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I apologize to the mods if this is not ok to post. Sometimes I see quirky threads up with mods themselves posting, sometimes I see them taken down. I am fascinated with history and martial arts and I really am posting this with serious intent.

On the article itself, the reporter never bothered to background check the guy to make sure he is legit. As if us Freepers never seen that be for by journalists. It is an apolitical article and there are so many phonies, hucksters, and liars you really need to investigate and the person making claims needs to submit themselves to the academic community with proof. Old scrolls, documents, knowing language and terminology from many hundreds of year long ago that would be known by people with PhD or people who actually use them. If this man in the article is the real McCoy, I think he would be the first of all the people claiming to have a living lineage including the founder of Bujinkan. To my knowledge, he never submitted much proof either. Don't even get me started on Frank Dux.

I am not trying to insult anybody here who may be a practitioner of any of these men. This is my opinion and I won't argue, insult or troll you.

1 posted on 08/19/2012 10:47:04 AM PDT by nerdwithagun

To: nerdwithagun

Interesting! Thanks.

2 posted on 08/19/2012 10:52:56 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))

To: nerdwithagun

3 posted on 08/19/2012 10:54:07 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)

To: nerdwithagun; Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!

5 posted on 08/19/2012 11:00:17 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Only Obama put a dog on the roof of his mouth. Dogs are friends, not food.)

Oh good Lord, what have I done!!! XD

I should have known what was going to happen with this thread. I was curious to see other Freeper opinions on this sort of thing, being it is made of very thoughtful and intelligent people, and it becomes Ninja memes galore! I am laughing though. Hard

6 posted on 08/19/2012 11:04:55 AM PDT by nerdwithagun (I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)

To: nerdwithagun; Slings and Arrows

14 posted on 08/19/2012 12:16:17 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)

To: nerdwithagun

Personally, I would submit that the ninja tradition - in a more contemporary and thus effective garb - is being continued in a very real sense by the United States Navy’s SEALs.

21 posted on 08/19/2012 2:05:31 PM PDT by Jack Hammer

To: nerdwithagun; PapaBear3625

her ya go, grasshopper! :-)
the official Japanese Government recognized soke:

Bujinkan Dojo
34th Soke Masaaki Hatsumi
http://www.bujinkan.com/
more than 5000+ adherents strong in the U.S.A.

28 posted on 08/19/2012 9:15:15 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (WA DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...Brazilian saying: "$@me Old $hit; w/ different flie$" :^)

To: nerdwithagun

He is not the last, there are four others...

32 posted on 08/20/2012 7:13:32 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)

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