Bonzuko

Came across this article at APEX Movement’s website re: Parkour practitioners (traceurs) and how they interact with the environment. I appreciated the sentiment here, and was reminded how the ancient ninja of Japan would be thought of as sorcerers because of their extreme attention and at-one-ness with their surroundings.    ~Jenn

Saw this Japanese wall-run moment on Regis & Kelly this morning. Well done, sir!   ~Jenn

From Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. An amazing female fight. Don’t say “meow, fft” unless you want my shinkanken in your throat. Anyway. Gorgeous fight.   ~Jenn

Bask in it. (thanks, i09!)  ~Jenn

Revenge of the Ninja

Ninja 3

American Ninja

Whatever you think about Ubisoft, the head of the ACII creative team leaving, the pre-order ad, or whether you should get this game or wait for ACIII, that’s not the point here.

The point here is: Mmm, gorgeous Renaissance fighting graphics. Thanks, Kotaku!   ~Jenn

http://kotaku.com/5562704/assassins-creed-brotherhoods-e3-trailer?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+kotaku/full+(Kotaku)

Last night I had the great pleasure of helping to judge the belt test event for May at the Boulder Quest Center. Here are a few pictures to commemorate their belts and my leave of absence. The pics tend to be blurry, but I actually think it makes the movement look cool. Thanks to Marcus and Graham for manning the Blackberry, and thanks to the BQC for a fun run!   ~Jenn

Keegan makes Simon fly. By his neck.

Looks like a slappy slappy fight, doesn't it? Jenn & Simon

Look! I finally mastered the blurry-tracks-when-I-move trick!

Tonight at 6pm is the last time I will be teaching NinjaFit at the Boulder Quest Center. It’s been a

NinjaFit obstacle course

lovely journey into fitness with all those folks.

I first designed the NinjaFit class as a cross-training opportunity for especially those martial artists that need to keep up their “fightin’ trim” selves outside of the martial arts classes themselves. I also wanted to design an unusual class that would target whole-body workouts as well as gently teach something about the ninja arts without it being a martial arts class. I wanted also to have one class that could encompass all my various movement expertises into one experience.

Here are some of the many movement conditioning systems that I include in NinjaFit:

• ninpo taijutsu and weapons exercises
• gymnastics stretching/beginning moves
• Pilates
• yoga
• non-denominational meditation
  

  medicine ball yoga

• breath work from Acting School
• modern dance
• Linklater voice centering
• Lessac sit-ups, posture work
• Alexander technique
• strength conditioning
• cardio kickboxing
• and…?

I hope any of you lovely lurkers who are local can stop by and sample this fitness smorgasbord–tonight is your last chance!

Boulder Quest Center

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