1. Distance or “Run away.” 2. Guard or “A good face is worth protecting.” 3. Strategy or “Strategy is everything and Everything is strategy.”
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13 Feb 11
17 Aug 09
A note from one of my students: Hi Joe, Just wanted to let you know that I check your page a couple times a week and find the blog both informative and insightful, and at times really funny — like the Iron Man vs Bruce Lee fight you just posted. Anyway, the lunge punch question [...]
21 Oct 08
There is a wonderful saying that comes to us from the Gyokko Ryu Kosshijutsu tradition we study. Bushigokoro wo motte totoshi no nasu. In English we translate this as, “The warriors heart is precious and essential.”
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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.
Henka- Shinbu Fusatsu
- Shugyo
- Shiro Kuma
- Man Who Never Missed