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Exactly! This is like going to a James Bond movie and saying, "Oh darn, this is not how real agents operate..." :rolleyes:

Maybe they did ask, just that the first place they happened to stumble into was some crappy neo-ninja dojo... :p

Hehee... Didn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that all the swords in the movie were supplied by Hanzo Steel? :D

Well, I replied to this one before I even noticed the nearly identical one in the other forum, so at the time of writing my reply I actually thought I was bringing something into this, then I saw...

Yes, they vere essentially a single area, that was (to the best of my understanding) divided to two areas merely on map for political reasons.

About the book Bansenshukai, it is my understanding...

When I read the book, the techniques seemed to be pretty standard Aiki-Jujutsu, and considering that Obata is an Aiki-Jujutsu instructor, this seems natural.

My guess is that some people bring it up here because of the book Ninja Training Manual, written by Toshishiro Obata under the pen-name Yukishiro Sanada, and because some Fuma-ryu people in the UK...

Yeah, actually the double-'k' in my post was my typo, because there isn't any reason for it, when you pick go from goju and kan from shotokan. So it probably was Gokan-ryu anyway. :D


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For some reason I too remember as if Tanemura's website sometime said that the Genbukan ninpo contains "aspects" of a myriad of styles "from Iga and Koga" - don't know if it still says that.

There are lots of styles and ways. It is always funny when someone says "that is fake because his grip is not like in our style". I've seen and read about enough different (authentic) styles to let...

Jo is pretty much the length of any broomstick. Eskrima stick is about the size of the baton of a police officer, or security guard.

Weapons also teach you distancing and angling, even if you...

The book by Yamashita was published by Ohara Publications and the ISBN is 089750108X

Before? You'll need a time machine for that.

I had Spike And Chain once, but it was a small black edition with title "Ninjutsu" on it too. I suspect it may have been an unauthorized print or something. Well, anyways, though it had good chain...

Yes, I'm a bit sad to hear how things are around there. Too much greed brings bickering and closed-mindedness, no doubt. The all best dojo in Finland that I'm aware of, are used by "various groups"....

I heard a story about a karate "master" who had studied Goju-ryu and Shotokan, and he founded (of course) a new style. He decided to name it after the two base styles, Gokkan-ryu. I have been told,...

I haven't read the book, so can't actually comment on the techniques or the weapon in it, but Yamashita is a well known Okinawan Kobudo expert, and has also studied some Katori Shinto ryu spin-off...

Ask these guys: http://www.aikimartialarts.com/

The book is usually listed as "Kusarigama: The Flashing Art Of The Sickle Weapon" or sometimes just "Kusarigama".

Check this list: http://www.bltsupplies.com/sbookma20.html

Hmmm.... I train at a dojo that seems to fit the description, but I pay 20 euros (apprx. 20 USD) per month, or 100 euros for 6 months. And this in the largest city in my country, where the rents are...

Tadashi Yamashita wrote a book about kusarigama techniques sometimes in the 80s, but I don't know if it's still available.

Yeah, well, when comparing if something's expensive, or cheap, or too expensive, and so on, it is interesting to notice how the guestion got changed into "wether to charge any money or not"......

I understand and even agree with your general point, but I also understand differing points of view. It's all a matter of personal priorities. I myself am an example of a person who switched style...

If you don't like someone's posts, you can go to your "user cp" control panel and add him to your "ingore"-list. :)

I think we cannot compare how things are in some countries (like the U.S.A.) to other countries (like ones in EU), because things work differently and the underlying culture is different. For...