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Quotes & Proverbs
Saru mo ki kara ochiru. “Even monkeys fall from trees.” – Japanese proverb The first priority to the ninja was to win without fighting, and that remains the way. — Toshitsugu Takamatsu When the student is ready, the master appears. — Buddhist proverb The first step in Ninpo training is that of physical endurance. — [...]
Advanced Stick Fighting
In 2005 Hatsumi-sensei released his new book, Advanced Stick Fighting. Almost immediately, this book about the long staff was compared to his earlier book called Stick Fighting (publiched in the early-1970s) about short stick training. Both continue to be considered “must read” in the stick fighting community. “I think it is good to push yourself [...]
Understand? Good. Play!
With the private release of Ninpo: Wisdom for Life there seemed to be a renewed interest in Hatsumi-sensei‘s writings. Ben Cole, a Bujinkan member, had been writing down quotes from Hatsumi-sensei Japan classes visits for several years and sharing them. This eventually transformed into Understand? Good. Play!, a book of Bujinkan quotes from Masaaki Hatsumi. [...]
Ninpo: Wisdom for Life
In the 1980s, I met Hatsumi-sensei for the first time and found out that he had several books written in Japanese. Being an avid reader, I asked one of the Japanese-shihan about them. In a short while I was working on a translation of the first chapter of one book. Eventually I began a project [...]
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