Showing posts with label Antony Cummings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antony Cummings. Show all posts

Friday, August 16, 2013

Full Diclosure... I'm a Low Life & God Damn Proud of It!

My life is chaos and in truth, I wouldn't know how to live it any other way. Right now I'm staying with a friend of mine who was my worst enemy in the 5th grade. That's right my life has reached the point where my best friends, are the people who've hated me the most. And I'm not talking about these pussies who throw out internet challenges and back out, send CPS to investigate you to scare you into backing out, (for those who don't know that was how Phil Elmore got Dan Bowen to back out the fight; filing a CPS complaint on Dan for involving his kid in a scene of his Web-series Danbo & using the open challenge as a way to pressure Dan Bowen into either going through with the fight or may be losing his kid. Dan can't & in no way supports me but I'm going to fuck you up for that myself & you'll know about it because when I call you out I'm gonna do it face to face bitch!) or cry babies like the guys at Bullshido.net which also backed out of a fight against Dan Bowen because someone on the forum threatened Dan Bowen if he didn't fight White Kimbo. I'm talking about the pieces of shit like Trooper Greg Duckworth, Bobby & Teresa Redden, Amanda & Randy Wayne Kirk & the rest of the badge wearing faggot ass punks who think a position in society means you're untouchable.

Time to let you in on a little secret, I touched you & now I'm a fixed part of your lives. You tried to destroy me to keep your skeletons in your closet; make me into the a liar, a child molester and a low life piece of shit to hide the fact you are.

First off lets look at the Bujinkan, Bullshido, the Martialist & Paladin Press then the courts and finally the named individuals. I'm gonna shock you for a minute and then I'm gonna mess with your head.

I covered the facts of the Ninjutsu politics issue in the blog on whether the Koga Ryu was Dead or Not... I don't really think lineage matters & even cover why the Bujinkan is resorting to lies and defamation of character to push their BS martial arts in the Bujinkan Lies post. I even hinted at certain details here with the Haters, Liars & Frauds blog post that drew out Barron Shepard. In the Attack by Stratagem post you can read the comments of those very much involved with those named groups. And I first addressed this issue on Ashida Kim's old forum to bait the idiots like Don Roley, Barron Shepard & Phil Elmore into giving the legal matters a mention on the web; leaving "mouse tracks" to lead you down the rabbit hole we call my life.

Despite the "secret ninja master claims" you can now look at guys like Antony Cummins (who while I think will be an absolute failure at creating a united the ninjutsu community is a Epic Success in addressing the truth); the man who translated the Shinobi Densho like the Ninpoden into modern English. You can & many will use that information to claim some link to history (I don't care its not important if they are lying) but if the knowledge recorded by the real ninja of history is being used by the next generation (after several other generations) & is passed down then a) those dead masters succeeded in their goals & b) they are a least passing on real ninjutsu.

Bullshido is a forum that exist to start drama to push MMA gear, T-shirts & inspire business by trying to convince none MMA martial artists to become involved in MMA events to prove themselves. Most of the time when these dramas get near time for completion they tuck dick and run. Such as Hedgehugey who wanted to fight me and challenged me, but made every excuse in the world to avoid coming to West Virginia from Virginia to fight me. His excuse? "I have no reason to go to West Virginia." So he wants to fight me but doesn't have a reason to come to West Virginia; except to fight me which his ass won't do... hmmmm... that sounds like a pussy! Ok I get it you're a man, your balls dropped. Dropped right he fuck off! (Was that out of line or honest?) Guess you'll have to come to WV to straighten that out.

Sam Browning who was given an opportunity to speak with me via phone call, have it recorded and put it on his Bullshido site, with various bits of evidence like the same legal papers displayed in the Haters, Liars & Frauds blog post. He instead refused to actually speak with me & instead suggested/demanded; I post things on his forum as  member. The reasoning is simple Sam might be confronted with information, claims or evidence that would have prompted certain tells in his voice (much the same way Phil Elmore sounded like a scared little bitch when Hanshi Frank Dux raised his voice a little over a phone interview; yet talked shit in type afterward) and that isn't good for business. A study published on Texting & Lying shows people are more likely to lie in text because you can't get a feel for how they say things or if they are lying.
Text Me No Lies: How Tech Makes Lying Easier
LA Time Same Story

So we can see where the sudden change of heart came from... Call me & prove me wrong, you can get images off this blog and my phone number is 304-860-0878. Any clean hotties who just wonna fuck, no strings attached and I don't want to play Bull Shit games who wonna call me, I'm here to.

And then we come to Phil Elmore and Paladin Press; Elmore is a "sock puppet" for Paladin Press who tries to use his association with others as a proof of his knowledge and skill. While Phil might be a good writer; he writes the Mack Bowen books which I find t be utter trash & completely unrealistic. Phil is also known for posing with weapons, trying to look tough (which makes him look like more of a tool), throwing up a "Rock Eye Brow" & hating Koga Ryu Ninjutsu because he is closely associated with both Bullshido & Bujinkan fraud Don Roley; who offer him a token inch of credibility. The very thing I've accused Bullshido of, so yeah back to Sam Browning & Neil "Frost" (Scared shitless of a fake ninja master who used to be a transsexual stripper) Fletcher; I'm not going to mention names but WE ALL KNOW WHO I'M TALKING BOUT & YOUR HOME TOWN KNOWS YOUR A PUSSY. That's why Browning is running with this show.

Phil Elmore's little bitch boy followers (punk-peons) such as Patrick Ferrari can be seen on the attack on the comments section of the Attack by Stratagem post.  Paladin Press contacted me in 2002 to write for them after Dojo Press (yes Ashida Kim's Company) published my first book Black Dragon Ninjitsu in 2000. And none other then those associated with Paladin Press Don Roley (Spent 15 years riding Hatsumi's nuts in Japan & heavily invested in the Bujinkan ninja cult) & Phil Elmore included. Elmore is the writer of such collective works as Street Sword, has a PDF Published called Street Chucks & a PDF of his first book Shorthand Empty Hand.

Lets look at my 1st Book over 8 years:
1st Edition sold on Amazon $19 for an out of print pamphlet from Dojo Press
3st Edition sold by Amazon its $95 for an out of print paper back by Indy Publisher Lulu.com
Read the 2nd Edition for free on Scribd. its free because Fuck it, why not? I'm a cocky prick who stands by his work. Oh and my students as well as local people who know me will tell you I get in the mix with my students, we literally train together.

Why are they out of print, because I'm that fucking good & if you read my material you'll see the difference between me and the rest of the guys teaching ninja martial arts; I don't give a flying fuck about history, tradition or anything but being skilled at what counts fighting, combat, stealth, espionage & psychological manipulation etc. Anything else is a sport (not a bad thing but don't confuse being a good player for being a good fighter; even if the game is fighting), a history lesson (hands on) or a damned D&D Asian fantasy game of Live Action Role Playing (LARPing).

Lets look at fantasy martial artist Phil Elmore; I will conduct a narrative review of his works ever so briefly.

Street Sword: WTF, Over!? I'm not buying this shit it makes me think of PCP Blade or the Crack Ninja & the Police.
Street Chucks: another WTF!? Ok Nunchaku were made illegal after an LA Police Officer used one to break a protesters arm in the 70s. Afterward & with much more attention because of dumb fuck cop's actions the weapon was commonly used thanks to movies like Enter the Dragon and the movie The Last Dragon attempted to make fun of this trend with a young martial arts master who was far to influenced by the movies then his real training. However, anyone can look at the late 60s, 70s and 80s and see this reflected in modern American Culture of teenagers who grew up during those periods (70s and 80s especially) and as adults today. Knowing this and the effectiveness of the weapon I wonder why anyone who grew up in this period of time (as myself and Elmore both have) would even suggest using nunchaku for self-defense. Otherwise Elmore admits on page vii of the PDF he states he learned the weapon usage from Ted Gambordella's The Complete Book of Karate Weapons, which is nothing compared to the reality of only a dumb ass would support this fat fucking faggot with delusions of grandeur.
Shorthand Empty Hand Expedient Stylized Fighting: The cover says it all, full of pictures of Phil Elmore training alone, demonstrating his "skills" alone & telling stories about using "goose neck strikes to "impress" his "skills" on people who were rude to him. He also quotes John Keehan the founder of the Black Dragon Fighting Society & miss mash of martial arts techniques resembling something like Kung-fu & a description on Myamoto Musashi's 7 principles of fighting that I found addressed in a Black Belt Magazine I have from the 90s (1999 issue I think; guessing of the top of my head; I will find it somewhere I still have it with comic books my mom never threw away incase I wanted to show my childhood to my kids.) No attention is placed on training, self-training or application outside of basically this is how to do a technique; which shows a lack of training to begin with and there are several "mentionings" of deadly techniques with no mention of how to develop the speed, accuracy & power to apply them. A sure sign of no experience as well. More to the point Appendix B: Dealing with the Homeless (page A-5) is a story about how those with less money are below you & want to take it from you. A sure sign of inventing a crisis to connect New York's high crime with poverty; yet its not being poor but a willing choice to commit crimes that address that fact.

This book seems to high light a repressed and unacknowledged fear & hatred for the "Bad Boys" who didn't "accomplish anything." Yet didn't respect him that he did, and a need for validation of his own existence. A wonnabe tough guy who thinks a greater accomplishment then someone he tries to bully makes him "better" then the next person. Yet is unable to realize that the people he attacks; sees him as a sad pathetic shell of human being not fit to be called a man & money, validation of is ego and his constant fear of being exposed under that mask by claiming association to others who validate his ranting and ego isn't gonna change.

You see these internet wonnabe bad asses forget one thing; there is always someone bigger and badder then you. I Addressed things like this in my Street Focus Jujitsu Book (also available in a "stripped down" in PDF on Scribd); its a very simple thing called the Theory of Victimization. I get it... Phil Elmore was a victim of someone who was also victimized and wanted to be "tougher" so he took to martial arts to become tougher (did that shit when my Dad tried to kill my mom and slapped me across the bed room when I tried to stop him when I was three; I went deeper into a world of martial arts and eastern philosophy). Hey I went through the same shit as a kid. But, I don't need to invent "threats" from the mentally ill or those with less money then me, or side with the "cool kids" to mess with other people who's lives suck just like mine do to feel empowered. It happened and I'm alive...

See I'm gonna tell you all a little secret, my best friend who was my worst enemy; we hated each other because our lives, our names even (Ronald Collins Jr. & Ronnie Fink Jr. yeah that ass hole) & hell even the way we dressed was so much a like. At 33 years old its takes looking at yourself and realizing you see yourself in those you hate the most... yeah I said I get it. But when you learn to over yourself, you even learn to love them for who they are faults and all.

Your all fakes and liars trying to look legitimate by pointing fingers and starting drama. That's the basic guiding principle behind what is happening with the legal issues and well.. These Bitch asses idiots on the net want to see me knocked down a peg or two because I openly admit I AM A FUCK UP!!! My Daddy was a fuck up & in some ways so was my Mom (hell she married the prick) its who I am. Who we are... but I don't use being a Fuck Up as an excuse its who I am.

But lets look at the legal issues here; the attention from the guys at Bullshido.net brought to my attention that a guy was arrested for possessing child pornography that was legitimate legal pornography; Adult Film Star Verifies Her Age, Saves Fan from 20 Year in Prison. And well I've been pretty much direct as hell about statements and that Appeals Hearing being of Vital Importance to proving my innocence. We all know I was found INNOCENT of the Stalking & Assault charges. With a mention of Ashley Redden's Bull Shit "I was raped story" even addressed; wasn't guilty of that either. Oh and everyone knows Leah "I suck dick for dime bags behind the mall dumpster" Kirk little story about me putting a gun to her head and making her blow me story, the case being dropped to a plea agreement for delinquency was bull shit as well. But its a lie started by Don "bitch ass" Roley who also is the source of info for Phil & Bullshido. Phil doesn't have the balls to call me by name in his little news editorials on World Net Daily; instead calls me "John" which isn't phonically too different from Ron.

Course I'd like to point out that, I pointed this out on YouTube & the Appeals Paperwork was shown right here. Bujinkan Lies: A Pattern of lies, manipulation, and character assassination. But hey, there is that connection to Maryanne Jennings, Greg Duckworth, the Kirks, Reddens & the Lillys. Which also connects to the Keller family (my mom's family), the Collins family (my dad's side of the family). Keep that in mind, I'm also connected to Massey's and everyone who knows will tell you Danny Massey used to treat me like a son and tell everyone he taught everything (he didn't but he did teach me a lot) before the hammer incident with Teddy Massey (dude I know it fucked us up as friends but if you ever get to read this I'm sorry & I love you, little brother. I don't care if you hate me I want you to know that). If your local you know the Martins (Danny's mother Bulla's blood family) and what that in tells but I ain't airing their dirty laundry.

Here are 3 pieces of paper the first is a receipt showing that I had to pay to get the criminal complaint for the warrant for child pornography, the warrant and then the criminal complaint; that mentions that 2nd Search warrant the Prosecutor denied an didn't turn in with the rest of the
Official Paperwork. Which mentions that 2nd search warrant no one wants to come off of. So here is the deal; the case will be dropped, my property returned, transcripts from the appeals hearing and all such hearings given to me. We can take this to court but all evidence and transcripts will be turned over. If not fuck it, I can go Christopher Dorner and I don't need to own a gun (I can stick a sharp stick or a stone knife into some cops throat & take his). I've been addressing how the police have tampered with evidence and made false statements. It would suck to get fucked up by a lone fake ninja, who takes you out with sticks and rocks (kind of like Rambo or the Hunted) & have people looking into your lives right?

Especially, since according the Bad Elk v United States I can resist a false arrest & according to Brady v Ohio I have circumstantial evidence showing the whole Raleigh County Judicial System being involved in criminal activity under color of law. I have no reason t trust any cops, judges, lawyers or magistrates to believe shit any of you say even with a warrant. I  been stating this for months on YouTube videos to cement that point. So yeah... I can go there but in all likely hood all I gotta do is evade capture and if I defend myself too bad.




Here is how it is, the child porn Warrant says Apparent Child Pornography (like the guy on Bullshido pointed out). Maybe this is a Lupe video or similar (go for young, attractive & bendy women between 18 to 25, since the child porn shit I've had girls with crushes on me popping up and saying "I'm legal now!" so yeah there is some local haters about me sleeping with barely legal 18 year girls; who keep throwing themselves at me because of school girl crushes, even had a few daddy's little girls in their as well). And I watch porn... The Warrant also lists the dates of the information as the date they took my computers; yet I was in Jail on a bond revocation hearing dealing with Ashley Redden. Oops...

A quick question, why doesn't the warrant say anything before that? Is it possible the police up loaded the videos, after my uncle went to then knowing I'd threatened him with reporting him for the porno I caught him downloading, on the date they took my computers. Course that would mean I knew it was going to happen when I said this and recorded it on my blackberry that I accidently called an Android Phone. And I admitted it, but a mention of a phone recording they had and going back o the original case as everyone else involved with Magistrates Jennings, Massey & Judge Hutchison trying to cover sit up and me violating the law openly and putting it on the net. That means the reason Hutchison didn't bring charges against me was for secretly taping a court hearing or Kirkpatrick for that matter is the laundry list of complaints and the evidence they'd have to open up. Yeah I'm kinda poking ya'll with a stick.

Wait lets read the criminal complaint says the Forensics lab contacted the undersigned officer & that a second search warrant was obtained. Yet the date of the crime occurring is listed as February 25th 2011 (my alibi I was in jail). Without a complete chain of custody & that second search warrant which bring up some issues with Magistrate Massey having no record of my preliminary hearing & with the evidence already missing. Well if that 2nd Search warrant doesn't exist; you've been caught lying. And the videos already show elements which are supported in writing;
Assistant Prosecutor Pat Lamp's states when I addressed this before Judge Kirkpatrick...
Lt. Deeds on Tape... I told you ass hole this is what it comes down to remember its in writing...

See unlike Dorner who was a cop and not a grunt (11B Army Infantry, like me) I know how to lay out my plans, I know my tactics and I've spent years in Korea (think 6 months of field time) were I got to play OPFOR (Opposing Force) and learn to beat the Army's Night Vision and Thermal Technology.

See Ashley is too scared t fight & I know you've used her kid to scare her into submission but I also know all those "threats" to put you bastards on ice phased with supportive legal case laws & a history of complaints exists online. More so copies are floating around Beckley, Canada, Mexico, Chicago, Cleveland and Dayton Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Florida, Texas, Australia & South Africa. I also know all Ashley has to do is tell the truth and any CPS complaints or police set ups could prompt a "Fuck It" response from me.

You want me to be a low life thug, fine I'm a low life thug... How do like me now? See before I let you label me a terrorist & a pedophile, knowing you're committing acts of terrorism under color of law and most of you are pedophiles or protecting child raping faggots like my uncle Thomas Calvin Keller; I will give you what you want. I have nothing to lose but my self-respect. I know who I am; I'm a low life; I drink, smoke weed, eat shrooms, pop some pills on occasion, even snorted a line of coke or 3 & I'm bout to get high tonight. I have one night stands & used to love a good fight. Yeah I'm a fuck up & I've had more then a few fuck ups who watched my back as a kid of 15, 16 & 17. My life is a cross between that god damned The Last Dragon Movie, Burn Notice & Son's of Anarchy. Its not cool, is painful and destructive and something most of you will never know anything about living your safe comfortable lives, watching your backs keeping your skeletons tucked away in the closet, adding more to it as you go... I'm putting my shit out front in the yard, I even dress them up for the holidays.

 See I'm a low life scum bag & you either hate me because a) you think it would be fun to be me, thus want to be me, b) live under the delusion that you're better then me because (you don't have a criminal record or have more money or whatever) or c) you keep pretending you have that "Father Knows Best" lifestyle all the while trying to hide yourself. Keep your paper work and paper tiger bull shit, look at who I am and what I did... It doesn't matter where I came from, I DON'T NEED A Certificate to Know I'm this fucking good; I just did it assholes. I established a spy network with my own informants so I could keep tabs on the police while I sold drugs and lived with two snitches DJ & Nathan Lilly while doing it & bought my shit off Teryn Price who is also an informant and connected to the Reddens. Teryn is also connected to Adkins clan, whom Ishould point out I'm related to by marriage. Yeah... I know all about you, you're secrets...

As far as the ninjitsu stuff goes let me say this; Ashida Kim has been my mentor and my friend. Many of the methods I used and disclosed in the 3rd Edition of Black Dragon Ninjitsu was a combination of what Kiyoshi Omoto of Canada taught me and what I learned from Ashida Kim through his books. Its not purely Ashida Kim's works but it draws heavily from it & well it worked. So keep that in mind when you talk shit; I'm living a movie life and you're just watching.

Oh and Greg: Special Notice for You...
Before you think about fucking threatening my family (that includes anyone I say it does) just remember I know were you live, mother fucker! I've always known were to find you, at any time over the last 8 years I could have slipped through a window and slit your throat in your sleep with your wife right next to you, been waiting for you to come home watched your TV and shot you in half with 12 gauge as you walked into your living room while drinking your beer and eating your food, then burned your house to the ground or just picked you off from the woods as you pulled in your drive way. I know all about those pill whore snitches you been fucking and no this isn't a threat. In fact, its me telling you, I don't want to do you any harm, I want my name cleared and a chance to live my life without having to look over my shoulder. I found your cell phone number what you use to made deals for Taylor Made by going through the West Virginia Department of Commerce's database and I have your home address the same way. Google maps provided the image.

Don't confuse don't want to for won't do it... See living a public life as part of Taylor Made might help convince people of the reputation you been trying to build and image you created. I'm taking the mask off today; this is me; and even people who know me from grade school will tell you I had a bad habit of talking shit and telling the truth no one wants to face (So did Ronnie Fink Jr,). You can think that badge gives you power but with the evidence and statements all aired out online it doesn't mean shit. Not for Palmateer, Moore, Efrid, Lt. Deeds, Capt White, Col Smithers or fucking Governor Tomblins. The amassing Police State and political climate of the United States facing national and global economic collapse is perfect for acts of violence to pop off, violence against the police is rising & pissing me off with all this aired out is simple; I'm gonna burn your little play house down. And I will start the 2nd the American Revolution if that's what it takes (let us just go there to get this out the way shall we...).

Way I see it, you can accept your fuck up and clear my name, tell the truth about how you set me up (face the consequences like a man) or you can push me a little further & see if I'm willing to test the Bad Elk v United States & Brady V Ohio case law course I'll only turn myself in after I feel I'm done and the situation could escalate. How does feel to deal with creating your own devil who's bringing your hell with him?

See I'm a low life, thug but I'm nothing you're used to... cause I'm a ninja (and a Juggalo) & you never saw this whole mess coming even though I wrote it out in the complaint to Lt. Deeds (below). While you're reading that read the statement on Thomas C. Keller as well... I might be a ninja but I  ain't hiding; here I am... come out & play.










 
Hey speaking of ICP Ronnie found this last night; its ICP saying that God was in everything they do... now consider who I am, what I've lived through and where I stand. See God made me stronger then you'll ever know or be and I have no fear of any of you. We are all guilty in this mess on different levels; so what I sold drugs, fucked up people's heads and hurt people I will murder you to protect. That's who I am I make no apologies...
 
I will sacrifice myself knowing that there are those who have learned from me and who will learn from all the publicly available info. You can kill me but to quote Obi wan "Strike me down and I will become more powerful then you can imagine." Because other people just saw what that knowledge of mine can do, and how far it brought you. There is blood in the water and the sharks are circling.
 
See as for me and Ronnie and going back that far in my life, we lived lives full of pain and heart ache and are sad hurt and broken. Everyone can be broken but its what you do when you put yourself back together again. See I'm a bit like Batman with all the training and academic knowledge but Ronnie knows the same shit from experience. In the end, there is no Batman without the Joker and as much as Batman denies it, hides behind the mask of Bruce Wayne he's a monster no different then a Killer Clown hiding his murderous face behind a mask of face paint.
 
You deny who you are and today I'm going introduce you to Batman (the Real Bruce Wayne without his mask or a silly costume). I set down and had a beer with the Joker and holy fuck he's right... you can all go fuck yourselves. I'm coming to rip those masks off your faces & beat you within an inch of pathetic miserable lives. Sorry Ashley they may scare you but I can do this with or without you.  Anything happens to Ashley Redden or her daughter, you might as well just slapped my little sister (oh wait we're past that aren't we...). Guess you weak fucking pussies are gonna be looking over your shoulders now...
 
I've been talking to a guy who knows a guy who might be letting me use his Boxing Gym to teach my stuff. Now let me just address something here; I'm a low life remember. I even think racist jokes are funny. Want to hear a good one; what do you call a Redneck a baby pool? Its that pool of cum in the small of your sisters back when you pull out after fucking her doggy style. Bet you thought it was going to involve the word nigger right? Nah... I know full well what its like to be hated just for being who you are so yeah, I got black friends and we tell each other some really twisted racist jokes. We don't have to hide, just cause you hide your skeletons doesn't means I have any hidden and the skeletons of mine are dressed up on the lawn are all there is. I kinda know what it means to be black.
 
There it is full disclosure; and an undercover cop witnessed it two days ago.
He even helped out while revealing himself as an undercover to me (yeah I know your rule book);
Dude played right out the text book. Yeah I know you could lock my ass up but you won't cause you saw the good that was done, even if I wasn't playing from the rule book.
 
Question is was he City, State, County or Federal!?
 
 The Truth is you can lie & point fingers but I know what I did. I ain't hiding it, can you say the same???

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Last "Last Ninja:" The Fraud of the Ninjutsu Lineage Arguements

If you have spent any time on martial arts forums or facebook you notice that the issue with ninjutsu is lineage. So lets discuss lineage...

Before we get further let me say that I would like the thank Antony Cummings & the Historical Ninjutsu Research Team for translating the Densho and Historical Ninjutsu Research Group for helping to throw some ideas around on Facebook. So thank you all.

Now then let me start by addressing the ninja lineage issue in itself, as such... There is no verifiable ninja lineage proven to exist in the 20th Century and therefor none in the 21st Century. That's right my lineage is basically someone told me "this is ninjutsu" and I've told my students "this is ninjutsu" then Antony Cummings pops up with translated scrolls and says "This is Ninjutsu!"

So we know what ninjutsu is and what it isn't. Imagine a coin; this coin is warfare. On one side is the heads; the public image of combat skills, strategy, tactics etc. On the other side is the tails; except our tails is just a blank space because the tails is invisible and unseen. Ninjutsu is not the art of invisibility but the invisible (unseen) art, its practice is not in stealth killing or hiding but in gathering information, infiltration and investigation. Or as explained by others ninjutsu is Espionage, Sabotage & Assassination; though the use of assassination is more geared toward enemy agents who themselves are seeking to gather information and subvert your side's own operations then killing enemy leaders and politicians.

Oddly enough the first "Last Ninja" was Fujita Seiko who never stated if had or hadn't passed on his ninjutsu lineage and while it is assumed he didn't it is of little consequence at this point. The fact remains (again thanks to the efforts of Anthony Cummings while in Japan) a copy of the Nakano Espionage Course revealed Fujita Seiko did teach ninjutsu at the famed Nakano Espionage School in Japan during WW2 and that he taught from the Bansenshukai. Two distinct versions of this text exist, one for Koga (Koka) Shinobi and another for Iga Shinobi. Both are basically the same text with only a slight difference in how things are compiled. So for a "fraudulent ninja" with no proven lineage Fujita Seiko had a hand in training modern Japanese Espionage Agents during WW2. To be honest, that's pretty **Bleeping** Ninja!

Now to consider the issue of whether Fujita Seiko actually passed on his ninjutsu to someone else? We don't know, if ninjutsu is meant to be an invisible art then would even have passed it on to a new Soke? He never stated he wished to let the art die. Of course he never stated he wished to see it kept alive either. The fact remains ninjutsu is not a martial art and is separate from the combat methods of soldiers. It does not mean the Shinobi/Ninja is not trained as a soldier/warrior but that the combat training and soldiering skills are separate from the espionage skills, trained differently and hidden from the eyes of regular soldiers.

Bansenshukai
Volume Index & Contents
Volume 1: Jo
Preface & InterductionPhilosophy of Successful Warfare & StrategyHistorical Examples of Successful Warfare & StrategyIndex of the Volumes
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Volume 2: Seishin
Sincerity, Motivation & Moral Strength of Intention
Correct approach to Life & Death

Volume 3: Shochi
Methods For Managing a Ninja Organization
Using Ninja Successfully
Conditions for Stopping Enemy Agents
Methods for Infiltrating An Enemy's Base

Volume 4: Yo-Nin
Various Methods For Observing The Enemy's Intentions:
*Continuous observation through agents placed during peaceful times
*Location of agents after war breaks out
*Observation of the geographical layout of the enemy's territory
*Observation of the enemy's force numbers, capabilities and other strenghts
*Observation of the enemy's strategy and positioning
*Nokisaru: (The Eaves Monkey) Agents who specilize in watching and listening (Ancient Application of using Audio-Video Bugs and Wiretaps)

Volumes 5, 6 & 7: In-Nin
Shinobi Yochi- Ninja Night Attack/Raid Techniques
Goto- Mugging & Assailent Techniques
Methods Of:
*Stealth
*Deception
*Confusion Tactics
*Surprise Attacks & Ambushes
*Disguises
*Sneaking In & Burglary
*Capturing Enemys
*Betrayal
*Individual Fighting
*Group Hit & Scatter Tactics

 Volume 8: TenjiTentoki {Heaven Time} Tenmon {Heaven's Gate}
Methods For Interpreting The Coditions InThe Enviroment:
*Weather Forcasting
*Tide Tables
*Moon Phases
*Determination Of Direction & Location By Observing The Stars
*Divination
*Predicting Future Trends & Happenings

Volume 9: Nin-ki
Toki- Climbing Gear
Suiki- Water Gear
Kaiki- Entering Gear
Physical Dimensions & Specifications of Equipment

Volume 10:
Kaki- Fire Gear:
*Explosives *Smoke Bombs
Medicines
Poisons
Sleeping Potions
Formulas

While the Bansenshukai deals with a selective concern of small teams tactics (considered skirmish tactics in their time) it has nothing on ninjutsu as a martial arts system teaching either joint manipulation or striking, nothing to hold a sword or shoot a bow and arrow. These are soldier skills and a special forces unit does not shoot a gun any different then an infantry soldier fresh out of basic, except that the Special Forces soldier trains more and has more experience.

So what does this have to do with the Last Ninja or Last Ninjas that seem to be popping up? Quite simply, while Fujita Seiko may or may not have been a Soke of a tradition, he was an instructor for the Nakano Espionage School training spies and commandos during World War 2.

The Last Ninja title is now claimed by Hatsumi, who has no connection to ninjutsu or a proven lineage; except that claims a higher order of Ninjutsu called Ninpo & he learned it from Takamatsu. In fact much of Takamatsu-den lineage claims to be false. Lets examine it and then why.

Toshitsugu (Chosui) Takamatsu claims to have inherited several schools from Toda Shinryuken, these schools are;
  • Gyokko-ryū/Gyokko-ryū Kosshijutsu
  • Kotō-ryū Koppōjutsu
  • Shinden Fudo Ryu/Shinden Fudō-ryū Dakentaijutsu
  • Togakure Ryu Ninpo Taijutsu
  • Gyokushin Ryu Ninpo
  • Kumogakure Ryu Ninpo

  • As Toda Shinryuken Masamitsu is listen in Volume 1 of the Bugei Ryuha Daijiten as having died 4 years before Tokamatsu's birth, however this was not fixed until the 3rd edition of the Encyclopedia of Martial Arts; the Bugei Ryuha Daijiten, after being addressed in the 2nd edition. And the existence of fictional characters the equal of Robinhood and King Arthur in the west was stated in the first volume and corrected by Takamatsu other questions require answering.

    How come as a military man and sword instructor no record of Toda Shinryuken exists?
    How come as a bone setter no tax records exist?
    How come Takamatsu placed his death 4 years before his own birth?

    The reality Takamatsu seems to have made up Toda Shinryuken after being forbidden from teaching claiming a ninjutsu lineage through the Kuki family. You see the Amatsu Tatara claims a direct transmission from Babylon via a Chaldean King who brought a great library of knowledge to tribal Japan. While Takamatsu claims this knowledge was in the Kuki Family's possession and has a creditable lineage to the Kuki Family, the Family denies the existence of the Amatsu Tatara before Takamatsu "discovered it" and disputes Takamatsu's claim to destroyed scrolls and his own copies of the documents.

    So automatically six of the nine traditions are proven false, looking at the issues with Takamatsu's story more so then his lineage and his habit of making grandiose claims; such as hiss letter detailing his "secret spy missions" in China during World War 2; Takamatsu had bragged that a busted ear drum (a training injury) prevented him from joining the military during that time. More so, as proven by the Kuki family the destroyed scroll claim is false due to the Densho being held in wood cases that protected them; while their are missing scrolls these have been lost to time and while their was a fire several scrolls which were "burned" merely had their wooden cases scorched while the scrolls inside where protected from the damage.

    Many Bujinkan "scholars" point to Shindenfudo Ryu Daikentaijutsu as being proof of Toda Shinryuken's existence. This is relatively true except that the Shindenfudo Ryu studied by Kuki Takei from the Kuki family of Kukishin Ryu and a Senior student of Jugaro Kano the founder of Judo was not a student of Toda Shinryuken. In fact their is a style of Shinden Fudo Ryu Jujutsu with a completely different lineage and no connection to the Bujinkan or Takamatsu except that it was studied by Kuki Takei. This lineage of Shinden Fudo Ryu Jujutsu and Judo are the sources of Baritsu; an English Self-Defense System created by  Edward William Barton-Wright in 1898. Barton was an Engineer who spent several years in Japan.

    It is therefore easy to assume in light of the other falsehoods that either;
    a) Takamatsu invented the Kuki Takei connection to Shindenfudo Ryu or
    b) Takamatsu added Shinden Fudo Ryu to the list of arts taught to him by Toda Shinryuken (a man yet unproven to exist) to make the fictitious Toda seem more real by adding a legitimate martial art to the fictional arts passed down to him by a fictional master.

    So no argument stands as none of these six ryu ha have been proven and the man Takamatsu claims as the source seems non-existent.

    This leaves only Kukishinden Ryu, Takagi Yoshin Ryu & Gikan Ryu.
    *Kukishinden is a splinter from the Kuki family's Kukishin Ryu formed by Takamatsu. While the Kuki family doesn't wish to speak of Takamatsu save for clarifying the destruction story to be a falsehood & to label the Amatsu Tatara as the work of Takamatsu not much else is gleamed. Whether Takamatsu broke away from the Kukishin Ryu and founded his own ryu-ha Kukishinden to become Soke of own traditional is debated. The fact is Kukishinden Ryu is a verifiable and traceable system to the Kukishin family.
    *Takagi Yoshin Ryu under Mizuta Yoshitaro is also not disputed and Takamatsu was in possession of the Takagi Yoshin Ryu Densho to validate his claim.
    *Gikan Ryu has some dispute as there are two different lineages claiming Takamatsu inherited/learned from both Mitzuta Yoshitaro and Ishitani Matsutaro Takekage; yet no proof exists for Ishitani's existence and a supposedly claimed grave site with the name doesn't prove this person knew, taught  or inherited a lineage to pass on to Takamatsu.

    So we see 2 and half (I give Gikan Ryu a half value) lineages that are proven under Takamatsu and none of them are ninjutsu or have anything to do with ninjutsu except that Takamatsu experienced the Ninja Boom of Japan in the 1930s and 50 years later Hatsumi a student of Takamatsu mass marketed the ninja image during that time.

    In 1969, Donn Draeger wrote in Comprihensive Asian Fighting Arts "The late Fujita Seiko was the last of the living ninja, having served in assignments for the Imperial Government during the Taisho and Showa eras. No ninja exist today. Modern authorities such as T. Hatsumi are responsible for most research being done on ninjutsu."

    Fujita was also called the last true ninja in his obituary in 1966 published in a tourist magazine in Japan. Despite claims that Fujita didn't teach ninjutsu at Nakano has been disproved by historical research done by Antony Cummings, however is was only a 8 hour course of study.

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    The Iga Ninja Museum (a tourist attraction and not an academic institution) claims the "last ninja" is their honorary directer Jinichi Kawakami; however he claims only to be the Soke of Koga Ban family Ninjutsu both Iga and Koka Ryu arts.

    Hatsumi claims title of "last ninja" from Takamatsu whom Hatsumi believed was divine (yes they worship him in the Shinto sense of paying homage to spirits) and named his Bujinkan Dojo after Takamatsu; Bu: War or pretaining to War, Jin: God or Divine Spirit & Kan: Hall or Domain. Bujinkan literally translates to Hall of the Warrior God or War God's Hall.

    In his 2006 book Takamatsu Toshitsugu: The Last Shinobi Wolfgang Ettig refers to Takamatsu as the "last shinobi" citing unproven and fanciful tells of Takamatsu fighting death matches in China and similar unproven tells. Such as his self-established Moko no Tora (Tiger of Monogolia) title. Surely a famed fighter of several "death matches" who carried out espionage activies for the Japanese government and known by such a name to his enemies would have some proof?

    Consider that (picking on Hanshi Frank Dux) a "notorious ninja fraud" Frank W. Dux is often reputed by his enemies as having been proven to have lied about the whole Blood Sport Kumite fighting event; had taken Soldier of Fortune Magazine in court and proved they used unverified claims and never investigated the facts. Consider that an alleged fraud who sued Jean Claude Van Dam actually attended the Iran-Contra hearings as a witness, whose claims to being an (untrained) agent for the CIA was verified by an assistant director for the CIA, a Naval Intelligence Officer and a former Soviet Officer who defected to the US. Oh and those alleged sugared glass bottles he broke in Bierce France and the alleged fake bullet proof glass is listed as real in the Genius Book of Records.

    So Frank Dux isn't a fraud? You decide my opinion is, no. Nor does he claim to be the "Last Ninja" or such nonsense. The fact remains the Last Ninja title has a very specific point to it. Money...


    Let us examine Shidoshi Richard Van Donk's site advertising a video ninjutsu course, that takes you up to shodan; though fine print says training requires direct testing for shodan. But the second image is priceless; it lists other courses...
    * Nidan Course for you second degree black belt
    * Sandan Course for your third degree black belt
    * A Shidoshi-Ho Course teaching you to be an instructor
    * A Ninja Masters Course teaching you to go from beginning to Godan (5th degree black belt) requiring you to test in Japan before Hatsumi in Japan.

    Shihan Van Donk isn't the only one doing this;


    That's right more mail order black belts offering authentic ninjutsu; this is little different then video self-defense courses & I don't believe these courses are without merit as a tool for learning. They are marketed towards a single end goal. Offering an instant "bad ass certificate" that proves you are a "bad ass" without having to put yourself at risk. Much like the Military Hand-to-Hand combat courses and Civilian Self-Defense Courses they offer you a good feeling and little chance to exercise those skills; to prove them in a training or real world situation.

    The problem comes from lack of usage or experience with these skills; its been covered ninjutsu is not fighting arts & these courses do not offer anything in regards to espionage or intelligence operations.

    Instead they offer a Hollywood image of being a deadly ninja assassin with black suit and sword, not very in line with the Bansenshukai is it?

    More so looking at the Ninja Master Courses and Shidoshi-Ho courses we see a present trend of "home schooled martial artists" becoming instructors. Claiming a legitimate and authentic system, which isn't in any way related to historical ninjutsu and, many spending their time on the Internet attacking "fraudulent ninja practicers" to boost their own self-importance.
     Looks like I'm buying a Sham Wow!
    with Ninjas... 
     
    The fact remains several shidoshi-ho (godan ranked instructors) are listed in the Success Stories section who have used this course and are now instructors operating Dojos, some with websites listed.
    Then your "home schooled ninja master" becomes a home schooled instructor and teaches your kids the "secrets of the ninja." I think I mentioned Sham & Wow at some point (joking by the way). While this has value as a learning tool; something I don't discount and in all honesty most instructors from creditable arts, lineages and organization often have little real world experience. I myself was a student of McDojo baby sitting service and except for a few school yard fights and teenage stupidity (ok a lot of teenage stupidity) had to get experience the hard way. It is honestly better to be untested then to have to test yourself when you are unprepared from academic learning, my personal experiences and observations after the experiences had ended.
     
    Looking at the Ninjutsu IBDA Course Curriculum; this course who's subject matter is martial arts and fighting techniques; nothing concerning ninjutsu as listed in the Bansenshukai or other historically research materials.
     



     
    All the way up to judan (10th Degree Blackbelt) ninjutsu is not covered and while a passing glance does uncover the mention of Togakure Ryu we have the problem; excluding the lineage issues, that Togakure Ryu is mostly weapons with little unarmed "taijutsu" and hardly any espionage mentioned or taught.
     
    How does this compare the "frauds" like Frank Dux and Ashida Kim; well Hanshi Dux was a private contractor contracted to operate as a spy; an espionage agent. I don't have much concerning frame work for teaching as Hanshi Dux desires to keep it a secret of he and his students. Grandmaster Ashida Kim (Admittedly a Stage/Ring Name); allegedly Radford Davis Jr and Christopher Hunter, seems to follow the course of what is historically accurate.
    Looking first at Secrets of the Ninja, we see a contents page; with the first subject after the preface on Ninjutsu History speaks of espionage as a weapon, followed by a basic coverage of ninjutsu dealing with meditation for inner strength and kuji kiri. This compares with the spirit of the Bansenshukai Volumes 1 & 2, which is considered by many historical researchers the "Bible of Ninjutsu."
    The rest deals with In-nin/inpo and tonin/tonpo which also follows along the lines of Volumes 5, 6 & 7 of the Bansenshukai but also takes elements from Volumes3 & 9 in spirit.

    So elements in the section on tonpo would follow along with the spirit of sections on Yonin and using ninja successfully.
    Looking at the contents from Ninja Hands of Death; three things immediately jump at the reader...
    1) The Breakdown of sections Kata Dante, Submission Holds, Ninjutsu & Post Script...
    Ashida Kim did not consider ninjutsu a martial art in itself but separated it from martial arts techniques. This book copy written in 1985 comes before Historical Ninjutsu Researcher Anthony Cummings addressed this very element in the modern image of ninjutsu.
    2) That Ashida Kim refers to Nine Methods of Prevailing...
    What are these nine methods of prevailing that are different then Kata Dante; a striking and trapping form or grappling skills? They are over views of strategic principles of social infiltration and manipulation. I would suggest one reads the book for details; http://www.amazon.com/Ninja-Hands-Death-Ashida-Kim/product-reviews/0873643224
    3) A post script titled the World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets...
    While this seems mostly geared toward combat on the title alone, one cannot discount the words of the post script. That is that all warfare whether personal combat or fielding armies is a matter strategy and Ashida Kim offers methods of attacking by strategy in this post script.
     
    So why is there such a competition fueled by people trying to validate themselves through Internet attacks on business competitors, empty titles of the "Last Ninja" and learn at home mastery courses? Well because this is America. Because some people want to feel good as opposed to doing good works and because quite simply its a desire to validate one's self and one's choices. Many times we are unaware that their are no good or bad, right or wrong choices. Our opinions and actions are so irrelevant to all but ourselves we cannot see how unimportant they are.
     
    In the end its whats we do with what we have. I don't want to be the "Last Ninja" nor would I care to learn an 800 year old tradition. I'm to focused on being the First Ninja; the first to design a thermal blocking shinobi gi, the first to develop a sniper course and add modern firearms to the curriculum, the first to teach strategy, intelligence warfare and espionage tactics openly to the public. If my lineage is a fraud; so what my methods (methods I discussed on this blog) have worked for me and a real life or death situation. I can't be accused of giving away national security secrets concerning espionage training if my ninjutsu is real or fake and I make no claim to being a CIA or otherwise operative.
     
    In the end things are what you make them and you get out what you put in, if you work hard those courses might benefit you. But, if you spend all your time validating choices you made and not working hard to achieve results, you gain only the illusion of progress.