Black Dragon Ninjitsu/Omoto Ryu Budo Syllabus:24 Skills of the Omoto Ryu Black Dragon Dojo

Bujutsu:1. Jujitsu/Taijitsu: Unarmed combat2. Tantojitsu: Knife skills3. Bojitsu: stick and staff skills4. Kusarijitsu: Chain skills5. Shurikenjitsu: Throwing weapons skills6. Yari-jitsu: Spear skills7. Kyujitsu: Archery skills8. Kenjitsu: Swordsmanship9. Kusari-Gamajutsu: Sickle & Chain Art10. Shogejitsu: Shoge Art11. Boryaku: Military Strategy & Tactics; Basic Maneuver Warfare

Ninjutsu:1. Angour: Signaling & cryptography2. Intonjitsu: Escape & Concealment

-Inpo: Principles of Escape & Infiltration; breaking in, lock picking, trap making, tracking & counter-tracking...-Tonpo: Principles of Concealment; disguise, camouflage & concealed shelter build/survival training...

3. Yogen: Literally: Prediction refers to Chemistry-Poisons, Herbal Medicines & Pyrotechnic Formula

4. Kayakujitsu: Use of offensive firearms, pyrotechnics & arson5. Katonjitsu: Use of Pyrotechnics for defense6. Genjitsu: “Art of Illusion”

-Slight of Hand-Disguise & Impersonation-Stage Magic & Occultism

7. Choho: Espionage skills-Propaganda & Counter-Propaganda-Sabotage & Assassination Tactics-Interrogation & Brainwashing-Memory Training & Deductive Reasoning-Use of Guerrillas & Proxy Forces/False Flag Operations in conjunction with Boryaku

8. Saminjitsu: Way of Mindgate-Hypnosis & Psychological Manipulation

Modern Additions by me:1. Making & use of ghillie suits...2. Construction of Zip Guns and Bench Work Firearms such as the STEN...3. Use of material to hide Thermal Signatures & Subversion of Night Optic Devices...4. Modern Firearms Training: M14, AR15/AR10, M25, AK47/AK74, Dragonov, Shotguns &

modern Handguns...5. Modern Poisons and Chemical Weapons...

Rank Structure of Omoto Ryu Black Dragon Ninjitsu:• White Belt (5th Kyu): Focus is on the body mechanics of stance work & ukemi, kuji-in

meditation, visualization exercises & breath control.* Kamae* Ukemi & Kaiten* Kuji-In/Kuji-Kiri

• Yellow Belt (4th Kyu): Focus is on vital points, striking techniques, blocking & trapping into joint-locks, breaks & sweeps.

* Atemi-waza* Kansetsu-waza

• Orange Belt (3rd Kyu): Focus is turning trapping in throws, takedowns, chokes and neck breaks as well as groundfighting...

* Nage-waza* Shime-Waza*Na-waza

• Green Belt (2nd Kyu): Focus takes a new shift away from jujitsu/taijutsu skills and more toward Intonjitsu; escape &evasion skills; bear in mind the skills of intonjutsu to escape can also be used to infiltrate.

* Inpo: The principles of Stealth/Concealment* Tonpo: The principles of Escape & Evasion* Yogen-no-Jitsu: Art of Prediction; namely the making & use of poisons, pyrotechnic devices & herbal medicines...

• Brown Belt (1st Kyu): Now with a basic understanding of Stealth, Evasion & Jujitsu the focus returns to more combative designs with training the four fundamental weapons with a focus stealth based ambush and open combat useage...

* Tanto-Jutsu: Knife art is address as both a ambush skill & open combat (dueling system)* Kusari-Jitsu: Use of the Chain as a whip type weapon and a garrote are addressed.* Bojutsu: The use of stick & staff weapons is basic skill...* Shurikenjutsu: The use of throwing stars, knives, spikes & even rocks as weapons is covered here...Black Belt (1st Kyu): This rank is reserve for those who are about to test for their Shodan to wear during the test, it serves as motivation as well as sign of seniority.

• Black Belt (1st Dan): At 1st degree black belt and having survived/passed the “field test” training once again focuses on combative principles...

* Battlefield Strategy: The Senior student now begins to focus heavily on the study of maneuver warfare, small teams warfare, guerrilla warfare & signaling & cryptography...* Kenjutsu: Art of the Katana...* Yarijutsu: Spear Fighting & use...* Kyujitsu: Archery, modernized to include compound bows & crossbows...

• Black Belt (2nd Dan): At 2nd Degree Black Belt the focus on weaponry is complete & the final move into espionage agent is began...

* Kusarigama-jutsu: The Kusari-gama (chain & cycle) is trained...*Shoge-jitsu: The use of the Shoge is trained...

• Choho no jutsu: The beginning principles of espionage are taught here beginning with memory training & deductive reasoning...

• Black Belt (3rd Dan): The only licensed teachers of the Omoto-Ryu system are Sandan or higher, & here training is focus more on espionage then ever before...

*Choho-no-jutsu: Espionage training follows the use of proxy forces, sabotage, assassination, interrogation (hard & soft) and waging propaganda campaigns.*Genjitsu: The art of illusion; disguise, impersonation, simple & advanced stage magic...

• Black Belt (4th Dan): The 4th Dan is training that wholly completes the system...*Katonjuton: Uses fire, smoke & pyrotechnics to confuse the enemy and completes the illusion of supernatural powers...*Kayakujitsu: Use firearms, improvised firearms, pyrotechnics, smoke & fire to attack the enemy. This applies elements of the Intonjutsu systems & Choho-no-jitsu to create an effective Ninja-Sniper as well as the appearance of a Warrior-Wizard.*Saminjutsu: The Way of the Mind Gate; reading body language, psychological manipulation & hypnosis are trained and while elements of this system are used initially in the Kuji-in training this finalizes the training in self-hypnosis and hypnosis...

• Black Belt w/ Red Stripe (5th Dan): This where the Oniki test is administered and if successful the student then achieves the final rank of Godan or 5th Degree Black Belt. As a master of this system training is now directed at adding to the system to achieve a higher standard and progressive adaptation of the principles of the system.

Any Ranks beyond Godan are awarded for various reasons and while they symbolize a rise in rank they do not convey additional skills or lessons...