Due to some recent postings by some ill-demeanored fellows on this forum, which tried unsuccesfully to drag my name through the mud, I’d appreciate it if all of you would PM me in advance before you use my name in a posting.
This way, I can keep track of the kinds of misinformation being spread throughout the forum. I shall extend the same courtesies to you as well.
Thank you in advance,
John Takeshi
Grandmaster Sensei, 8th Dan Shao-lin Ninjitsu
What is “Shaolin Ninjitsu”?
Shaolin Ninjas are better than Japanese Ninjas…Ninjas are supposed to be steathy, but everyone has heard of Japanese Ninjas…but no one has heard of Shaolin Ninjas…get it?
I am not at liberty to speak candidly concerning the art of shao-lin ninjitsu, being such that it is, like Japanese ninjitsu, both cabalistic and secretive. For edification, however, I shall simply say that it is Shao-lin at its best, combining stealth tactics, assasination techniques, hand to hand animal styles, and devout Chan Buddhism, with special focus on intense study, memorization, and recitation of the Diamond Sutra (especially during excruciatingly difficult tasks and workouts).
Oh Ninja, please.
Don’t feed the trolls.
If any of you have valid credentials and a Masters Degree from an accredited University, and feel you are up to the challenge of a harsh training regimen in a traditional setting, please PM me. We are always looking for the next prodigy.
Thanks,
John Takeshi
[QUOTE=SifuAbel;758092]Don’t feed the trolls.[/QUOTE]
aww, please mom - just once?
[QUOTE=Mega-Foot;758095]If any of you have valid credentials and a Masters Degree from an accredited University, and feel you are up to the challenge of a harsh training regimen in a traditional setting, please PM me. We are always looking for the next prodigy.
Thanks,
John Takeshi[/QUOTE]
wasn’t Takeshi the guy from Revenge of the Nerds who won the tricycle race?
isn’t that an oxymoron? If someone was educated enough to have a master’s degree, wouldn’tthey also be educated enough to know that shaolin and ninjutsu don’t go together? Perhaps Grandmaster Takeshi meant Lin Kwai, or Lum Gwai in Cantonese. Then again, I only went to SVA.
We want people with a Master’s Degree because it shows several things:
We don’t play. And shao-lin ninjitsu is a time-honored traditional martial art. People said the same things concerning kara-te and ninjitsu–but most people nowadays simply don’t dispute the linkages. Since Shao-lin is the deadliest art there is, I don’t see why you’re so surprised.
[QUOTE=Mega-Foot;758109]We want people with a Master’s Degree because it shows several things:
We don’t play. And shao-lin ninjitsu is a time-honored traditional martial art. People said the same things concerning kara-te and ninjitsu–but most people nowadays simply don’t dispute the linkages. Since Shao-lin is the deadliest art there is, I don’t see why you’re so surprised.[/QUOTE]
LOL! You have proved my point!
What is your point, my friend?
2. The inductee is financially independent.
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I think this is the key, operative requirement…
Why is it that some people just won’t listen? We have acerbic personalities on this board, who have very specious and virulent opinions (and rather biased, too, in my honest opinion) concerning martial arts. Is this where masters reside?
Seriously, if anyone wants unbiased and free information concerning the truth of Tai Shing Pek Kwar or Lama-pai (or Shao-lin ninjitsu), I am willing to disseminate information without compunction (except for Shao-lin ninjitsu–being such that secrecy is all-important to the art). For those who have been scuffed and rubbed the wrong way by LKFDMC or Flying-Monkey, you can pose me your questions without fear of being ridiculed.
Things are going to start changing around here pretty soon.
Thanks,
John Takeshi,
protege of Takeshi Ukeno
[QUOTE=RD’S Alias - 1A;758121]2. The inductee is financially independent.
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I think this is the key, operative requirement…[/QUOTE]
Please don’t quote me if you haven’t asked for permission first. I loathe when immature posters on this forum turn phrases against their meaning for their own self-serving ends.
That part of the rules refers to the fact that the inductee pays his (we don’t allow women) own way through life. We don’t want to attract “mommy’s and daddy’s boys” coming to " ninja summer camp" on family dollars.
Shaolin Ninjitsu???
I think that movie was called Shaolin VS ninja.
[QUOTE=Mega-Foot;758117]What is your point, my friend?[/QUOTE]
His point is that you have none.
[QUOTE=Mega-Foot;758078]I am not at liberty to speak candidly concerning the art of shao-lin ninjitsu, being such that it is, like Japanese ninjitsu, both cabalistic and secretive. For edification, however, I shall simply say that it is Shao-lin at its best, combining stealth tactics, assasination techniques, hand to hand animal styles, and devout Chan Buddhism, with special focus on intense study, memorization, and recitation of the Diamond Sutra (especially during excruciatingly difficult tasks and workouts).[/QUOTE]
I have a question. If this is true, why are you coming out and publicly stating it on an internet forum? I don’t understand why someone would even talk about a ‘secret’ art on a ‘public’ board.
I am proud of my lineage. I have revealed no details of the art that comprimise it.