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Summary: This is not real Ninjutsu!
Review: Another Ashida Kim Flop. Kim blends all he knows into one martial art. Unfortunately, it is not historical or authentic ninjutsu (he spells it wrong, "ninjitsu"). Kim mixes terms from Japanese martial arts with some chinese kenpo terms, creating a strange and confusing cultural mishmash that would seem more at home in a thriller comic book. Again, we are left with pictures of the author in a black ninja suit "sneaking" past a sentry in broad daylight, highlighted by a big white wall in the background that would make him stand out even at night. The hand postures and kicking techniques are closer to kung fu and taekwon do, nothing like authentic bujinkan or genbukan ninpo. Ashida Kim claims to be affiliated with the Black Dragon Fighting Society, but recently the head of that group, Bill Aguiar took legal action to stop Kim from claiming association with the group, of which he was never an official member. Ashida Kim is the pen name of Christopher Hunter, who went maskless in his first book. There are authentic books on ninja arts by authors Hatsumi, Hates, and Daniels.
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Summary: Ashida Kim is totally out of touch with reality
Review: I bought this book for one of my brothers for Christmas as a joke, and we had a lot of fun laughing at it. Ashida Kim (who's real name is Chris Hunter) seems to be lost in a 1980's ninja movie inspired fantasy world. You'd think he learned ninjutsu by watching Sho Kosugi movies. Some of the "ancient secrets of surprise" in this book include tapping a sentry on the shoulder then moving in the other direction when he turns his head to look, and jumping out from behind trees and bushes. Heh heh heh. If you've got money to waste and are up for some cheap laughs, then any of Ashida Kim's books will do. If, however, you are looking for books on real-world martial arts, get something else.
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Summary: The Invisible Ninja
Review: If you want to true history of NinjUtsu, the true techniques and fighting styles of Ninpo, then buy Hayes/Hatsumi. This guy talks about Count Dracula or whatever that 60s karate guy's name was. Anyway, he talks about this guy who use to advertise in COMIC BOOKS ABOUT HOW GOOD HE WAS. And this man claims he TRAINED with him? He spreads lies, saying he got his mastership of NinjItsu when his "master" was lying on his death bed in some mountain on some far away land a long time ago. Was this also in a galaxy far, far away?
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Summary: The Invisible Ninja
Review: Konichiwa!! This is a very good book on Ninjutsu!!
It has many good stealth and surprise enemy removal techniques as well as unarmed techniques!! Even though most of the names of the techniques are in Chinese, but it has very good techniques on stealth, enemy removal, unarmed techniques, and distraction and tricky techniques!! Also, don't forget that's what Ninjutsu is mainly about is stealth and trick ideas!!
Master Kim did a great job with this book and others as well!!...
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Summary: Its plain and simple...
Review: The author of this book destroys all credibility in anything he might say by the fact that whatever art it is that he learned is obviously Chinese, as he uses Chinese names for his techniques. Ninjutsu is quite obviously Japanese, and would not contain names for techniques which cannot be written in the Japanese language. This one, blatant lie leaved me with no choice but to distrust anything he has to say.
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Summary: Secrets of Invisibility
Review: This book takes you through, step by step, the process by which a Ninja undertakes when infiltrating an enemy stronghold. It's almost like a story, going through the process in chronological order. Chapters include, Game of the Stones -- an exercise in memory, concentration, and observation
The Art of Stealth -- techniques for penetrating enemy ground by passing armed guards undetected
Vanishing and Evasion Methods -- evading the enemy should he discover your position
Escapes and Reversals -- should you be seized, how to reverse the enemy's hold and gain a position behind him. These chapters provide the basic guidelines one should learn and train until it's second nature if one wishes to master the art of invisibility. For the beginner student only. Many, many step by step photo's.
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