Effective today, I am leaving all online communities, including Martial Arts Planet, Martial Talk, and BudoSeek. This past weekend, I had the...
In a recent thread, the following mini conversation happened in the middle of a larger conversation. It doesn't make sense to spend lots of...
I have started this thread so we can discuss (in an isolated environment) some of the issues that we as instructors face when teaching women to...
I came across this historical oath recently, and was so astonished by it, that I thought I should share it with the Ninjutsu community. I have...
We've recently seen some very divisive debates here on MAP--the "alive" training perspective versus the (so-labeled) "compliant" training...
Hayes may even believe that he is still a student, simply because giving that link up means he loses the Japanese link he claims, but that link is...
I am all for unbalancing the opponent. This one takes the cake! ;) Scott Taffera sensed something was wrong when a man walked into the...
Anyone man enough? :rolleyes: Richard Massey's Video Diary - Last Man Standing - BBC Three - YouTube -ben
This video footage is from one of my favorite Japanese TV shows, known as "Toribia no Izumi" (The Wellspring of Trivia). In this part of the show,...
Some are going to say that this is a presumptious post, but this is a dojo of learning about Hatsumi-sensei's art, and this needs to be said.......
Eyes to see I think that part of the problem with the perception of our art is that many of the clips posted are not of high quality Okay, so...
Now THIS is funny! :D NO - YouTube -ben
Because we have so many foreigner practitioners in the Bujinkan who visit Japan or live in Japan, I wanted to share this website with you....
I came across this article today, and thought that SOME people might be interested in it. It's a fascinating look at how the introduction of rules...
I found this, especially the first paragraph (which is applicable to the thread on reading between the lines of Hatsumi-sensei's statements), to...
Two recent exchanges, one via personal email and one here on MAP, got me thinking about how we allow our own expectations to cloud our judgment of...
Lately, I've been studying organizations in my PhD program and I've discovered some things that could help people to understand how the Bujinkan...
"If the point is made in a mature fashion and contributes to the discussion then shouldn't we listen regradless of who it is?" I am replying to...
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