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    I am looking through my old magazines at present, and can't help but laugh, and sometimes be amazed, at some of the stuff I've forgotten over the years that various people have written in these mags. The following posts are from one of them. I'll post more in the future. If anyone has anything to add, please do. Passages from the magazines are in quotes, my commentaries are not.

    Inside Kung Fu presents The Complete Guide to Ninja Training, May 1987

    The Mysterious Path of the Chinese Shadow Warrior by Randall
    Brown.
    On the fictitious Lin Kuei.
    “It is not uncommon for a kwa shy warrior (the clan’s elite force) to spend nearly two years in the forest. During this period of seclusion, his only human contact will be with his instructor. Upon returning to the class the individual will astonish his associates with seemingly inhuman abilities.”
    Chi Li (Seven Powers)
    1. Lin Li (Forest Powers)
    2. Chan Tou Li (Combat or External Powers)
    3. Syau Li (Thief Powers)
    4. Nei Pu Te Li (Internal Powers)
    5. Sin Li (Mental Powers)
    6. An Te Li (Dark Powers)
    7. Shin Mi Te Li (Mystical Powers)

    Blood Sport - The Ultimate Martial Arts Movie
    Review on the movie and the star.
    “Frank Dux was 13 when he first took up martial arts training. The determined little American boy caught the eye of the Japanese master Senzo “Tiger” Tanaka who was looking for a sparring partner for his son Shingo whom he was teaching ninjitsu [sic]. But he was killed in a car accident. Frank appealed to Tanaka to prepare him for the initiation in Shingo’s place. Tanaka agreed. The training was rigorous, the final test brutal, but Frank passed and emerged as a ninja.”

    Frank Dux - An Exclusive Profile by Michelle Klein
    “But this (edit: the tv miniseries Shogun, Sho Kosugi’s movies and Chuck Norris’ The Octagon) was old news to a handful of students in California’s San Fernando Valley community of North Hollywood. They had made this discovery two years previously, with the help of Frank W. Dux, a distinguished Vietnam vet, security expert, kumite champion and koga yamabushi ninjitsu [sic] master. His school was the first open school of the Koga Yamabushi ryu ever, and arguably the first school teaching the legendary art of stealth of any tradition in the United States.”
    Dux was a jujutsu student in the 1960s. Senzo Tanaka took notice of him at a tournament. Tanaka was inspiration for the role of Tiger Tanaka in You Only Live Twice. Senzo died in 1975.
    “One of his first students was Michael Morgan, a man who in his young lifetime had acquired three black belts, one with Tak Kubota of the International Karate Federation and one in shotokan as well as the black belt he later received in Dux ryu.”
    Shihan Gordon Richiusa, head instructor at the North Hollywood dojo.
    The koga yamabushi ryu agreed to let Dux break off from their organization to form Dux ryu.
    “The hand-to-hand combat combat style draws not only from traditional Koga taijutsu (unarmed combat) but from such diverse sources as kung-fu, jujutsu, Korean and Okinawan karate-do and the empty-hand techniques of kali/arnis/escrima. The weapons style owes much to the Filipino arts in that one master pattern applies to all, and that the escrima sticks are the first weapons taught, but the weapons taught in Dux ryu include traditional weapons of ninjutsu like the bo and jo stick, swordsmanship, nunchaku, knife and shuriken throwing, sai and kama, as well as modern weapons like firearms and knife fighting techniques that go back to Dux’s experiences in Southeast Asia as special tactics instructor and exchange officer to the British Special Air Service and the German Anti-Terrorist Unit, GSG9.”
    “The training has a spiritual dimension, of course, “We stress equally the development of body, mind and spirit,” offers Dux, but certain elements of the Mikkyo esoteric traditions so prominant [sic] in the Iga system are not stressed in Dux ryu.”
    “I don’t believe in pushing a religious philosophy here. In the Iga system, a great deal of emphasis has been placed on Shingon Buddhist traditions. I feel that any belief system that works toward a common good is fine with me . . . It doesn’t clash with anything we’re teaching here. But obviously something like Devil worship, Satanism and so on isn’t going to harmonize with the basic orientation of the Koga tradition, I disapprove of that, certainly.”
    “Unfortunately, there are those who have taken the concept of the ninja and perverted it to either generate profit or for worse ends.”
    “The press needs to learn to separate myth from reality when they write about the practitioners of ninjutsu today. Instead of going to those who know about ninjutsu, who actually practice the art, they go to so-called experts who really don’t know the first thing about us.”

    Ninjutsu’s Emerging Leaders Speak Candidly by L. R. Ferolino
    R. G. Bowling and the American Ninjutsu Federation. There are a few pictures of Bowling included, one with Tanemura, one with Hatsumi, one in a ninja museum, etc. Mr. Bowling does not look happy in any of them.
    Bowling spent a week traveling through Japan, meeting and training with Hatsumi, Tanemura, Okuse (former mayor of Iga village), and Yunoki (former mayor of Koka village).
    Bowling “instructs a class with over 100 students at the Kadena Air Force Base on Okinawa, Japan and heads the largest American Ninjutsu Federation chapter in the world”.
    “A former student of the late Toshitsugu Takamatsu (as was Hatsumi), Tanemura chose to break away from the bujinkan [sic] system.” (edit: No mention of Tanemura being a student of Hatsumi Sensei.)
    ““Yunoki and Okuse said that Hatsumi only studied bo from Takamatsu for three years only [sic]. Takamatsu died and Hatsumi claimed to be full ninja,” Bowling said. “But everyone here says the true ninja is not Hatsumi, but Tanemura - that there was no art of togakure [sic] ryu until the 1950s when Hatsumi started it. The Japanese believe soon the martial arts world will turn away from Hatsumi due to his ways.””
    “Tanemura, Bowling stated, wants to come to the U.S. to teach - once enough students express interest in learning the art.”
    “The original intent of the ANF was to promote the concept of sport ninjutsu,” according to Dr. Jerry Beasley, founder of the American Ninjutsu Federation. “According to my research, a form of sport ninjutsu would follow the introduction of traditional ninjutsu as a natural course of events.””
    “Beasley further stated that, after the concept of sport ninjutsu was introduced, a combat ninjutsu system was developed under the director of former togakure ryu ninjutsu instructor Cliff Lenderman of Tacoma, Wash.”

    Real Ninjutsu: What it Was, What it is Now by Yukishiro Sanada
    His version of reality, “holds high qualifications in a variety of martial arts including aikido, kenjutsu and others”, martial arts action coordinator and actor for Japanese TV and movie production companies, authored the book Ninja Training Manual - A Treasury of Techniques.
    “I am a plain-spoken person that does not suffer fools gladly.”
    “The lowest level of ninja (also called kusa) were little better than criminals.”
    “From now on, if you want to say you are training people in ninjutsu, you must come up to our standard or find another outlet for your ego. For a start, you should be proficient in jujutsu, have mastered at least five basic techniques and their variations, plus sword, kama and manrikigusari as well as escape and espionage techniques. And I don’t mean just waving weapons around, or just talking about restraining holds, any instructor should be able to cut two-inch bamboo with a sword and one-inch bamboo with a kama easily. He should also be able to demonstrate running break falls on a hard floor, safely, while carrying an unsheathed sword.”
    “If you are currently claiming to teach ninjutsu and you can’t do this as a minimum requirement, you have two choices: Start working hard to acquire this ability or find something else to do with your evening. If I am given the opportunity I will set the standard that I feel should exist so that readers can compare real ninjutsu with the plastic version that everyone has been teaching so far. This is not just to satisfy myself and my friends, or to restore the pride in the martial arts that we study, but also to make sure that if someone wants to learn ninjutsu they will be offered the real thing and not a figment of someone else’s imagination.”
    (There is no mention of the author’s experience in “real” ninjutsu. There are some techniques depicted which follow the article, but there is no indication as to whether these techniques are related to the article or not. If they are related to the article, they are very poorly executed, and there is no taijutsu involved.)

    No mention of the term ‘soke‘.

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    “The original intent of the ANF was to promote the concept of sport ninjutsu,”
    Great idea. I bet that went over really well.

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    I'm kind of at a loss here.
    Lance Mullinax

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    If you want to eat BS, then eat it. Argue all you can about how GRRRRRRRReat the BS you ate was w/anyone who claims different. As long as you think its great... it IS
    Hey... you can learn a million ways to sneak up on a sentry, but you'll never, EFFen ever do it. Talk is cheap. `A lot of ninja guys are nerds, but they still back up thier words with tried and true evidence. I'm quite sure dux is covered in another thread bro
    why not look there?
    "Train not by thought, but by practice." - Miyamoto Musashi

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    Ninja #9, October 1985

    Defensive Cuts with the Kaito by James Loriega
    Also referred to as kaiko in text.

    Climbing Skills of the Super Fly by Wayne L. Roy and Steven Revnak

    Fukiya: Darts of Death by Geri R. Gilbert
    Features pics of Harunaka Hoshino.

    Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi: Master of Masters
    Excerpt from Ninjutsu: History and Tradition by Hatsumi Sensei.

    My Six Years with Hatsumi Sensei by Doron Navon as told to Ilan Gattegno
    Possibly the first use of the term soke in a U.S. magazine.
    “Hatsumi Sensei has many friends, some from his school days and some who studied with him under Takamatsu Sensei, 33rd soke.”

    Tools of the Ninja Trade by James Loriega

    Alive and Kicking: Leg and Foot Techniques by Robert Bussey

    Make Your own Ninja Gi by Geri R. Gilbert
    Features pics of Harunaka Hoshino cutting out and sewing together a pattern.

    The Ninja Fist: How to Make It by The Editors
    Editors listed for this issue are: Editor & Publisher - Al Weiss, Managing Editor - Alan Paul, Associate Editors - Herman Petras, Russell Wiener, Firearms Editor - Bob Weiss, Contributing Editors - SKH, James Loriega, Geri R. Gilbert, Wayne L. Roy, Harunaka Hoshino, Robert Bussey, Ron Duncan.

    The Silent Sash: Necklace of Death by James Loriega
    (edit: A possible source of inspiration for the konigun? Now THAT’s funny!)

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    I have several of those old clippings saved from some magazines I bought from a yard sale of all things in Florida on vacation once. One of the articles was of Jerry Beasley discussing a sport form of ninjutsu in the 1980s. Whether or not it went over well I have no idea, but he worded it that he had support from many people in the ninjutsu world to do it. I need to break it out and read that one again and perhaps post it here, it makes a good read and good for nostalgia. BTW I hope you all had a merry Christmas!

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    Beasley keeps scans of the "Sport Ninjitsu" related articles at

    http://www.aikia.net/media/mediaindex.htm

    Interesting that no where does one find him mentioning what his credentials as a Ninjutsu practiitoner was.
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    I was being sarcastic. I think that "sport ninjutsu" is a horrible idea. Not even sure how that could possibly work.

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    According to the article they were going to have stealth competitions involving something like capture the flag I think, as well as shuriken throwing competitions.

    I could be wrong though.....

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    Ive got some of those old magazines. I still like the artwork on the old Ninja covers. Some of those articles were corny, others were revolutionary for what they were offering compared to what people were training in at the time.
    Kyro R. Lantsberger
    "They couldnt hit an elephant at this dist--." Last words of Civil War Union General Sedgewick

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    Default Ninja #16, November 1986

    Ninja #16, November 1986

    General articles and interviews.

    Editorial: The Grandmaster Calls a Meeting by David Weiss

    The First World Ninja Summit by James Loriega
    Participants included SKH and wife Rumiko, Robert Bussey, Charles Daniel, Bud Malmstrom and wife Bonnie, Jack Hoban, Mark Hodel, Doron Navon, Tetsuya Higuchi, Gary Mason, James Loriega, David Weiss, Mark McAllister, Brian billingsley, Michael Legband, David Jobbeun, Steve Jennum, and many others from Japan, New York, Argentina, Holland and Singapore.

    Masaaki Hatsumi: Be Soft, Be Strong, Have Fun! by David Weiss

    Tetsuya Higuchi: America’s Newest Ninja
    No indication given as to writer.

    Stephen Hayes: In Pursuit of Perfection by David Weiss

    Robert Bussey: Power from Within, Power from Above by David Weiss and The Editors

    Gary Mason: The Man Who Made it all Happen by David Weiss

    Bud Malmstrom: Peaceful Warrior from Atlanta by David Weiss

    Charles Daniel: Rebel Swordsman from the South by David Weiss

    Daron [sic] Navon: Quiet Man from the Middle East by David Weiss

    Jack Hoban: Practice Slow, Fight Fast! by David Weiss

    Survivor’s Notebook: The Modern Tanto by Jerry Younkins

    The Ultimate Obstacle Course
    No indication given as to the writer.

    Write Your Name in Japanese by Sherry Lane and Junichi Hasegawa

    Going for the Throat by Geri R. Gilbert
    Features pics of Harunaka Hoshino wearing a maroon-colored gi.

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    Default Fighting Stars: Ninja, December 1985

    Kennedy’s Capitol Crime? By Michael James, publisher of Rainbow Publications
    A bill was introduced in the senate to regulate the distribution and availability of martial arts weapons. (What ever happened to that bill, anyway. Must have died, because it’s been business as usual since then. Wouldn’t have mattered much, anyway. We could still buy guns or make our own martial arts training tools.)

    Going to the Source
    SKH answers letters.

    The Mind and the Martial Arts: A Lesson Learned Too Late by Thomas J. Nardi
    Anecdote by the author.

    Ninjutsu: The Art of the 80s: Just Ordinary People by Bud Malmstrom

    Mapping a Warrior Path: Real Ninpo Taijutsu by Jack Hoban

    The Ninja Art of Survival: A Cut Above the Rest by R. Kelly Hill, Jr.
    On selection and use of a knife.

    Weapon of the Ninja: The Book According to Hatsumi by Robert Bussey
    Bussey relates a story of how he returned to Japan, about his fifth trip, with one of his top-ranked black belt American students (who is curiously not named). This time he returned as a Christian, and did not adhere to Eastern religious philosophies. Everyone noticed his newfound inner strength (of course). He states how he had spent the previous six years building upon ninjutsu to make it “more realistic, more advanced, and more Americanized”. Hatsumi Sensei was, naturally, suitably impressed and Bussey was asked to demonstrate for the advanced class members. Hatsumi Sensei regularly used him to demonstrate techniques for the other students. He even gave a lecture on Bussey’s position “as a Christian and an American ninja”.
    The last part of the article is particularly bizarre. Bussey states that Hatsumi told him that he and his students are practicing ninjutsu for good health, and that it is only a game to them. This directly contradicts what Hatsumi Sensei has said many times since then, as some of you are, no doubt, well aware. Then Bussey seems to think it is important to tell the reader that he was promoted in rank (to what, he does not say) and that Hatsumi Sensei “deemed him a warrior” in his words and eyes.
    (Personally, this is one of the strangest articles I have ever read. I recall reading this article several times, trying to understand just what the heck this guy was trying to say, because it seemed to contradict everything that anyone else who trained with Sensei was writing about. This article cemented in my mind, the opinion that Bussey was a nutcase.)

    India’s Ninja Thugs by Mark Jackson
    Jackson is credited as a freelance writer based in Alabama (insert your own redneck joke here: You might be a redneck if . . . You write an article comparing ninjers to thugees.) His previous article was titled “Ninja Warriors: Were They the Inspiration for Today’s Superheroes?” (Bwahahahaha!!!)

    Guadalcanal Diary, by Ben Jones
    Don’t know what this has to do with a mag about ninjutsu.

    Taijutsu: The Hands are Quicker Than the Eyes by Jane Hallander
    Hallander states: “Taijutsu . . . had its beginnings hundreds of years ago in China. Originally a shaolin fighting style, combining both hard and soft forces to form a smooth, fluid way of movement, taijutsu was adapted and perfected by Japan’s ninja clans to meet their unique fighting needs.”.

    The American Ninja in Vietnam (Special Section)
    Vietnam Movies: America’s Conscience Comes to Life by Dave Cater
    Mentions movies like The Deer Hunter, The Boys in Company C, Apocalypse Now, Coming Home, and that quintessential Viet Nam flick, Rambo: First Blood, Part II.

    Schwarzenegger: He’s Turned Iron Into Gold by Dave Cater

    America’s Ninja Wildcats: “Hanoi Hannah’s” Favorite Target by Thomas J. Nardi
    Lame attempt to compare the Green Beret with the ninja.

    The Flame of Vengeance by Kregg P.J. Jorgenesen
    Lame fiction.

    The Law of Supply and Reprimand by J. A. Niehaus
    On the legalities of carrying and concealing weapons.

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    Default Fighting Stars: Ninja, February 1986

    (A thought occurred to me yesterday - Where is the illustrious Ashida Kim during this "ninja boom"? Why was he not featured in ANY magazine?)

    Editorial: Banner Day for Ninja by Dave Cater
    On the media’s sensationalism of a double homicide that occurred in Los Angeles on September 27, 1985. An elderly couple in their sixties were killed while sitting in their car by assailants wearing black karate garb, which the newspapers promptly dubbed ‘ninja’.

    The Cold Lesson of Lawmaking by Michael James
    How a Bill Becomes a Law
    Concerning the bill discussed in the previous issue regarding the availability of martial arts training tools.

    Coping with the Times: Just Another Statistic by Robert Oishi
    On women, awareness, rape prevention and martial arts. Three escape/defense techniques depicted, none of them use taijutsu.

    Letters
    One reader responds to a previous letter, in which the writer called into question Harunaka Hoshino’s credentials. From the response: “How Sakatch (the writer of the first letter) could even presume to question (the credentials) of an accomplished martial artist as Harunaka Hoshino - whether or not he is a ninja - can only be regarded as adolescent insolence.” (Italics mine.)
    From the editor’s response: “Nor are we against recognizing new instructors with novel ideas, buth they must be teachers with a solid background in the history and techniques of the art.”

    Going to the Source by SKH
    One reader tries to make a comparison between Roman gladiators and the ninja. (Hah!)

    Weapons of the Ninja: No Time to Think by Robert Bussey
    (Ironic title, huh?) On developing awareness and response skills.

    The Mind and the Martial Arts: A Morning Nightmare by Thomas J. Nardi
    Fictional daydreaming scenario concerning fantasy versus reality.

    The Ninja Art of Survival: First Class and Second Fiddle by R. Kelly Hill, Jr.
    On appropriate and equal training for women.

    Mapping a Warrior Path: “I Have No Other Choice” by Jack Hoban
    Hoban’s list of warrior leadership traits:
    “1) Physicality - A warrior strives for natural physical power. He sees a correlation in function between his body and the greater truths embodied in the natural laws of the universe.

    2) Duality - He sees himself equally as a minor player in the unfolding universe and as the most important person in the world.

    3) Curiosity - He needs to understand the “why” of his existence.

    4) Love of life - He believes that living (rather than dying) is the most important event of his existence.

    5) Uncompromising - He will not sacrifice better for worse, truth for expedience, justice for revenge, or life for death.

    6) Integrity - He is personally responsible for the honesty and rightness of his own deeds, whether or not anyone is watching.

    7) Rational - He believes that there is a reason for everything; and that there is a pre-situational “right” based upon self-love, love of others and the necessity for personal productive activity.

    8) Spiritual - He senses the human potential for oneness with his creator.

    9) Drive - He has a personality that forces him to seek warrior wisdom.”

    The Guiding Force Behind Ninjutsu: Hatsumi by Hatsumi Sensei
    “Seishin (right mind) is a most important phrase. To the practitioner, loyalty, bravery and trust came first, followed by kindness, friendliness and humility.”

    The Western World and the Ninja Brain: Hemispheres Apart by Kirtland C. Peterson
    A very interesting article concerning the ninja’s unique development of awareness and sensitivity. The brain is divided into two hemispheres, the left is concerned with language and mathematical calculations, and functions in a linear and logical fashion. The right is concerned with spatial orientation and views the world as a “patterned whole”.
    “The Japanese, process both sound and experiences which relate to emotion in the left side of the brain. The Japanese brain regards intuition, indirection, and “the creative use of space and sound” in the same way that our minds regard logic. Consequently, the Japanese are sensitive to many layers of communication, probably more than we are. And this allows judgments about people and events which are beyond the abilities and understanding of people who rely solely on logic.”

    The Swamp Fox: Freeing America Through Revolutionary Ninjutsu by Mark Jackson
    Lame attempt to compare guerilla tactics used during the American Revolution to the ninja. Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion, was an intriguing historical figure, however.

    The Modern Ninja Woman by Mike Replogle
    Features a pictorial technique by Bonnie Malmstrom and brief interviews with Peggy Bussey and Rumiko Hayes.

    A Stone’s Throw from Reality: The Making of Ninja Movies by Dave Cater
    On Hollywood’s portrayal of the ninja.
    “(Mike) Stone, first introduced to ninjutsu through ninja movies starring Japanese actor Raizo Ichikawa, maintains true authenticity will never be achieved.”
    “Hayes thinks Hollywood would make even more profit if they portrayed the art in a different light.”
    “(Sho) Kosugi, whose tenure as a martial arts student includes very little ninjutsu training, hopes his films raise the stature of martial arts.”
    Brief reviews of Lightning Swords of Death (has almost the only authentic Japanese ninja movie actor ever imported to the U.S., ??????), You Only Live Twice, The Killer Elite, Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, Ninja III: The Domination, American Ninja, and Ninja Mission.

    When the Stars Come Out by Brent deMoville
    One the use of the senban shuriken for throwing and grappling.

    Ninjutsu Water Training: The Wave of the Future? by Robert Bussey
    Includes four pictures, one which depicts one of Bussey’s students employing a decidedly karate-esque side kick.

    Torture at Daybreak by Dave Cater
    Lame fiction.

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    He was around because many years ago he was apparently having a fued with SKH from what the rumor mills turn out.

    I also happen to have some training videos from the 80s of Ninja Training by different masters. They're hillarious, one of them being Ashida Kim's Dragon Lady something.

    Anyhow, keep 'em coming.

    BTW- For those of you who do not know, if you ever want to read some good articles on Ninja Training look up the old Ura and Omote archives on the web. I have the link somewhere, and if I find it I'll post it.

    Take care!

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    Default Fighting Stars: Ninja, April 1986

    Editorial: 20/20 and the Watermelon Caper by Michael James
    On 20/20s lame piece regarding the proposed aforementioned bill, and on the effects of various martial arts weapons on a watermelon. The whole segment was laughable and factually faulty (as are a great many ‘news’ segments on martial arts.

    Going to the Source: Approaching Advanced Training by SKH
    SKH responds to letter-writers concerning Robert Bussey’s bizarre article in the previous issue. The impression I got from the article, was that Hayes was basically (politely) trying to say that Bussey had an immature and infantile understanding of the art.

    Weapons of the Ninja: Putting Your Skills to the Test by Robert Bussey
    Bussey went out during the winter, in a white ninjer outfit, to test his winter survival skills.

    Letters
    Tetsuya Higuchi wrote an open letter to 20/20, concerning their misunderstanding of martial arts.

    Contemporary Ninja: Only Human! by Bud Malmstrom
    On the maturation process and martial training.

    The Mind and the Martial Arts: Success as Saboteur by Thomas J. Nardi
    Don’t allow success to get in your way. The author presents two scenarios, one in which a student gets discouraged by his slower progress in training as compared to his fellow students, the other in which a student gets overconfident and eventually drops out of training.

    Mapping a Warrior Path: Don’t Confuse the Trappings with the Philosophy by Jack Hoban
    Don’t get caught up in ‘ninjamania’. Just keep training.

    Ninjutsu: A Science and a Way of Life by Hatsumi Sensei
    “Ninja no hachimon” (eight gates of the ninja), are studied and practiced each day. Each of these eight areas of understanding are equally important and should be viewed, and followed and practiced as a science and way of life. For many students in the United States, this is of great importance because many teachers claim to be true ninja and teach ninjutsu. Unfortunately, the only experience many have is from books.”

    Higuchi: A Newcomer in an Old Art by Roger Salick
    Head of Kidotai, the Japanese SWAT police, head instructor for the Tokyo Metro Police for 20 years, authority on taihojutsu (arrest techniques), served as bodyguard for Emperor Hirohito, PM Nakasone, Queen Elizabeth and Jimmy Carter “(He remembers Carter, especially, for his failure to remove his shoes in the Kodokan.”).

    The World Ninja Summit by William Groak
    Overview of the summit’s aims and the attendants.

    The Ninja Connection: Tips for Success by Thomas J. Nardi
    “Be willing to be flexible. The success of the ninja or any other martial artist depends upon flexibility. Be willing to change.”

    Ninja Dreams by Kirtland C. Peterson
    On interpreting dreams in which ninja-like figures appear.

    Ranger Training: In the Shadows of Glory by Kregg P. J. Jorgenson
    On the author’s experience in martial arts and the Army Rangers.

    Taijutsu: The Root of the Ninja’s Power by Brent deMoville
    On developing a feel for taijutsu.

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