So I don't always keep tabs with what others are doing... Quite honestly I don't care. But, many of you know I am a friend of Ashida Kim's and while I haven't been his student he has been a mentor of sorts. See Ashida Kim isn't a very rich man but he is a man of character and I need strong character more then I need money... Mental Toughness & Moral Strength are words for Character and in the many trials I've faced I've had money, lost money and can get money again but I can't afford to lose myself. So when someone showed Don Roley's latest jab I couldn't help but laugh...
I noticed this from the onset observing Don Roley's posture in the Raw Footage but I didn't say anything until Don Roley said it first and then I couldn't help but laugh. The following images are used for the purpose of review and are considered viable under 17 USC 107 of Federal Code.
Here Don Roley provides in his own words a statement of using the video for his own purposes, considering he invited his "Bullies" to show up, you can basically see where my comments to him on the Raw Footage about how he will never fight me stand. See Don Roley was trying to play the victim. The victim game is a common ploy used by children who like to start trouble but rely on their teachers or parents to save them. As adults they rely on the courts and, its a clear sign someone can't fight. However, we are talking mentality and not methodology... As Don Roley wants to appear non-aggressive yet challenged me via a video on YouTube, a video I was no doubt correct about disappearing should I have fought him.
Here Don Roley Challenges me to Challenge Him & you can get the full story on this issue here...
Here is a fun fact for you all, Count Dante aka John Keehan was Veteran of Army and as such had training in World War II combatives. This same stance is also used as part of the Kata Dante as invented by John Keehan/Count Dante...
The Hidden Hand or "Crotch Cover Defensive Stance" as demonstrated by Ashida Kim in preparation to perform the Kata Dante. Perhaps, Roley was going to perform the Kata Dante.
Here is Don Roley mentions getting his hands up in a concealed fighting position. This is very interesting because this an aspect practiced by none other then Captain Chris Pizzo (yeah him) and Damien Ross (the Guy from Penn & Teller's Bullshit: Martial Arts Episode). From my understanding Ross & Pizzo were business partners and Pizzo ripped him off fir some cash and started his own combatives program but is a former student of Damien Ross.
However, since many good sources of information exist on the Combatives like the Bill Wolfe Combatives and other schools of the Defendo/Defendu tradition. You even have some elements of these methods discussed in Tony Blauer's SPEAR System and his earlier works on self-defense (Yes, I am a fan of his). So what I am saying is that none of this shows up in the Bujinkan system and when confronted Don Roley doesn't even rely on his "Battlefield" Tested Samurai Arts... I mean postures like Shizen no Kamae, Hira no Kamae & Jumonji no Kamae don't seem threatening right?
Add to this these same stances/postures have been explained my me in the Jukyu Black Dragon Ninjitsu DVD not as actual Ninjutsu, Taijutsu or Jujutsu but variations of the Tachi Kamae of Black Dragon Ninjutsu/Omoto-Ryu Budo.
The Hidden Hand Posture, an adaptation of Tachi Kamae of the Standing Posture...
The Thinker a Variation of Tachi Kamae...
My own course admits these methods are not part of Black Dragin Ninjitsu but are discussed so that one can understand the variations of Tachi Kamae. The Principle of positioning the hands to make them accessible in a fight exists however, it is not codified Black Dragon Ninjutsu system as "this or that" stance. It is simply variations of Standing Posture (Tachi Kamae) addressed to give the student a reference to adaptations codified by other systems. One could just as easily place their hands behind their head and using the "Ear Muffs" Stance if a boxer or raise their arms as if surrendering, its all fluid and changes from set postures to whatever the student needs for the situation.
In any event, Don Roley by his own admission doesn't rely on the methods of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu but instead uses modern (well WW II based) combatives and same methods of those he calls frauds...
