Wish I had these DVDs when studying in 1975
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read moreNinja Assassin and High Integrity
We discussed the movie “Ninja Assassin” in an earlier blog post. I got a lot of strong comments about what the movie was and what it could have been. Did you get a copy of the “Ninja Assassin” movie on Blu-Ray? Be sure you check the “Additional Features” section on the menu. Blu-Ray only; not the standard DVD. Before the film hit theaters, the producers flew me to Los Angeles to tape some commentary on the historical background of Japan’s real ninja. Also in the interview is actor Sho Kosugi from the movie, commenting on cultural perceptions of the ninja, and a local California...
read more1984 Ninja Night Warriors
Let’s go way back in time, back to the early 1980s. Think of a time when there was no internet, no DVD, no self-publishing, no MP3, no YouTube. Old enough to remember such a time? We had magazines. We had books. Those were my only possible channels for getting word out to the world that there was a new possibility in the martial arts – the training legacy of the ninja. And those channels were owned and controlled by a tight group of business people known as “the publishing industry”. If a publishing company did not believe that: My credentials were authentic I was capable of...
read moreNinja Gaiden II Video
My friend DY Sao, extraordinary martial arts actor, put up on YouTube four minutes of the taping we did together for the Ninja Gaiden II video game documentary. DY and An-shu Rumiko and I spent two days taping for the documentary in New York City in spring 2008. We first did a day of interviews in the amazing Ninja New York Restaurant and then a day of action taping in a Brooklyn warehouse sound stage. I think DY did a great job of embodying the visual action that Ninja Gaiden gamers enjoy seeing. Watch it and enjoy. Great...
read moreFundamental Angling Footwork
Here’s an out-take from Festival 2006, focusing in on some fundamental Gyokko Ryu footwork. Notice how real this looks. That’s the To-Shin hallmark – taking the classics and teaching them in a way that brings them into fresh relevance in the modern age. CLICK HERE for information on how to get your own 3-DVD set of instruction sessions from Festival ’06, featuring several of my top students, master instructors in their own right: Simon Botoshi Clifford (Newbury Park, CA, Warrior Quest Society) Mark Sentoshi Russo (Tampa, FL, Quest Center) Hardee Hakutoshi Merritt...
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