Assassin!: The Deadly Art of the Cult of the Assassins

Not because I think the information is secret or anything, just that I would hate to see one of my irresponsible associates mess it up. One of the first books by Dr.HaHa Lung I have purchased, I find it interesting and educational. The drawings are a little uh... well, the book makes up for them. Oh, and 2 things, if you were going to do anything in that book get Night Movements(the japanese/english translation), Art of War (the WAR not business or other BS association) and a decent medicinal anatomy book. You can learn more from those three than any NINJA book - or you can just get "Im An Idiot And Want To Be Shot In the Face - For Dummies". Secondly, if you think the Stephen Hayes' books are educational or more instructive - you dont need to buy the book in quotations above, you wrote it. So go ninja-hop off a cliff. or something.

The book is mostly a history book on the hashishin cult, many techniques are covered but Lung tends to not highlight them, so they are dispersed freely around in the text, i.e., the psychological warfare techniques used to plot two enemies against one another. As for the physical fighting techniques, they're pretty ok but this book, as all other books does in no way make a reader a better fighter simply by reading it. A fighter is as good as the amount of training he puts into his fighting skill, there is no simpler way of saying it.

This is a good book. If your familiar with Lung's other work you will like this too. However this isnt in my opinion Lung's best it was still quite good. Lots of interesting history, more history than in his other books. Also I just have to say, Roger, for someone who thouroghly read this book you must have missed the disclaimers, FOR ACADEMIC USE ONLY!!! You don't learn how to fight especially entire gangs from a book and if your that unintelligent to not understand that, then im afraid you got what you had coming. Your lucky you didn't get killed.

This book is not for the "how to be a wannabe ninja" types;there are easier ways to commit suicide.This has to do with their(middle eastern) brand of ancient,effective type of warfare,not a long way off from todays Al Qaeda.It gives you history,military logistics,very basic physical tools (these are meant for assault not defense),weapons concealment,improvised weapons,as well as a view into their ninja-like mysticism.I recommend this book to read at least if not for a library keeper.

I live in Seattle, and in the neighborhood I live in there are a lot of skinheads, so I carry a knife. After reading this book, one night four skinheads jumped me, one was in the hospital for three months, the other three were put in intensive care, I don't know what happened to them. I recommend this book highly, but don't seriusly do it, look at me I did and now I'm locked up, I should have only used it in a life or death situation.