Ninja Mind Control

Great resource on how to direct your energy, as well as others. The breathing exercises, the five elements, mi lu kata, and the chapter about the spirit helpers, etc. This book is well worth the price. I just finished it and im going to read it again. The way it even starts out for example, pg6 the “one must know” section, it really digs into thought processes. This book will help you take back control of your mind and reality.

Quite a few people in the usa are interested in learning ninjutsu. Even though nothing beats a certified teacher, it would be quite hard to find a ninjutsu teacher who will teach you ALL ASPECTS even if you had time and put forth the effort. And the Genbukan, Bunjinkan, and Jinenkan methods are correct, but watered down for the masses. However they are vastly superior to most of the 'sport-style' arts that inundate schools all over the world. But the sport styles can be used in defense if the principles are applied correctly. I had the blessing to meet a ninja family in college. I trained with them for a year. At that time I did not know that what i was learning was ninjutsu. However years later after research, I was plesantly surprised. I too thought Ashida Kim was a fake from reading all the derogatory things about him. His techniques come from a different source. Count Dante was also thought to be a fake but he did win real fights. James Mitose got a bad name as well but his Kosho-Ryu Kenpo is actually a part of ninjutsu family training. Ninja were publicized of being Japanese. Which is correct. But as all nations have their martial arts, they also have their guerrilla warfare/espionage trained individuals. There are many legends on who the ninja really were and how they lived. But, one common thread is that they were supposed to be masters of deceit, concealment, and blending in. As far as Ashida Kim having different aliases, never agreeing to meet for challenges, etc, he seems to be proficient in this regard. I mean if a ninja really accepted a fight challenge from a regular fighter, the ninja would get there ahead of time, and sneak up on the guy and knock him out. Ninjas were not really known to stand on the battlefield and fight openly except for a couple of known Japanese legends. As with all knowledge Ashida Kim's techniques working depend on the individual. Some are more useful than others. One must train to know which ones fit which situation. Instead of criticizing different arts, study them, gain what is practical, and apply it as part of your lifestyle. Hopefully, even with my youth I can one day soon sell my belongings, and go to Japan to find a ninjutsu family to train with and tibet to find someone who can teach me the ways of altering possibilities. Ashida Kim is a worhty martial artist. One thing saddens me about the modern world. We have little oppurtunity to test our skills out no holds barred except in certain hidden matches. Referees, rules and money are a practical thing, yet I wonder if the 'historical' fights were not a better test of warrior character. Respect to all martial ways and all martial teachers as well as all of us students. All have something useful to teach and more to learn.

Ashida Kim, criticized for his name non public lineage and numerous other stuff... So it makes him a fake? Lineage is both meaningless and paramount. Any individual can make a claim without proof. Lineage is to verify that original teachings spiritual and martial come from experience and acccomplishment in real life. The trust that the disciple has in the master after proper evaluation is that if he listens to the master he will be guided correctly along a path he may not be able to achieve himself. Over generations each disciple that attains mastery, learning all he can, can authoritatively add or change the art based on changing needs and conditions. The knowledge of the art may grow, degenerate, change and or be restored. This process was the original impulse behind the ninja clans. Many of the fighting styles, techniques and spiritual teachings of the ninja came from china directly including kung fu teachings as well as Esoteric Buddhism (Vajrayana) and Taoism (especially Taoist Alchemy). In addition to "historical" evidence about these teachings is the actual experience of being a martial disciple. Beyond "kata" and "rank" is the teaching in the manner of an apprenticeship of one person directly to another. How to stand how to breath, develop force and fearlessness, how to fight for real in a life or death street confrontation. Anyone who has experience the circulation of chi in the meridians, learned deep meditation, or even how to truly view themselves without bias and gone into the nightmare process behind "enlightenment" knows that you can throw all the "Authority" behind an idea, but that does not mean that the idea will be heard correctly, practiced correctly or understood correctly by others. Somtimes a master will teach a student to the point where the student can teach himself, but because of politics the authority of lineage is not offically passed on. Scholarly basis for the legitimacy of what Ashida Kim has put in this book would require several volumes to document. This book is a simple set of instructions as a teacher would tell a student in the dojo, which are meant to be verified by practice. This includes explanations of chi, a diagram of Taoist Alchemical energy points on the body, chi gong excersizes for balancing the 5 elements and a very good introduction to chinese medical theory with quotes from the Yellow Emperors Medicene Classic. The Kuji are given with their japanese and chinese names. The Kuji are mudras with mantras and a special way of tracing mystic characters in the air. They entered into Ninjutsu into Japan as the Esoteric Buddhism was imported from China which is known as Mi Tseung (or Mi Zong). The claim that Ninjutsu and its mystical doctrines have no connection with anything chinese is extremely ignorant of. Even within the Bujinkan, Ninjutsu is seen as ultimatly a set of principles to be internalized to be used as the situation arises. The information that Ashida Kim does publish is of mysterious orig

Techniques for meditation vary from person to person, and with a little alteration, this book can provide a large amount of insightful help on budo and other meditation arts.

Ashida Kim has as always carefully written a helpful text to help others find the Way. Whether truth or fiction, the book is carefully laid out for those individuals who are capable to find the Way. The techniques in this book, as in all others, require a great deal of practice, discipline and self understanding to make effective, but once one has trained oneself to this level, the techniques do nothing but shine. One will find that other schools only delude themselves into thinking that the skill levels that those in their schools have attained are capable in combat. Some say Ninjitsu would never be good in a competitive arena, some say Koga Hei Long Pao Ying techniques are fairy tale. Only those who have trained themselves to a high enough level will be able to see past their own emotions and mental states to see these techniques for what they are.

Ashida Kim obviously knows his stuff, and this was apparent from the first time I ever flipped through one of his books. I have been helped in a variety of situations by the knowledge he has given me. Let's make this clear: THE TECHNIQUES WORK. Even if he isn't Japanese by blood, who cares? Neither is Stephen K. Hayes, but no one seems to worry about that. Mr. Kim fought in the streets with the hippies in Chicago in 1968 (where he met Count Juan Dante), and from there he became a ninja. He is a man of peace, a man of knowledge, and a good example for everyone. People who are against him are simply trying to cover for the fact that they've spent a lot of money on Bujinkan lessons, and they feel the need to justify this expense, because they haven't gotten anything out of it. You don't hear Ashida Kim badmouthing other schools, do you? Not ONE person has ever said, "I've tried Ashida Kim's techniques, and they didn't work." People who say this haven't actually tried anything. If you don't want to read his books- don't! No one's forcing you. You'll just be an easier target when the sh*t hits the fan.