INTRODUCTION
NINJUTSU – “Of Basic Knowledge“
Ninjutsu….!
A mystical word in the martial arts society,” is it true, is it false”, does it exists or is it just another continuation of exploiting an art form once flourished in medieval Japan.
Yes, there are a good lot of misconceptions and untrue stories and roomers, fantastic stories of so obscure detail that, it would immediately give the impression of it, not being true. Just remember where there is smoke, there is fire.
None the less, ninjutsu does exist….
The question is, is the person proclaiming to be a ninjutsu teacher, really a teacher of this mystic art, does he understand the reality of being. Is he in the broader perspective implementing the good foundation which was invented and laid out before us…!
Ninjutsu, most commonly referred to as the art of winning, although it can also mean perseverance, endurance and forbearance and it can also mean stealth, secretiveness, concealment, in both physical and mental realm,
Another word for ninja is, Shinobi,
A ninja is a person learning the art of ninjutsu, it is said, one, must be born in the lineage of ninja to be able to become a ninja,
I will not argue that statement but, any person with the right capabilities and trains in all the different levels for that particular art, will be able to say he is trained in the art of ninjutsu.
Ninja is not a type of race, sex, gender or even a nationality, one can carry on endlessly discussing where it all began but, this is not what this book is all about.
There are multitudes of books on history and development of which you can read up on the history.
With this book I hope to inspire the reader, to understand the concept of what we are doing and where we are going. And to give insight into the great advantages of knowing how simple it really is to defend oneself by learning the foundation of an awesome combat art, used centuries ago.
In to-days life it is most common to find “dojo” where students are taught the art of
ninjutsu, and by further investigation, to find the teacher is only, either a unqualified drop-out “other” form of martial art instructor, or even a qualified martial arts instructor proclaiming to be a “ninja” instructor, this is a wrong doing, to the sake of the art and also for the sake of ones mind (to be discussed on a later stage).
Another aspect is ninjutsu instructors trying to teach students methods and techniques that they can’t do or apply themselves, they have only read up about on but, don’t fully understand or know the technique well. This is all misleading to the student. When an instructor says he teaches “dim mak” (death touch), he will have to prove that to the student, actions speak loader than words, if you lie about one technique, you can lie about many more. Beware of false instructors who try to build up an image just to get more students. If there is one thing in life that I have learnt from my foster father, it is, to practice what you preach. You can not teach students things, you can’t do yourself. You can only teach of what you know, not of what you think you know.
In this book I hope you to find one reasonable technique of how to defend yourself, using normal body movements, and if necessary using weapons or implements of today’s life.
When ever you hear the word ninja, you would most probably think of a black clothed figure wearing a black hood, covered with weapons, crawling and crouching from one corner to the next in trying to outwit a person to being able to assassin him,
in medieval times most probably, yes but, now it is modern times, you don’t do things that way.
The art of the ninja also entails to blend in with people and surroundings, in the night and it’s a bushy area, yes you could don the dark clothes, but not in normal circumstances.
It would be very conspicuous to see someone roaming about in “ninja gi”, he would be reported to the authorities instantly as a possible cat-burglar or something.
To blend in you must be able to look like you are part of the people in that particular area, wear normal clothes, act normal do normal things, using an old “ninja trick” posing as a merchant promoting or selling items…. will probably still get you in anywhere. A little disguise could do the trick. “honsu jutsu”.
Weapons of the combatant, how do you think it would look running down the street with a broad sword, a spear or even “senban” or “shuriken” clipped all around your waist, in today’s surroundings it’s going to be more of a hindrance than anything else, objects will be bumping or hooking into things, your throwing stars or spikes will be tearing your pockets of your new Sunday suite, or might even cut you, for you think the blades must be super sharp.
In the daily modern walk of life, you have so many natural weapons to your disposal, you must just learn how to use them, but obviously who is going to teach you…
You will have to find somebody that knows and understands the body-mechanics of movement and balance and that knows how and where to use a pencil or broom or even a tray full of cups and saucers to defend yourselves.