Secrets of The Ninja: by Ashida Kim
Nov 30, 2006 19:29:26 GMT -5
Post by LWPD on Nov 30, 2006 19:29:26 GMT -5
Secrets of The Ninja: by Ashida Kim
tinyurl.com/yg8dmc
A true 80's era classic. Contains some excellent 'chi kung' breathing exercises along with an interesting albeit questionable exploration of Ninjitsu concepts. How much essence of the Ninja is contained with-in you? Read and find out. 85 page pdf.
"Ninjitsu as revealed herein is essentially a pragmatic art. It will employ any technique from any source which will serve its purpose. It strives always to be one with the natural order of things. This is the true meaning of 'passing without leaving a trace'.
It is said that the Ninja can walk through walls; that when they are looked for, they cannot be seen; when listened for, they cannot be heard; and when they are felt for, they cannot be touched. A Ninja never swaggers-his gait is firm and straight ahead. He neither makes a show of force, nor beats his own drum.
This is known as Mugei-Mumei no-Jitsu, "no name, no art." The Tao Te Ching, written by Lao Tsu as the request of a gatekeeper as he was leaving mankind in disgust after years of teaching enlightenment to ancient Chinese who squandered his words and wasted his lessons echoed this sentiment in one of the eight-one short poems in which he summarized all that he had learned. "Work is done, then forgotten. Thus, it lasts forever."
Taking credit inevitably leads to accepting blame. The Ninja had many injunctions against revealing the identity or the nature of their Art, destroying the weapon used to kill an enemy, for example. It is unlikely that sophisticated enough techniques existed in feudal Japan to make such evidence damning. The main reason it was done was to help the Agent purge himself of the horrible deed he had been forced to perform. The Ninja are not mindless, blindly obedient slaves as seen in popular fiction.
They are the only martial art intended to lead the Student on a journey of Self Discovery, so that there is no need to impose one's will on the world. All the while providing the means whereby any individual could ruthlessly claw his way to power. IF he but choose to.
The Game is not to kill the enemy, but rather to see him as lost and helpless. The Ninja of old wandered the countryside, seeking a kingdom where the people were happy and well fed. They would approach the ruler of such a tribe and offer to teach him the secrets of longevity, that his empire might live long and his people prosper.
Such is the Great Work, the 'secret teaching' the reason for anonymity."
LWPD (while there is truth to charges of Ashida Kim engaging in acts of fraud...there is a layer of substance to be found with-in his writings...particularly on the deeper meanings behind the allegory with-in Ninjitsu...his work has a degree of both philosophic merit and entertainment value)
The Ninja will not sacrifice himself needlessly, he will not be swayed by emotional appeals and he does not question the motives of those who would employ him. Should he accept their commission, he will become their hands, and accomplish that which they could not. He relies on his own ability. He is one with himself. What will happen in one’s life is already written, but one must choose to be there. This is the Way of Ninjitsu.
-the ever controversial Ashida Kim
tinyurl.com/yg8dmc
A true 80's era classic. Contains some excellent 'chi kung' breathing exercises along with an interesting albeit questionable exploration of Ninjitsu concepts. How much essence of the Ninja is contained with-in you? Read and find out. 85 page pdf.
"Ninjitsu as revealed herein is essentially a pragmatic art. It will employ any technique from any source which will serve its purpose. It strives always to be one with the natural order of things. This is the true meaning of 'passing without leaving a trace'.
It is said that the Ninja can walk through walls; that when they are looked for, they cannot be seen; when listened for, they cannot be heard; and when they are felt for, they cannot be touched. A Ninja never swaggers-his gait is firm and straight ahead. He neither makes a show of force, nor beats his own drum.
This is known as Mugei-Mumei no-Jitsu, "no name, no art." The Tao Te Ching, written by Lao Tsu as the request of a gatekeeper as he was leaving mankind in disgust after years of teaching enlightenment to ancient Chinese who squandered his words and wasted his lessons echoed this sentiment in one of the eight-one short poems in which he summarized all that he had learned. "Work is done, then forgotten. Thus, it lasts forever."
Taking credit inevitably leads to accepting blame. The Ninja had many injunctions against revealing the identity or the nature of their Art, destroying the weapon used to kill an enemy, for example. It is unlikely that sophisticated enough techniques existed in feudal Japan to make such evidence damning. The main reason it was done was to help the Agent purge himself of the horrible deed he had been forced to perform. The Ninja are not mindless, blindly obedient slaves as seen in popular fiction.
They are the only martial art intended to lead the Student on a journey of Self Discovery, so that there is no need to impose one's will on the world. All the while providing the means whereby any individual could ruthlessly claw his way to power. IF he but choose to.
The Game is not to kill the enemy, but rather to see him as lost and helpless. The Ninja of old wandered the countryside, seeking a kingdom where the people were happy and well fed. They would approach the ruler of such a tribe and offer to teach him the secrets of longevity, that his empire might live long and his people prosper.
Such is the Great Work, the 'secret teaching' the reason for anonymity."
LWPD (while there is truth to charges of Ashida Kim engaging in acts of fraud...there is a layer of substance to be found with-in his writings...particularly on the deeper meanings behind the allegory with-in Ninjitsu...his work has a degree of both philosophic merit and entertainment value)
The Ninja will not sacrifice himself needlessly, he will not be swayed by emotional appeals and he does not question the motives of those who would employ him. Should he accept their commission, he will become their hands, and accomplish that which they could not. He relies on his own ability. He is one with himself. What will happen in one’s life is already written, but one must choose to be there. This is the Way of Ninjitsu.
-the ever controversial Ashida Kim