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Originally Posted by Tapout95 And what the fuck is the point of him chasing the guy around with the sword? What he did there was not that skillfull. It wasn't even interesting. |
I saw this clip sometime ago and I can't be bothered to watch it again so this is all from memory, but I think you're missing the point.
Now I'm not a big fan of Hatsumi but, what I think he was trying to illustrate is Bujinkan's basic principles of movement. When he swung the sword at Chris Crudelli, who's a kung fu guy, Crudelli tried to dodge it with big, sweeping movements. Consequently, he got hit more times than not. When Hatsumi did the same exercise, his movements were very small and compact, sometimes crowding the attacker, sometimes opening up enough space to escape, but
always aware of where the attacker was.
This body of techniques is known as mutodori and it's usually the first thing you learn at the X-kans, for a number of reasons. Firstly, it teaches you how to get out of the way of a big arse sword, which is always handy, but, more importantly, it teaches you awareness, positioning and economy of motion. It also teaches you the basic footwork that forms the basis of most of ninpo's offensive techniques, eg, the footwork for the simple side-step is exactly the same as the footwork for ninpo's most basic takedown, omote kote gyaku, and the first strike of hanbojutsu, do-uchi.
Mind, body and kick ass moves: Ninjitsu 
Not a real good video though.
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