training in other systems with regular seminars and my personal training in FMA (Filipino Martial Arts) that the time has come for a restructure of how we run the dojo. The Seal Martial Arts Dojo has been largely independent for a...

Becoming a black belt in Seal Martial Arts Kobudo is no easy task! It takes a years of study and dedicated training to be accepted as one of our instructors.  One of the problems i found in the Bujinkan is there isn’t a clear standard for Shodan (1st Dan) and beyond. It’s largely down to the individual instructors expectations as each dojo sets its own syllabus based on the Tenchijin Ryaku No Maki.  This has obviously led to poor quality control with some instructors being far more experienced than others depending on who they trained under. There is also a...