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Originally Posted by Draven  Ninjitsu has fallen out of that "ultimate martial art" stereo-type-myth because most people who practice ninjutsu have turned into whiny little kids who are more interesting in politics & money then in actually training. IMHO |
I thought it was people get into it for fantastic reasons and become more serious later on (not all).
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Originally Posted by Draven Group A: Are for lack of a better term idiots, who like has already been stated are trying to project themselves into history, TV or fantasies, often this group ranges from pre-teen nerds who desire to beat up the jocks |
What is wrong with that? Many people (I hate the term nerd) are abused by "jocks" just because they are smart or say things badly, or are weak, etc.. What is wrong with wanting to be able to defend yourself when being wrongly abused.
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Originally Posted by Draven The last ninja in Japan was not Hatsumi but Seiko Fujita he trained and ran a commando force in Burma and China for 4 years, with out support in WW2. Fujita was the Grandmaster of Koga Ryu Ninjutsu and Nan Ban Sato Ryu Kenpo. Before his death Fujita combined the methods of koga ryu ninjutsu which had little need for hand-to-hand skills and contained only basic jujutsu skills with the kenpo style he had mastered. He also added elements of Chinese Martial Arts & Okinawan Karate. Fujita trained with many of great master of Jujutsu & Bujutsu and the founders of Shotokan, Judo and Aikido. After the conversion of Fujita's new ninjutsu system he called it Koga-Ha Sato Ryu Ninjutsu.
Koga-Ha Sato Ryu Ninjutsu roughly translates to Koga Family Sato School of Ninjutsu which marks the converging of Koga Ryu Ninjutsu & Sato Ryu Kenpo. So to see a strictly "traditional" school of ninjutsu defeats the idea of adaptation and growth that has always characterized ninjutsu as an art. |
What are you talking about? There IS (note not WAS) more than just one "ninja" left in Japan, and your talking like Hatsumi is dead, he is the grandmaster of his style(s) and niether him nor the other person you mentioned is/was the last "ninja" in Japan.