On December of 2000, I met a ninja who later on became my Shidoshi. We would practice hours on end first using open hand combat then later with weapons. We would practice with stick and knives and sometimes guns. Of course we didn’t use real guns. We used an airsoft gun and played in abandoned fields.

Using an airsoft gun is ideal for our training. It looks and feels like a real gun and fires a nasty bb pellet. We would use it in our disarming techniques and we would try to fire it at our opponents. If you didn’t disarm properly, you’ll get shot. It least a bad welt, sometimes the bb pellet will penetrate enough to stick to your skin. One time I had a bad welt in the middle of my palm because I was to slow in my disarming.