Shidoshi reviews the 2009 movies: Ninja and Ninja Assassin.
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11 Jun 10
13 Jul 09
Recently, I have been listening to an audiobook by Travis Lee Heermann called Heart of the Ronin. It’s fun and is helping me pass time driving to and from work. In one scene the author described a sword fight that was nicely detailed. I wondered if he had any actual swordplay experience? And in wondering, [...]
10 Jan 09
Yesterday, I watched two movie trailers that really got me smiling. One was for the movie the Watchmen. If you haven’t read the Graphic Novel (in my book GN means mature comic book) then well, you are absolutely missing one fine piece of “cool.” Alan Moore helped change the way I read comics. He made [...]
29 Jun 08
Now, therNow, there will always be critics and it is a rare one that can look beyond the superficial to see the work and value in that which they critique. Often a critic’s job is to review a book on a subject matter, which they know little. To them a book is basically hundreds of [...]
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13 Feb 08
We had a GREAT class last night! I want to thank all who braved the snowstorm and attended! Class was a mixture of bojutsu (staff lessons) and discussion on sparring, kiai, intensity, fear and courage
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Ninpo: Wisdom for Life
This was the first small press Bujinkan book ever authorized by Hatsumi-soke. Translated by an amazing team of budoka lead by Joe Maurantonio, shidoshi. You can buy it by clicking on the book below:
Shadow Warrior
The Shadow Warrior highlights Darryl Caldwell's insight on the early years of ninja art and culture in America. Surviving the bruises, flashing blades, and dizzying mental shifts, he emerged as one of the first black belt teachers outside of Japan.
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