We're just typing words on an internet forum, and I can assure you that it doesn't affect the transmission of the art even one little bit.
If someone says ninjitsu and doesn't know better, it's completely fine. Who cares? But there is no harm in correcting said someone, so that he or...
Yes, I know. But the Hepburn system is the most used and definitely the most logical for any American or European who uses roman letters daily to...
Actually, 術 cannot be romanized as jitsu. The regular reading consists of the syllables じゅ (ju, or jiyu) and つ (tsu). So the romanization is...
I don't understand the reasoning for not understanding how tsuki can be effective outside a practice situation. I'm standing in front of you and I...
Which publication by Takamatsu sensei are you referring to? And what exactly did he say? I think (and I might have things mixed up) that...
Team 1: "Snow is white. That's just the way it is." Team 2: "No, snow is red. Look, tomatoes are red. And if you open up a blood orange, you'll...
If we're still on the context of learning specifically this art (i.e. the nine ryūha of which Hatsumi Masaaki is the sōke), then for me the...
I'm not sure Dunc is talking about being competent in inflicting violence in general. In that case, the MMA or Kickboxing forums would be better...
But are they transmitting the ryū, though?
It's kind of like asking why snow can't be green, or why pigs don't have wings. It's just the way things are. Same as with most other arts (IN...
The way I see it, you have to make the copy first. And here you are right, the quality of the copy is at first always worse than the original. But...
Can you give just one example of someone in the Bujinkan who has learned the ryū by receiving transmission from multiple sources? :dunno:
My argument is that I've yet to see anybody, ever, learn the ryū (and the martial skills within, naturally) without the kind of transmission we...
Well said, Pankeeki!
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