I have studied all forms of Karate my entire life. And it's the same a guy came over from okinawa to show the world Karate! As the Japanese wanted an alternative to the rise in popularity of boxing. They sanatised it toon most of the original throws, grappling, ground attacks and the bits that didn't fit the narrative and boom there's the method. Far from right but it's the way it works. It had to be palletable to the masses and those that sort to make money often don't care for historical accuracy only pound notes. But when you dig and study the cracks appear then they widen and then the chasm of inaccuracies is exposed. Then comes the resistance to reality! Great work you are doing and so valuable. Take care my friend!
That Marishiten Ongyo-in ritual is in David Hall's book "The Buddhist Goddess Marishiten". There are several versions of the ritual in the book, one matches just right.
I want that book, it is just mega expensive. It would be good to see the place he has it from. The monk even said it is technically wrong as a spell in Japanese tradition.
In Spain we like egg "sin moco y con puntillita" which means 'with no goo, and with bobbin lace', which is a fine and crunchy burnt that happens in the outer rim of the egg white, that looks a little like some sort of brown bobbin lace fabric. To do that the oil must be boiling hot when you dump the egg, and you need to keep tossing hot oil to the top of the egg until all the goo gets fried, but you need to avoid the yolk getting cooked, so you need to be fast. You're welcome ;-)
My dad (who trained in Wing Chun and Pre-HEMA style Rapier Fencing and who use to frequent Martial Arts book stores in the late 80/early 90s) so this is probably out dated. Anyway when I was a kid I was probably watching Anime or playing a game and asked him if Ninja could do all the super human stuff it was showing. My dad said "No, Ninja were more or less using magician tricks. Locals thought they were super human and they used what we'd call today magic tricks and sleight of hand to play into it to intimidate and avoid fighting." Probably an old concept but thoughts?
Burglar's guide to the city was great source of information and my friends and family studied how to combine modern and old methods together to great effective practice's
As my grandfather used to say that when it comes to an argument, there is no right or wrong, that the only thing which actually matters is what's true and what isn't, right, wrong, win or lose, those are all just ego. Hearing that growing up definitely formed how I approach things, as if what I'm saying is nonsense, I'd rather cut to the truth as fast as possible, so I'm not spouting nonsense one second longer than I have been. So when I first spoke with Antony, we were discussing the scrolls and such, where honestly, while making for great games and such (Like Tenchu) a lot of what the Ninja were sold to be or do, sounded like when you hear of wizards back in old-time Europe. SO even as a kid, it was fun to think or dream about, but then it just never made sense in a historical context. At least to me. So when he was talking about the scrolls and what was in them, where the Ninja were basically like Special Forces or the CIA of the Samurai, it just made sense. I didn't have a massive rejection of it or anything like that, if that's what the scrolls, written by actual ninja actually divulge, then that's what I have to go with.
@@AnthonySforza In the time of our grandfather's men of honor where held to a high standard. Today's society doesn't even acknowledge the words honor or respect. I too as a child liked the fantasy of the ninja as portrayed by Hollywood. Now that I'm older I look more into the historic side, as the ninja had to survive great opposition. ✨
Hey Anthony, I'm a Yondan in the Bujinkan and I really like what you're doing. Reach out to me if you would like my perspective on what a historically literate dojo will look like in the future. Keep up the good work!
You didn’t pay attention to the video. This is the end. There ain’t no mo. If you wanted to be included you needed to get involved before the end. Not after.
I've been a martial artist for years (Shorin Ryu) and I couldn't agree more about your warning to people never to annoy people you don't know because you never know to what lengths they will go to seek revenge. They're are SO MANY people who need to take that to heart because a man hiding around the corner with a 2x4 plank or a gun can take out all your years of training in a moment. I've become a big fan of your work.
Absolutely true ... now 'Ego' is the first concept in any art for life. Next time, matter, space & event these are a few elements to consider. Silence is the speaker & creator. Nice clip nice work congrats. Gypsy Trail
No. Not Christa. There's no excuse for inviting the proven fraudulent practitioners into the thing. Lends them credibility they have no right to. Would have been a huge mistake.
I really appreciate your work and would love to hear your thoughts on how we resolve this. What information do we have and how do we make it applicable now for ONE reason? Giving military power back to the civilian. How do you survive when shit hits the fan? Applicable stuff is NEEDED today and punching and kicking people is not the whole of it. What you have presented is Gold for those aspiring to find truth.
You should looking into the Chinese ninjas called The Vagabonds written by a renowned wing chun master Leung Ting. I didn’t read it but somebody told me they were operating on The Silk Road similar to the Hashashins. I don’t know the spelling. I know the word assassin comes from it and they smoked hash.
Wow people complain about the most stupid things. Just wanted to say Andrew thoburn is an awesome guy you have guiding us on natori ryu wanted to say thanks for everything. It’s been an amazing journey so far over the last 6 months so far looking to learn as much as I can. Thanks again!!
@@AntonyCummins I promise I will go as far as I can thanks again for doing all that you do and putting all the right people around you to make this possible. I'm number #152
@@davidraffath8436 Hello there! Just a heads up, Antony doesn't receive notifications for replies to his replies so he didn't see your follow up comment ok!
What knowledge do you have on the "Ninja magick"? Would you be willing to come on to a podcast and talk about it? I teach magick and martial arts as one comprehensive path of personal empowerment, so it would be highly relevant.
nice video! I hope the Next book is about how ninja fried eggs were not drawn from the back with a shuriken Jokes apart: if most "ninjas" where samurais or ashigaru who got trained in espionage... Wouldnt that mean their martial arts were probably how ninjas fought? Btw, fun fact... The SOE(wich i think is basically the british ninja of wwii, having in mind the manuals i got about their training on sabotage and espionage) actually did some type of simplified japanese jujutsu...
The "shinobi no mono" training in fight arts of his towns or village; and learn the fights arts of his familys, and all shinobi was a Bushi class part... in that way, them learn about Yawarajutsu (old name of real jujutsu) and use of differents weapons...but all this part is only Bujutsu, the shinobi no mono techniques are other things.
Any way is ok. There are different ways, but the best thing to do is just look up who Marishiten is and then do something you think is fitting. If you go all historical it will be a long debate, so do something which you think is honest.
First, a huge thank you to Ryan! Also a huge thank you to Antony as well! Next... LEARN TO COOK! 😹 LMBO I about peed myself laughing! On a side note Antony, I wanted to let you know our baby boy has been born! I look forward to teaching him all of these awesome and interesting things about Japan's true history! 💙
Some of us Americans also just use a lid... 3:40 regarding the fried eggs, just as a friendly push back from the other side of the pond lol. Skips any excess oil requirement and still get the "total" cooked effect w/o burning the things.
@@AntonyCummins Just wrote you an email to the (yahoo) email address i could find on your site...i used a google email address so you might wanna check your spam box:)
I'm almost 50 and I defeated a younger man who pulled a knife on my neighbor. I just snuck up behind and knocked him out with brass knuckles I made myself. If he had a gun it could still be done speed, surprise and violent action with overwhelming force before unaware or distracted person can react is one of my principles of life now because this world has gone mad. If you study methods used by Japanese theater attendees who have black suits on some dark blue but the methods of shape shine silhouette movement and concealment you could be invisible in certain situations. I don't know how many times as kids me and my friends played the shadows skill game. Escapology and mind manipulation of mis direction is another. I always freaked out my friends by disappearing when they were talking about things I wasn't interested in. One minute I'd be there and in a second I would be gone leaving them pissed or wondering. I also stopped a robbery with this method.
I have said this a thousand times. They studied Japanese martial arts. The end. Nothing more, nothing specific, nothing but samurai arts. How do so many people not get this?
Hmmm the answer is simple: The "shinobi no mono" avoid fight, the best shinobi was that man nobody notice, that man you believe is nothing or that man you believe is your friend, your neighbour or pal ... and if they need fight, use the same martial arts of the Bushi (samurai) of his region, town, village, etc-
A martial art with two, or more than two guys fighting, unarmed, is a modern invention anyway, is it not? Back in the day during feudal Japan, surely it would've been a disarming-jutsu rather than a fisticuffs-jutsu? At the very least, a Tanto would be involved.
Dude... "modern day ninjas".... are called "special forces soldiers". Green Berets..... Navy SEALs..... Rangers, Recon/MARSOC Marines. THEY are, today, what ninja were back then.
Hey Antony a while ago I saw an interview with Mister Jinichi Kawakami he told that he knows stuff and learned it from a old man maybe you can find out who that old man was for more history. Sorry for the bad sentence structure, or is that man a fake? or maybe you already know more than I think, this just occurred to me, I will continue to follow you through youtube.Greetings from the Netherlands ps:love you're work.
I went through this a while ago. I now only consider all people as researchers, i believe no one in the world. So i think of them all as researchers, as i am.
The master of shoshike Jinichi KAWAKAMI was a man named MASAZO ISHIDA, he work like a militar/spy for the japanese goverment in WWII, spying to the chinesse in the secret base of Harbin in China, and the russians too... he learn "shinobi no jutsu" and bujutsu of his grandfather, and was a descendent of the old Ban family.
The "he's not Japanese" argument is so ridiculous. No one says to an impressionist scholar "you're not qualified to present this because you're not a 19th century Frenchman". You're work is exceptional Anthony and I can't wait for more.
The "shinobi no mono" use differents healing techniques, based in the use of flowers and plants, he know about medicine and poisons, and all based in old chinesse medicine.
I'm an algerian living in france , I've always interested of ninja history ,last year I watched a lot videos even yours I read about them also , lately a saw video of a french man who did a very big work about ninjas and samurai and he had the almost the same conclusion " ninjas didn't exist" he said ..but I'm still curious to know more about ninjas..thank you
Antony Cummins Crowd fund it. I don’t believe in having to pay to fund a consumer item and then having to buy it also, but for something like this I think it’s justified. Start a patreon or something to fund the search for translators. I’ll be the first to donate.
@@ASquabbs Hello there! just a heads up, Antony doesn't receive notifications for replies to his replies so he didn't see your follow up comment. Please do help by donating even a little bit to the cause. He has a paypal. I have a donated via super thanks myself already and intend to donate more in the future. Thank you for your support!
It's hilarious...like gas hobs only have 2 settings, off & on. That whole range of play in the knob serves no purpose whatsoever to young-en's today. It's either off and cold, or white hot heat of a million burning meals. I had to teach a 27 year old how to use a rotary dial telephone in 2016 too. 🙄
Mr cummins, would you dig into ninjutsu before japan and china, maybe back to india and iran and arabia to the hashashin, they were a religeous bunch that used similar technics and way of combat and spies and some assassinations, please check them out id like you perspective on the subject
We have a kid in our team has killed 2 dangerious armed guys with swords in Egypt and 2 other guys ran away with heavy injuries... if visit us in egypt you may change your idea about Ninjutsu
Yeah that's a true story about the karate instructor hetting shot by the father of the lad. The son wrote a book yrar later badically criticising his father for seeking revenge. Ashida Kim was everywhere years ago. Donn Drager and an English guy, cany remember his name now were very informed on kobudo history
@@AntonyCummins I know it is none of my business, but may I recommend tea from Lezzo in Apple. Lemon and Orange variants? Much more tasty than most tea if you don´t already know it. It is said to also exist in Kiwi and Pineapple variants but these are hard to get. Only sold to the Turkish market. Sad when one is a curious soul. ;)
You know who would make a decent ninja? Believe it or not it's Garek from Star Trek Deep Space 9. His character is a pretty good representation. Garek says " Everything is true. Especially the lies" He can lie to you WITH the truth. I know it's Star Trek but every once in awhile you get something that's good. Garek as a character or really as a personality is really good at representing the ninja. Even if the creators may not have set out to do that. Maybe subconsciously they do.
Antony - Can you explore the topic that ninja has not died because we use it every day. Then reference various martial arts, military tactics, media and propaganda, medicine, etc. please and thank you!
Mr cumming was good video really ninjutsu is spy other stuff and survival is good too do yes gun the powerful but people have understand bad guy don't follow rule ninjutsu don't follow rules no matter people think rule thrown out the window but you can mix samurai hand to hand combat i am still in your conner bro Don is ass sorry bro Togakure ruy ninjutsu if you understand it IGA scroll all then same there no Togakure ryu ninjutsu scroll on it own it IGA scroll white use in snow but moon light in winter hide you better but still use black there no moon your still my bro MR Cummins
i do respect that everyone has the right to there own opinion on things but when you say that there is no historical proof of it so you say that Ninjustu is not a martial art i must respectfully disagree with you on that because Ninjutsu is an authentic martial art and you said your self you just got all your info from places that had books on shelves and you would not have anything to do with going anywhere near an authentic Ninja School that tells me that non of your book would have any real facts about the Ninja and you may have the means to travel around to get your info and i do not but to me the Ninja has been around for many century s and they are still around now
Great mate. Watch New Ninja Documentary 2020 This video is the afterthoughts and it show you what i do. My website has a load of info and downloads. Www.natori.co.uk and enjoy. Thank you for popping along.
"People are dangerous." No kidding, I had a friend who was rather high up in Brasilian Jujutsu (At least ten years in) and got into a fight with a guy, so he took the guy down like it was nothing, had him in an armbar and was about to break it... when the guy, having never been in an armbar, began flailing about and the back of his hand accidentally connected with my friend's face... and knocked him out. We laugh about it now, but still. It's just kind of funny how he spent ten years practicing his ass off, only to get knocked out anyhow. I'm not sure if it speaks well to Brasilian Jujutsu that he wasn't knocked out intentionally and took a freak accident to do so... or if it speaks ill to it because, after ten years, it still couldn't help him from getting knocked out.
I consider anyone teaching from historical scrolls to be doing something good. I have not seen one of his events yet. But from what i have seen of him he works from scrolls.
@@AntonyCummins what would you think of someone taking the scrolls and basically making a ninja club where people would learn japanese martial arts AND anything from the scrolls that is legal to practice?(no castle burning or explosives i guess)
The NIN-DO of Shoshike KAWAKAMI Jinichi is a mix, like say Antony here abour Professor Yamada, master Kawakami want teach only a few part of all the teachings of shinobi no jutsu of Ban Family, and some historical facts too, in NIN-DO nobody go learn about martial arts, maybe some walk techniques, breath techniques, cocking techniques, etcetera...this is for tourism too for Mie and Shiga prefectures too; the martial arts part of Ban Family now is teaching for 2 of the old students of master Kawakami.
Ok so if I studied these methods and find the modern equivalent of these combative systems short of fire arms, tools, equipment and train for years in jujitsu, judo and Shaolin Gung Fu and study what modern intelligence agency's use as TTP and keep studying most of my life in methods and practices this would be a modern practice of Shinobi. Would I have a school hell no because the only way to keep things secret is never to talk about it or involve others unless you have trusted people who do the same with a lot to lose if they were ever known. Even this could back fire because of personal motivation for fame, wealth or blackmail ego or bribery can be that person's downfall or death. So it's best to work alone and just have assets and contacts.
In my opinion sensei Antony please prcatice and join the Bujinkan dojo that may answer many questions in your brain and issue these questions here in your chanel... and really you will be sre how the Tai Jutsu is very segnificant in actual dander setuations
@@maxtowers8076 Hello there! just want to give you a heads up that Antony doesn't receive notifications for replies to his replies so he didn't see your follow up comment. I recommend you ask him your question again on his latest video if you haven't gotten the answer to it yet. He receives notifications for new comments only. Have a great day !
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The reason I walked away from it was Same as Anthony I was asking to many questions. Was koto Ryu etc a samurai fighting school learned by samurai and ninja why can you not find anything about Togaure ryu. What I think is there is two types of budjinkan one taught to public the other military special forces FBI and them guys have trained with Hatsumi so must rate him . Krav maga also has what they teach public other mil.
ufc1 was rigged to favor bjj. Bill the superfoot wallace, who wss hired to announce the event, explained it in an interview he did with the karate nerd.
@@AntonyCummins Thank you for replying, just I saw a Japanese guy saying he was the last ninja and some stuff that ninja came from farmers defending themselves and that is why they like the sickle so much, thanks again for replying.
They just did a documentary on Netflix called “the age of the samurai,” and they discuss peasants living in the mountains that adopted guerilla warfare tactics which gave rise to the Ninja
@@jamesrichardson8488 Just want to give you a heads up that Antony doesn't receive notifications for replies to replies so he didn't see your follow up reply.
I commend your passion and relentless research. It seems to me ninjitsu is of the mind and character more than physicality. I have studied and see techniques from many other martial arts in ours... in my experience “ninjutsu” is a compilation of usefulness for the task and the situation and territory. Ninja are more of the special forces of our world and FBI & MI6 of our worlds today. Ancient ninja did what they could for their time and needs.
I'm not the biggest fan of Stephen K Hayes. For long-term and well-read reasons. Yeah, I've read all his books and seen the History channel documentaries.
30,400 subscribers and your channel is not doing so well? Monetize buddy. You're doing just fine. I am an occult historian and teacher. My plan is to conjure the Tengu and learn TRUE Ninjutsu. LMAO! Lol! 30,000 subs would equal roughly $1,500 a month on a decent month. Once you monetize you automatically start doing better Antony. Mainly because people pushing their products want paid.
Yes their is still value in this art of invisibility take the methods of old and apply it to it's modern equivalent and don't call it jujitsu. Hell if I had a family I would have passed it down to my kids so they would protect themselves. But they would only teach their kids and so on never to talk about what they have learned. I taught my neice and she wants to move up to infiltrating buildings with modern or improvised tools to gain entry with the skill of criminal burglar she snuck in got into my room grabbed my wallet, keys and left a note of gotcha on the dresser while I was taking a nap. She drove over to a friend's house and phoned me hey be back for dinner by the way I Left a note for ya click...
As i say in my video, this is the end of that. If people have not understood in ten years, i can not keep explaining, if you are new then i have done so many videos and written so many books. So i have to say sorry, this is the cut off point. Please go back through my videos. All is in there, or get my books, or ask your local Libra art to get them in ??:)
@@AntonyCummins I apologize if this a common newb question (I am a bit new to your channel). I just watched your documentary and then this video so I believe you; it seems there was never a hand-to-hand "ninja" style. But you don't have to be a martial artists to kill somebody so I was just trying to figure out what else was myth vs fact. I'll go ahead and refrain from asking for clarification from now on. As Brian suggests, maybe a canned copy & paste response would be best. Or maybe a link or two to the appropriate video(s). Would definitely be a little more helpful than what essentially amounts to, "I've already talked about this, figure it out for yourself."
A symple answer to you is THE SHINOBI NO MONO NOT WAS ASSASSINS, the mayor works of this spies was look for some information and come back to his lord or boss to say this things; if a shinobi have a assassination mission, them not use the violence, they use poisons or oter tactics...
I'm from Romania...passionate about ninjutsu in My teenage years. In the 90-is and early 2000 was available few books about ninjutsu and was really impressed (like every guy at My age,then) by the book of Mr HAyes and Ashida Kim and of course B movies classic ninja movies. I was ina club runned by a false master, it was a young guy who practiced Kyokushinkai but get a black gi and a few bullshit and make fun with Us and demanding money. I was really naive then but really no real source of info in those days, and I am really dissapointed that historically thik kind of art is just somekind of gessing in best case if not sharlatanes work:D I read Mr Turnbull book but then He is sustaining Mr Hatsumi's point of view. So, this art is just a Myth, Antony? A lot of fake martial art myths is crashing this days because of information and put by test in the ring with real sportsman not naive pupils . SHortly, just asking...Ninjutsu is a real martial art or just somekind of bullshit or gessing based on questionable historycl (?) documents? Thank You, I love You'r videos...keep Up the good work! Cheers from Romania!
All my videos talk about this. So i have said i will not do more on this this year or in the future. I have so many videos on the subject. Please enjoy them :)
I can’t believe you think Dr Who is only a man not a woman?!?!? Wahhahaha. I laughed a little hard at that. We haven’t watched Dr Who since Peter Capaldi.
Never pick a fight with someone you may get shot in the head with a piece of wood while you’re showing off your MMA belts. Great video you’re wrong about eggs though😂👍🏻
Strange that ninja fighting techniques is said to never have existed because no evidence have been found and it therefore is regarded as historically incorrect to regard them as ever having existed. Well have anyone thought about the possibility of invisible history? That much really valuable ninjastuff was perhaps kept deeply secret? Wouldn´t that be relevant for a culture that at least officially was in contrast to the samuraiculture? Is it so totally impossible that they trained this to the point where they didn´t have to think about it and could do these techniques as if they were second nature? Oral transmission from one person to another is a possibility isn´t it? If someone got caught then there wouldn´t be much evidence to back up an accusation for being a ninja and an enemy to the state would there?
@@AntonyCummins Maybe so, but I think you take many things too literally. There is more to this art than what is written down. I don´t think we should underestimate human ingenuity and ressourcefulness.
I have studied all forms of Karate my entire life. And it's the same a guy came over from okinawa to show the world Karate! As the Japanese wanted an alternative to the rise in popularity of boxing. They sanatised it toon most of the original throws, grappling, ground attacks and the bits that didn't fit the narrative and boom there's the method. Far from right but it's the way it works. It had to be palletable to the masses and those that sort to make money often don't care for historical accuracy only pound notes. But when you dig and study the cracks appear then they widen and then the chasm of inaccuracies is exposed. Then comes the resistance to reality! Great work you are doing and so valuable. Take care my friend!
Thank you Ryan Stone, it was a great video.
That Marishiten Ongyo-in ritual is in David Hall's book "The Buddhist Goddess Marishiten". There are several versions of the ritual in the book, one matches just right.
I want that book, it is just mega expensive. It would be good to see the place he has it from. The monk even said it is technically wrong as a spell in Japanese tradition.
Well This was my first day of seeing your videos. Thank goodness
We will promote your work and books gladly. My viewers will be interested in hearing it.
That should be the new content to your program! “Antony ‘clocks’ internet Trolls” lol
Make a PART II and try to interview all of them.
THE TransGender would make a good interview ...
I had a shirt when I was a kid back in the 80's that said 'Ninja sminja you can't karate chop a bullet'.
Thank you for addressing my question. I enjoy your work. がんばてください
You should make a channel just about cooking! Holy cow, I absolutely loved your description on making English fried eggs!!
Hahahah
Great job, thankyou for sharing and inspiring us all to train hard and smart
I think the title should be “The Man That Saved the Ninja” and has brought the real Ninja teaching back to life.
I thought the same thing about Iga Museum when I saw it. It seems fun though 😁, and I still want to go and see a show and play ninja 👍🏾🏆.
In Spain we like egg "sin moco y con puntillita" which means 'with no goo, and with bobbin lace', which is a fine and crunchy burnt that happens in the outer rim of the egg white, that looks a little like some sort of brown bobbin lace fabric. To do that the oil must be boiling hot when you dump the egg, and you need to keep tossing hot oil to the top of the egg until all the goo gets fried, but you need to avoid the yolk getting cooked, so you need to be fast. You're welcome ;-)
Yep...hot oil...constant basting! I've never seen an "English" restaurant in the states! They need to leave the cooking to the French!
My dad (who trained in Wing Chun and Pre-HEMA style Rapier Fencing and who use to frequent Martial Arts book stores in the late 80/early 90s) so this is probably out dated.
Anyway when I was a kid I was probably watching Anime or playing a game and asked him if Ninja could do all the super human stuff it was showing.
My dad said "No, Ninja were more or less using magician tricks. Locals thought they were super human and they used what we'd call today magic tricks and sleight of hand to play into it to intimidate and avoid fighting."
Probably an old concept but thoughts?
Burglar's guide to the city was great source of information and my friends and family studied how to combine modern and old methods together to great effective practice's
Great video.
I have a great deal of respect for a man who seeks answers to the ends of the earth. It's great anthony is asking the author's himself directly. 🌌
As my grandfather used to say that when it comes to an argument, there is no right or wrong, that the only thing which actually matters is what's true and what isn't, right, wrong, win or lose, those are all just ego. Hearing that growing up definitely formed how I approach things, as if what I'm saying is nonsense, I'd rather cut to the truth as fast as possible, so I'm not spouting nonsense one second longer than I have been.
So when I first spoke with Antony, we were discussing the scrolls and such, where honestly, while making for great games and such (Like Tenchu) a lot of what the Ninja were sold to be or do, sounded like when you hear of wizards back in old-time Europe. SO even as a kid, it was fun to think or dream about, but then it just never made sense in a historical context. At least to me.
So when he was talking about the scrolls and what was in them, where the Ninja were basically like Special Forces or the CIA of the Samurai, it just made sense. I didn't have a massive rejection of it or anything like that, if that's what the scrolls, written by actual ninja actually divulge, then that's what I have to go with.
@@AnthonySforza In the time of our grandfather's men of honor where held to a high standard. Today's society doesn't even acknowledge the words honor or respect. I too as a child liked the fantasy of the ninja as portrayed by Hollywood. Now that I'm older I look more into the historic side, as the ninja had to survive great opposition. ✨
Hey Anthony, I'm a Yondan in the Bujinkan and I really like what you're doing. Reach out to me if you would like my perspective on what a historically literate dojo will look like in the future. Keep up the good work!
All done and dusted now. Thank you. Moving on to new things.
You didn’t pay attention to the video. This is the end. There ain’t no mo. If you wanted to be included you needed to get involved before the end. Not after.
I've been a martial artist for years (Shorin Ryu) and I couldn't agree more about your warning to people never to annoy people you don't know because you never know to what lengths they will go to seek revenge. They're are SO MANY people who need to take that to heart because a man hiding around the corner with a 2x4 plank or a gun can take out all your years of training in a moment. I've become a big fan of your work.
This falls along the lines of the slang here in the US: "Don't start nothing... won't be nothing."
Also, do live streams and enable super-chats. Those people you want to attract will support your work to allow you to keep doing it.
Very insightful video. Oh so true.
Absolutely true ... now 'Ego' is the first concept in any art for life. Next time, matter, space & event these are a few elements to consider. Silence is the speaker & creator. Nice clip nice work congrats. Gypsy Trail
If anything the documentary needed more Ashida Kim
do you have meetings with authors? do you run any seminars? how can you meet in person and talk about Ninjutsu?
I sometimes do yes. Through Natori Ryu.
No. Not Christa. There's no excuse for inviting the proven fraudulent practitioners into the thing. Lends them credibility they have no right to. Would have been a huge mistake.
I really appreciate your work and would love to hear your thoughts on how we resolve this. What information do we have and how do we make it applicable now for ONE reason? Giving military power back to the civilian. How do you survive when shit hits the fan? Applicable stuff is NEEDED today and punching and kicking people is not the whole of it. What you have presented is Gold for those aspiring to find truth.
Have you tried reaching out to Robert Bussey? If you do you I think you would have an excellent conversation with him about his journey.
I don't often comment, but when I do, I don't.
Is their any record of the Japanese Yakuza hiring Ninja?
You should looking into the Chinese ninjas called The Vagabonds written by a renowned wing chun master Leung Ting. I didn’t read it but somebody told me they were operating on The Silk Road similar to the Hashashins. I don’t know the spelling. I know the word assassin comes from it and they smoked hash.
Only a Ninja can kill a Ninja.
Advice , not so much caffeine before a video👍🏻
That is just me calm. Haha
Frank dux, is a person, I wouldn't want to have seen in the vid. He is known as a guy that made up his history of martial arts.
Loved the vid.
Wow people complain about the most stupid things. Just wanted to say Andrew thoburn is an awesome guy you have guiding us on natori ryu wanted to say thanks for everything. It’s been an amazing journey so far over the last 6 months so far looking to learn as much as I can. Thanks again!!
Great stuff. Keep up the study. I shall be watching :)
@@AntonyCummins I promise I will go as far as I can thanks again for doing all that you do and putting all the right people around you to make this possible. I'm number #152
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What knowledge do you have on the "Ninja magick"? Would you be willing to come on to a podcast and talk about it? I teach magick and martial arts as one comprehensive path of personal empowerment, so it would be highly relevant.
Yes but I have done videos on here. Email me
@@AntonyCummins sweeeeet! Will do! Just need coffee first. Lol!
nice video! I hope the Next book is about how ninja fried eggs were not drawn from the back with a shuriken
Jokes apart: if most "ninjas" where samurais or ashigaru who got trained in espionage... Wouldnt that mean their martial arts were probably how ninjas fought?
Btw, fun fact... The SOE(wich i think is basically the british ninja of wwii, having in mind the manuals i got about their training on sabotage and espionage) actually did some type of simplified japanese jujutsu...
The "shinobi no mono" training in fight arts of his towns or village; and learn the fights arts of his familys, and all shinobi was a Bushi class part... in that way, them learn about Yawarajutsu (old name of real jujutsu) and use of differents weapons...but all this part is only Bujutsu, the shinobi no mono techniques are other things.
I want more Ashida Kim! 🥷
Thank you Ryan Stone
The only one!
Yesterday I bought a pair of nunchucks. In your book ninja skills it's told that we should pray marishiten if we get a new weapon. How should I pray?
Any way is ok. There are different ways, but the best thing to do is just look up who Marishiten is and then do something you think is fitting. If you go all historical it will be a long debate, so do something which you think is honest.
First, a huge thank you to Ryan! Also a huge thank you to Antony as well!
Next... LEARN TO COOK! 😹 LMBO I about peed myself laughing!
On a side note Antony, I wanted to let you know our baby boy has been born! I look forward to teaching him all of these awesome and interesting things about Japan's true history! 💙
Some of us Americans also just use a lid... 3:40 regarding the fried eggs, just as a friendly push back from the other side of the pond lol. Skips any excess oil requirement and still get the "total" cooked effect w/o burning the things.
Hi Antony...i would like to write you an email to share some thoughts. Through which channel am i able to contact you?
Please see my website
@@AntonyCummins Just wrote you an email to the (yahoo) email address i could find on your site...i used a google email address so you might wanna check your spam box:)
Got it :)
I'm almost 50 and I defeated a younger man who pulled a knife on my neighbor. I just snuck up behind and knocked him out with brass knuckles I made myself. If he had a gun it could still be done speed, surprise and violent action with overwhelming force before unaware or distracted person can react is one of my principles of life now because this world has gone mad. If you study methods used by Japanese theater attendees who have black suits on some dark blue but the methods of shape shine silhouette movement and concealment you could be invisible in certain situations. I don't know how many times as kids me and my friends played the shadows skill game. Escapology and mind manipulation of mis direction is another. I always freaked out my friends by disappearing when they were talking about things I wasn't interested in. One minute I'd be there and in a second I would be gone leaving them pissed or wondering. I also stopped a robbery with this method.
If ninjas don't have fighting techniques, how did they fight with their enemies
They did martial arts, but not a specific hand to hand system called ninjitsu. That is his point.
I have said this a thousand times. They studied Japanese martial arts. The end. Nothing more, nothing specific, nothing but samurai arts. How do so many people not get this?
Hmmm the answer is simple: The "shinobi no mono" avoid fight, the best shinobi was that man nobody notice, that man you believe is nothing or that man you believe is your friend, your neighbour or pal ... and if they need fight, use the same martial arts of the Bushi (samurai) of his region, town, village, etc-
A martial art with two, or more than two guys fighting, unarmed, is a modern invention anyway, is it not?
Back in the day during feudal Japan, surely it would've been a disarming-jutsu rather than a fisticuffs-jutsu?
At the very least, a Tanto would be involved.
Dude... "modern day ninjas".... are called "special forces soldiers". Green Berets..... Navy SEALs..... Rangers, Recon/MARSOC Marines. THEY are, today, what ninja were back then.
Can you get in touch with Ronald Duncan’s people and Sho Kosugi? These were big people from the 80’s and 90’s.
I tried. Many are difficult to contact.
Another awesome video.
Can you make videos on sworsmanship
I intend to. I just need more rants later time. But it is in my future ideas.
Hey Antony a while ago I saw an interview with Mister Jinichi Kawakami he told that he knows stuff and learned it from a old man maybe you can find out who that old man was for more history.
Sorry for the bad sentence structure, or is that man a fake? or maybe you already know more than I think, this just occurred to me, I will continue to follow you through youtube.Greetings from the Netherlands ps:love you're work.
I went through this a while ago. I now only consider all people as researchers, i believe no one in the world. So i think of them all as researchers, as i am.
The master of shoshike Jinichi KAWAKAMI was a man named MASAZO ISHIDA, he work like a militar/spy for the japanese goverment in WWII, spying to the chinesse in the secret base of Harbin in China, and the russians too... he learn "shinobi no jutsu" and bujutsu of his grandfather, and was a descendent of the old Ban family.
The "he's not Japanese" argument is so ridiculous. No one says to an impressionist scholar "you're not qualified to present this because you're not a 19th century Frenchman". You're work is exceptional Anthony and I can't wait for more.
Thank you very much
Hi Antony... Question... Did the Ninja have any Healing Arts ? That might point to whether or not
they had their own Martial Art.... Best - TC
The "shinobi no mono" use differents healing techniques, based in the use of flowers and plants, he know about medicine and poisons, and all based in old chinesse medicine.
I'm an algerian living in france , I've always interested of ninja history ,last year I watched a lot videos even yours I read about them also , lately a saw video of a french man who did a very big work about ninjas and samurai and he had the almost the same conclusion " ninjas didn't exist" he said ..but I'm still curious to know more about ninjas..thank you
They did exist. It’s such a strange idea that they did not. Please ignore people who say that.
I’m gonna keep asking, can we please get a translation of the Koyo Gunkan??? No ones about the “spiritual soul” stuff you said you’ll soon pursue.
Hahah and i keep saying, we do not have enough translators.
Antony Cummins Crowd fund it. I don’t believe in having to pay to fund a consumer item and then having to buy it also, but for something like this I think it’s justified. Start a patreon or something to fund the search for translators. I’ll be the first to donate.
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Anthony is hilarious xD
Good job. BUt still didnt listen about Kawakami. Only about Hatsumi.
It's hilarious...like gas hobs only have 2 settings, off & on. That whole range of play in the knob serves no purpose whatsoever to young-en's today. It's either off and cold, or white hot heat of a million burning meals. I had to teach a 27 year old how to use a rotary dial telephone in 2016 too. 🙄
try cooking your own eggs. or do you need an ancient scroll for that too
I did cook them!
Anyone else also counts how much "actually" actually is being said?
I used to say basically.
Mr cummins, would you dig into ninjutsu before japan and china, maybe back to india and iran and arabia to the hashashin, they were a religeous bunch that used similar technics and way of combat and spies and some assassinations, please check them out id like you perspective on the subject
I’ve done some on that but it is a long talk about what came from Japan and what did not. See my ninja from Babylon video
@@AntonyCummins thank you for the reply and ill check the video for sure
We have a kid in our team has killed 2 dangerious armed guys with swords in Egypt and 2 other guys ran away with heavy injuries... if visit us in egypt you may change your idea about Ninjutsu
@Billy Bob Thornton heard a Who problems same as your country 😉
@Billy Bob Thornton heard a Who common traffic problems in both Egypt and europe 😉
@Billy Bob Thornton heard a Who ok send
Did you ever met Ross Heaven?
No sorry
@@AntonyCummins have you Read any of His works? IF so, what is your opinion on His works.. Cheers from Marcus
Excellent followup to the documentary... buy more books!
Yeah that's a true story about the karate instructor hetting shot by the father of the lad. The son wrote a book yrar later badically criticising his father for seeking revenge. Ashida Kim was everywhere years ago. Donn Drager and an English guy, cany remember his name now were very informed on kobudo history
Why does Anthony Cummins who talks about English manners slurp his tea or what he´s drinking? No educated and wellmannered Historian would do that.
Too much time living in Japan slurping their food. Also, I’m from the north, you drink it hot like hell before it freezes.
@@AntonyCummins I know it is none of my business, but may I recommend tea from Lezzo in Apple. Lemon and Orange variants? Much more tasty than most tea if you don´t already know it. It is said to also exist in Kiwi and Pineapple variants but these are hard to get. Only sold to the Turkish market. Sad when one is a curious soul. ;)
So your afraid to come back to Michigan? Ha. Come to me for combat cookie-boy.
I’m not going back there, you are all thugs. Haha. I would love to come back Nick. Well done on your part in the video.
You know who would make a decent ninja? Believe it or not it's Garek from Star Trek Deep Space 9.
His character is a pretty good representation.
Garek says " Everything is true. Especially the lies"
He can lie to you WITH the truth.
I know it's Star Trek but every once in awhile you get something that's good. Garek as a character or really as a personality is really good at representing the ninja. Even if the creators may not have set out to do that. Maybe subconsciously they do.
Yes with you on that
@@AntonyCummins The man who played Garak played Scorpio in Dirty Harry
Antony - Can you explore the topic that ninja has not died because we use it every day. Then reference various martial arts, military tactics, media and propaganda, medicine, etc. please and thank you!
I did all this in my book Modern ninja Warfare. Maybe. If thats what you mean.
AC ! ! Cookin' eggs ? ? ? AAAAAAAH HAHAHAHAHAHA BWA HA HA HA ! ! ! Can we move on ? ? Love it buddy ! !
Mr cumming was good video really ninjutsu is spy other stuff and survival is good too do yes gun the powerful but people have understand bad guy don't follow rule ninjutsu don't follow rules no matter people think rule thrown out the window but you can mix samurai hand to hand combat i am still in your conner bro Don is ass sorry bro Togakure ruy ninjutsu if you understand it IGA scroll all then same there no Togakure ryu ninjutsu scroll on it own it IGA scroll white use in snow but moon light in winter hide you better but still use black there no moon your still my bro MR Cummins
i do respect that everyone has the right to there own opinion on things but when you say that there is no historical proof of it so you say that Ninjustu is not a martial art i must respectfully disagree with you on that because Ninjutsu is an authentic martial art and you said your self you just got all your info from places that had books on shelves and you would not have anything to do with going anywhere near an authentic Ninja School that tells me that non of your book would have any real facts about the Ninja and you may have the means to travel around to get your info and i do not but to me the Ninja has been around for many century s and they are still around now
So ninjas are just a spy that observed and report. Like a agent.
if indeed there is no Ninja martial art, what art is the Bujinkan really studying?
Jujustu
@@AntonyCummins I heard that the traditional Jujutsu was the martial art of the Samurai.
Got sent here by Shad, he did not let me down
Thank you for the post. Enjoy the channel.
Did he mean go to the main documentary? This is the after thoughts only.
@@AntonyCummins he was quoting you as his source in his ninja debunking video and highly recommend checking your channel and work out
Great mate. Watch New Ninja Documentary 2020 This video is the afterthoughts and it show you what i do. My website has a load of info and downloads. Www.natori.co.uk and enjoy. Thank you for popping along.
"People are dangerous." No kidding, I had a friend who was rather high up in Brasilian Jujutsu (At least ten years in) and got into a fight with a guy, so he took the guy down like it was nothing, had him in an armbar and was about to break it... when the guy, having never been in an armbar, began flailing about and the back of his hand accidentally connected with my friend's face... and knocked him out.
We laugh about it now, but still. It's just kind of funny how he spent ten years practicing his ass off, only to get knocked out anyhow. I'm not sure if it speaks well to Brasilian Jujutsu that he wasn't knocked out intentionally and took a freak accident to do so... or if it speaks ill to it because, after ten years, it still couldn't help him from getting knocked out.
That's impossible.
What about Kawakami and his historical ninjutsu nindo
I consider anyone teaching from historical scrolls to be doing something good. I have not seen one of his events yet. But from what i have seen of him he works from scrolls.
Antony Cummins Maybe you should support each other on that front delve into it and churn out an update video
@@AntonyCummins what would you think of someone taking the scrolls and basically making a ninja club where people would learn japanese martial arts AND anything from the scrolls that is legal to practice?(no castle burning or explosives i guess)
The NIN-DO of Shoshike KAWAKAMI Jinichi is a mix, like say Antony here abour Professor Yamada, master Kawakami want teach only a few part of all the teachings of shinobi no jutsu of Ban Family, and some historical facts too, in NIN-DO nobody go learn about martial arts, maybe some walk techniques, breath techniques, cocking techniques, etcetera...this is for tourism too for Mie and Shiga prefectures too; the martial arts part of Ban Family now is teaching for 2 of the old students of master Kawakami.
Ok so if I studied these methods and find the modern equivalent of these combative systems short of fire arms, tools, equipment and train for years in jujitsu, judo and Shaolin Gung Fu and study what modern intelligence agency's use as TTP and keep studying most of my life in methods and practices this would be a modern practice of Shinobi. Would I have a school hell no because the only way to keep things secret is never to talk about it or involve others unless you have trusted people who do the same with a lot to lose if they were ever known. Even this could back fire because of personal motivation for fame, wealth or blackmail ego or bribery can be that person's downfall or death. So it's best to work alone and just have assets and contacts.
In my opinion sensei Antony please prcatice and join the Bujinkan dojo that may answer many questions in your brain and issue these questions here in your chanel... and really you will be sre how the Tai Jutsu is very segnificant in actual dander setuations
So no taijutsu? Where did it come from?
It is jujutsu. Just a different term.
@@AntonyCummins do you have a video talking about this?
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try learning techniques and see if they work.
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Isnt Steven Hayes interested in co operating with you?
No he is not unfortunately
@@AntonyCummins how come?
The reason I walked away from it was Same as Anthony I was asking to many questions. Was koto Ryu etc a samurai fighting school learned by samurai and ninja why can you not find anything about Togaure ryu. What I think is there is two types of budjinkan one taught to public the other military special forces FBI and them guys have trained with Hatsumi so must rate him . Krav maga also has what they teach public other mil.
There was no Ninjutsu fighting techniques. This was proven in UFC 1 when one of Robert Bussey’s students got wiped out within 30 seconds.
ufc1 was rigged to favor bjj. Bill the superfoot wallace, who wss hired to announce the event, explained it in an interview he did with the karate nerd.
anyyways getting wiped out doesn't mean the techniques are bad, as even tyson eventually goted wiped out
Include links to your books into your video description ;) "Antony Cummins Books here amzn.to/3ag78B3 "
Please do this for Amazon USA not Germany please and i will always pin it to the top. This is Germany i think, we need America please.
Do you belive ninjas came from peasents learning to defend themselves?
No. That is a total myth.
@@AntonyCummins Thank you for replying, just I saw a Japanese guy saying he was the last ninja and some stuff that ninja came from farmers defending themselves and that is why they like the sickle so much, thanks again for replying.
They just did a documentary on Netflix called “the age of the samurai,” and they discuss peasants living in the mountains that adopted guerilla warfare tactics which gave rise to the Ninja
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I commend your passion and relentless research. It seems to me ninjitsu is of the mind and character more than physicality. I have studied and see techniques from many other martial arts in ours... in my experience “ninjutsu” is a compilation of usefulness for the task and the situation and territory. Ninja are more of the special forces of our world and FBI & MI6 of our worlds today. Ancient ninja did what they could for their time and needs.
Read his books mate...
I'm not the biggest fan of Stephen K Hayes. For long-term and well-read reasons. Yeah, I've read all his books and seen the History channel documentaries.
30,400 subscribers and your channel is not doing so well? Monetize buddy. You're doing just fine. I am an occult historian and teacher. My plan is to conjure the Tengu and learn TRUE Ninjutsu. LMAO! Lol! 30,000 subs would equal roughly $1,500 a month on a decent month. Once you monetize you automatically start doing better Antony. Mainly because people pushing their products want paid.
Yes their is still value in this art of invisibility take the methods of old and apply it to it's modern equivalent and don't call it jujitsu. Hell if I had a family I would have passed it down to my kids so they would protect themselves. But they would only teach their kids and so on never to talk about what they have learned. I taught my neice and she wants to move up to infiltrating buildings with modern or improvised tools to gain entry with the skill of criminal burglar she snuck in got into my room grabbed my wallet, keys and left a note of gotcha on the dresser while I was taking a nap. She drove over to a friend's house and phoned me hey be back for dinner by the way I Left a note for ya click...
There was no ninja hand-to-hand combat, so were there historical ninja that were assassins?
As i say in my video, this is the end of that. If people have not understood in ten years, i can not keep explaining, if you are new then i have done so many videos and written so many books. So i have to say sorry, this is the cut off point. Please go back through my videos. All is in there, or get my books, or ask your local Libra art to get them in ??:)
@@AntonyCummins I apologize if this a common newb question (I am a bit new to your channel). I just watched your documentary and then this video so I believe you; it seems there was never a hand-to-hand "ninja" style. But you don't have to be a martial artists to kill somebody so I was just trying to figure out what else was myth vs fact. I'll go ahead and refrain from asking for clarification from now on. As Brian suggests, maybe a canned copy & paste response would be best. Or maybe a link or two to the appropriate video(s). Would definitely be a little more helpful than what essentially amounts to, "I've already talked about this, figure it out for yourself."
A symple answer to you is THE SHINOBI NO MONO NOT WAS ASSASSINS, the mayor works of this spies was look for some information and come back to his lord or boss to say this things; if a shinobi have a assassination mission, them not use the violence, they use poisons or oter tactics...
Wow you have enough mouth for a another row of teeth. Slow down stay on topic
I'm from Romania...passionate about ninjutsu in My teenage years. In the 90-is and early 2000 was available few books about ninjutsu and was really impressed (like every guy at My age,then) by the book of Mr HAyes and Ashida Kim and of course B movies classic ninja movies. I was ina club runned by a false master, it was a young guy who practiced Kyokushinkai but get a black gi and a few bullshit and make fun with Us and demanding money. I was really naive then but really no real source of info in those days, and I am really dissapointed that historically thik kind of art is just somekind of gessing in best case if not sharlatanes work:D I read Mr Turnbull book but then He is sustaining Mr Hatsumi's point of view. So, this art is just a Myth, Antony? A lot of fake martial art myths is crashing this days because of information and put by test in the ring with real sportsman not naive pupils . SHortly, just asking...Ninjutsu is a real martial art or just somekind of bullshit or gessing based on questionable historycl (?) documents? Thank You, I love You'r videos...keep Up the good work! Cheers from Romania!
All my videos talk about this. So i have said i will not do more on this this year or in the future. I have so many videos on the subject. Please enjoy them :)
I can’t believe you think Dr Who is only a man not a woman?!?!? Wahhahaha. I laughed a little hard at that. We haven’t watched Dr Who since Peter Capaldi.
Frank Dux sees ninjutsu the way you do. He was supposed the write a book entitled "Ninjas Are B.S."
I thought those title card animations really made it feel like amateur hour and brought the whole production down to RUclips level.
I suppose it is only a RUclips production. But i will think on that for next time :)
Never pick a fight with someone you may get shot in the head with a piece of wood while you’re showing off your MMA belts.
Great video you’re wrong about eggs though😂👍🏻
I am never wrong about eggs! Hahahha
Twas a cook in the military... Ahhh gonna agree to disagree lol
Damn get to the point
Sorry 😂
Strange that ninja fighting techniques is said to never have existed because no evidence have been found and it therefore is regarded as historically incorrect to regard them as ever having existed. Well have anyone thought about the possibility of invisible history? That much really valuable ninjastuff was perhaps kept deeply secret? Wouldn´t that be relevant for a culture that at least officially was in contrast to the samuraiculture? Is it so totally impossible that they trained this to the point where they didn´t have to think about it and could do these techniques as if they were second nature? Oral transmission from one person to another is a possibility isn´t it? If someone got caught then there wouldn´t be much evidence to back up an accusation for being a ninja and an enemy to the state would there?
You have misunderstood everything there.
@@AntonyCummins Maybe so, but I think you take many things too literally. There is more to this art than what is written down. I don´t think we should underestimate human ingenuity and ressourcefulness.