Ninjutsu Vs Mixed Martial Arts – How a Ninja Won UFC #3

Did you know that a ninja student won a UFC championship? It’s true.

It was in UFC #3: “The American Dream”, and his name was Steve Jennum. In fact, Jennum was the only person other than Royce Gracie to win a UFC championship at the time.

So how did a Ninja manage to beat all those highly trained and experienced fighters? This article analyzes the main points that contributed to his victory. Use this, not as a guide to how he won, but as a way to understand the difference between how most people think of winning and how a practitioner of the art of ninjutsu thinks of it.

First, Steve Jennum was a stand-in, not one of the main wrestlers.

What that means is that he didn’t have to face other fighters before reaching the final round against the powerful fighter Harold Howard. This allowed him to be fresh and ready at all levels.

But don’t let that make you believe that Jennum only won because Howard was tired and he wasn’t.

In the opening raid of the round, Howard, even though he had just won his own fight right before taking on Jennum, was still fired up and ready to go. This was evident when he unloaded a punch that should have blown the Ninja through the octagon!

But, what happened next, not only changed the fight, but it got Howard started so much that I can still see his reaction today.

When Howard hit Jennum with the same powerful punch that has won him countless fights before this one, Steve used a staple move in the Ninja arsenal that Howard had never seen before. When the punch hit Jennum square in the head, his body was already in motion, backing into the Ninja’s body. ichimonji no kamae.

This strategic body shift allowed Jennum to take the hit with little to no damage. And, when Howard paused, confused as to the outcome of what should have been a knockout, Jennum countered and took the fight to Howard. in the world of ninpo taijutsu, “the body art of the ninja”, this tactic used the body of the ninja sui no kata strategic defense ‘water mode’.

Pulling back and then crashing with full-body power shots, like the movement of the ocean as it recedes from the shore only to roll over on itself, gathering power and crashing into the rocks, Jennum became the UFC champion # 3. Instead of relying on tricky moves that required conventional strength, speed, or power…

A ninja won UFC #3 with a technique taught to basic students in the art of ninjutsu!