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A 63-year-old engineer is Japan's 'last ninja'
AFP via Yahoo ^
| Aug 19, 2012
| Miwa Suzuki
Posted on 08/19/2012 10:46:58 AM PDT by nerdwithagun
A 63-year-old former engineer may not fit the typical image of a dark-clad assassin with deadly weapons who can disappear into a cloud of smoke. But Jinichi Kawakami is reputedly Japan's last ninja.
As the 21st head of the Ban clan, a line of ninjas that can trace its history back some 500 years, Kawakami is considered by some to be the last living guardian of Japan's secret spies.
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TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: bullshido; hanbo; knive; napl; ninja; ninjas; sword
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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.
To: nerdwithagun
Interesting! Thanks.
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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
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posted on
08/19/2012 10:54:07 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack; GOPsterinMA; GSP.FAN; SunkenCiv; unkus; fieldmarshaldj; Impy
"I can kill in mere seconds with only my right hand"
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posted on
08/19/2012 10:58:45 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(It's time to come together for America)
To: nerdwithagun; Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!
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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.)
To: All
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
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posted on
08/19/2012 11:04:55 AM PDT
by
nerdwithagun
(I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
To: a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
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posted on
08/19/2012 11:28:10 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Perdogg
Mr. Hankey Ninja...
"Heidy HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!"
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posted on
08/19/2012 11:39:30 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
To: Slings and Arrows
To: Slings and Arrows
To: fieldmarshaldj; Joe 6-pack; Slings and Arrows; Salamander
The "real" Last Ninja -
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posted on
08/19/2012 11:49:26 AM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: Jet Jaguar; Yardstick
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posted on
08/19/2012 12:05:44 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: shibumi
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posted on
08/19/2012 12:15:07 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: nerdwithagun; Slings and Arrows
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/19/2012 12:19:57 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: martin_fierro; Slings and Arrows
Argh, I almost pooped my pants when I saw cat pics! I like my FR account. o.o
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posted on
08/19/2012 12:24:43 PM PDT
by
nerdwithagun
(I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
To: Slings and Arrows
I did not know that Ninjutsu had a drunken money style. Would mixing Japanese and Chinese martial arts make it Ninjufu?
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posted on
08/19/2012 12:49:33 PM PDT
by
MikeSteelBe
(Austrian Hitler was, as the Halfrican Hitler does.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
08/19/2012 1:31:39 PM PDT
by
OSHA
(One despises and wants to destroy the United States, the other is a dead terrorist.)
To: OSHA
Finally, a reliable source.
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posted on
08/19/2012 1:42:36 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: OSHA
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posted on
08/19/2012 1:44:51 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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