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is a collection of heart-to-heart lessons from ninja grandmaster
Masaaki Hatsumi to his senior student and first American
disciple, Stephen K Hayes. When this book was first
published in 1987, Western martial artists could learn for
the first time what the grandmaster himself had to say about
the essence of warrior training that emphasised real-world
battlefield fighting methods (jissen-gata) -- from
the use of weapons to ninja invisibility
to kuji warrior spirituality -- as opposed to art
or sport. This important volume is now available once again
through Paladin Press, with new introductions by both authors,
an all-new epilogue entitled Twelve Years Later and a techniques
section that illustrates various classical ninja fighting
defences. This is an incredibly valuable book for every
martial artist who has ever wanted to go beyond the stereotypical
images of the ninja sensationalised in action-adventure movies
and gain access to the true secrets of the ninja grandmaster.
5 out of 5 - August 6, 2003
I was delighted to see this in print again.
If you have any interest in what the art of ninjutsu is about,
this book will give you keen insights and serve as a great
teaser to find out if one of hatsumi's students os teaching
near you.
One of the catchy characteristics of this book is that is
is for the most part the transcript of a meeting that Hayes
and his wife had with Hatsumi over 12 years ago, back in 1986.
Its new conclusion is a modern transcript of a meeting that
the three had a year ago.
You will especially enjoy this book if you have
trained with Hatsumi or his more skilled students. I would
also recommend his other books, along with Stephen Hayes'
books. Please take the time to look into getting Stephen Turnbull's
books on Japanese martial arts. They are very well done and
well illustrated!
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