There are very few video records of Goshin-Jitsu and this series is taught by a true master - John Cornish. Part one of a two part dvd Also available for purchase from Dial-Media.org. Produced Diana Birch
Aha, the good ol' Goshin Jutsu kata! In answer to some naively dismissive comments below, yes, Cornish here is an old man slowly demonstrating and explaining some basic details in the kata, as similar is often done in most other Asian systems, and one can add as many strikes and varied moves as needed when used for real, the video just showing a study session. I started training with Sensei John Cornish in the early 70s at the London Budokwai where he instructed the aikido classes, and even though I also trained at the Aikikai of GB with Kazuo Chiba and Minoru Kanetsuka, until changing my aikido allegiance to Sensei WiIliams' Ki Federation of GB (the Koichi Tohei style) in the 1980s, I still continued to visit Cornish's classes until I migrated to the USA in 2001, by which time Cornish was my old mentor and friend. Cornish was already a grizzled high ranking judoist in the 70s who had come up through the Kodokan ranks during his engineering studies at a Japanese university, to eventually start visiting Aikido HQ too, when O-Sensei was still alive. Cornish interpreted much of his aikido as an extension of what he already knew, i.e., judo, similar to how Kenji Tomiki did, too, and Cornish often made allusions to judo in his aikido classes, so his way of doing things, even if sometimes odd looking to Aikikai purists, was of special interest to me. My main judo teacher at the Budokwai was Syd Hoare before I focused mainly on aikido, and later Chinese systems too. Cornish was very particular about dojo safety and treating the less experienced with care, however, in the early years I was a mouthy young know-all on the aikido mat and Cornish occasionally shut me up by knocking the snot out of me with a judo slam down... yeah, his go-to was judo, even in aikido class, slam downs out of the blue that were so damned violent they felt like every bone in my body was smashed (training a lot in those days I could take it) with a follow up choke, lessons one doesn't forget, making me a better student, and person, too. RIP Cornish-san.
Good techniques, but no one is going to make it as a real street fighter, just doing wrist and hand manuvers. You need to add a striking art like kempo karate and a grappling art like Judo.
This is a tutorial for a kata, the every move and strike is strictly mandatory. In practical application you can surely choose more severe strikes, depending on opponent and situation. Jiu Jitsu does actually address striking, kicking, throws and ground game. You can allways run across some better fighter. That's why every avoided fight shoul be considered a win!!
Good Kempo Judo combo is hard to beat. I mold my Kempo Judo combo after Dai Nippon Kempo. I have Aikido for weapons and a soft side to m y practice. If you can find a good teacher Aikido,Judo and Kempo is an awesome combo. Kempo gives you kickboxing for pressure testing. And Judo has Ne Waza for pressure testing. Combine the two and you have a very well rounded Martial art in my opinion.
