Teaching Women's Self Defense Through Ninjutsu

[AllanF]

And if nothing else works, i'd like to be the first here to offer a ninja apology!

[wiz cool c]

i think i know what you mean now, instead of striking real bodies ,to vulnerable targets ,in ways that are natural for the human body to move under stress,for self defense. i should teach more slow motion solo tai chi forms and circle walking;]

[RobP2]

i think i know what you mean now, instead of striking real bodies ,to vulnerable targets ,in ways that are natural for the human body to move under stress,for self defense. i should teach more slow motion solo tai chi forms and circle walking;]

Nope you should just stop being a prick

[liokault]

i think i know what you mean now, instead of striking real bodies ,to vulnerable targets ,in ways that are natural for the human body to move under stress,for self defense. i should teach more slow motion solo tai chi forms and circle walking;]

Nope you should just stop being a prick

Don't stop him, you can't buy this kind of entertainment.

[Josealb]

I just discovered this thread, while being bored. Thank you, wiz, Thank you.

[Andy_S]

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Don't stop him, you can't buy this kind of entertainment.
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True, dat: As Ashida Kim and many a chop schlocky auteur knows, ninja ARE entertaining. Unfortunately, the sneaky little fellows in black (or in this case, red) are not necessarily the guys I would turn to for maidens' SD - or SD in general, for that matter.

If, OTOH, I wanted to storm a Japanese fortress in the dead of night...

[Steve James]

If, OTOH, I wanted to storm a Japanese fortress in the dead of night...

Are there any cases of ninja armies? Just askin'

[Wanderingdragon]

Every armed services now has their own branch for black ops or Special forces nowadays, don't they?

[Steve James]

In Japan, they were called samurai, no?

[Mr_Wood]

they had some in the armies around a certain shogunate but they were primarily used for information gathering and spying. There was no martial art so to speak affiliated with them in any time in history until the 1980's etc..

[Steve James]

Well, I asked if there were armies. There are always spies and assassins, to be sure. I really wanted to ask someone knowledgeable of Japanese military history whether there were documented cases of ninjas taking over castles.

[Mr_Wood]

not really, only the odd assassination attempt. i will ask my friend, he has specialist knowledge in this particular area of japanese military history.

[Mr_Wood]

not from my pal but found this

Following the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, Tokugawa employed a group of eighty Kōga ninja, led by Tomo Sukesada. They were tasked to raid an outpost of the Imagawa clan. The account of this assault is given in the Mikawa Go Fudoki, where it was written that Kōga ninja infiltrated the castle, set fire to its towers, and killed the castellan along with 200 of the garrison

In 1614, the initial "winter campaign" at the Siege of Osaka saw the ninja in use once again. Miura Yoemon, a ninja in Tokugawa's service, recruited shinobi from the Iga region, and sent 10 ninja into Osaka Castle in an effort to foster antagonism between enemy commanders

[gzregorz]

i think i know what you mean now, instead of striking real bodies ,to vulnerable targets ,in ways that are natural for the human body to move under stress,for self defense. i should teach more slow motion solo tai chi forms and circle walking;]

Sorry I couldn't resist.

[Steve James]

not from my pal but found this

Following the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, Tokugawa employed a group of eighty Kōga ninja, led by Tomo Sukesada. They were tasked to raid an outpost of the Imagawa clan. The account of this assault is given in the Mikawa Go Fudoki, where it was written that Kōga ninja infiltrated the castle, set fire to its towers, and killed the castellan along with 200 of the garrison

Interesting re Tomo Susekada, always thought he was a comic character. But, googling him in google books, I got to this http://books.google.com/books?id=ypfcF6 ... da&f=false

Interesting article.