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I'm still in denial, but hopefully in a world that embraces a lot of the accomplishments and lessons learnt from the past we might enjoy the companionship that is in a shared world when a bird lands on your shoulder and both you and the bird agree, that 1 I might not want you to land on my shoulder and 2 the bird might not want to land on my shoulder, mutual respect is achieved. And have you seen how big the Oman birds eyes are? Putting a bird in a cage might give you anomaly like when one escapes and rips out the letter from the computer keyboard specificaly J a i l, (this is probably not mutual respect), humans so advanced in this world yet blind by our arrogance, Tho I would hate to see a world where your best friend butterfly needs documents and money to travel over waters and sustain them selves with food. Yin and Yang.
Of course, bcoz people can't handle the truth. It would be like telling an average american joe that the U.S of A that they believe in so passionately have never existed.
I remember when I was in my early 20s I was reading Eiji Yoshikawa's "Musashi", in one of the chapters, Musashi was being persecuted by some bandits who were searching for vengeance against him, and Otsu was in danger of being caught by them when she crossed paths with this guy who was "what people call a 'shinobi'". I thought great! A ninja fight in the middle of a samurai novel! How cool is that? And I was completely puzzled when this guy went and faced these bandits and did what ninjas do best: he talked to them, he deceived them, he made them confused and completely lose track of their prey and single-handedly saved Otsu without so much as breaking a sweat. I was left there scratching my head and only much later realized that was an amazing bit inside the whole story. A masterful demonstration of Sun Tzu's principle of winning the battle without fighting.
Hatsumi was poor until the mid eighties. Feeling the pangs of old age he got greedy to have a retirement. The costly video tapes were part of that. The name went from ninjutsu to ninpo taijutsu to budo taijutsu because he had to know the truth would come out. Great work.
I've been following Anthony Cummin's (AC's) work for a few years now and own several of his books. I also lived in Japan for a few years (Okinawa to be exact) and studied both Okinawan Karate and Bujinkan Taijutsu. Now after 30 years I still train in these arts and personally know and train with Stephen K Hayes in Dayton OH to this day. I see no reason to stop training in the martial arts and/or see any contention with AC's work. In fact, I embrace it and add the historical Ninjutsu elements to my studies to enrich my overall journey. I find a common ground of both worlds and it works wonderfully. I believe Stephen Hayes to be a brilliant martial artist, mentor and pioneer to those who have benefited the many tangible and intangible benefits of his art. And from AC's work I've gained a wealth of information on the original Shinobi Samurais that again - makes things all the more worth while. To Anthony I say this: Bravo - great work, passion and dedication. You may feel as if things aren't exactly going a specific route, but in all ways the Shinobi path - perseverance will eventually find its place in history and many more hybrids like myself stand to benefit greatly from it. Thank you and God Speed.
It seems like your a supporter of both the Bujinkan and Antony's work. I was thinking, just how do you reconcile what Antony says about ninjutsu not being a martial arts and bujinkan being fake compared to what Bujinkan Ninjutsu teaches, i.e. a ninja specific martial arts form?
If only Ninjutsu could be learned and mastered by merely scrutinizing ancient scrolls (supposedly), there would have existed, tons of Ninjutsu experts by now. As in any other, traditional martial arts, you don't learn by simply reading, skimming, translating or researching ancient texts. You learn and appreciate the system of martial arts by actually immersing yourself in it. And, as odd as this may sound, Ninjutsu practitioners train not to become Ninjas per se. They learn because they are sincerely interested in the martial knowledge that is collectively referred to as Ninjutsu. Finally, Hatsumi Sensei himself had stated years ago: "Of course, there are people who have come to us, wanting to learn our art of Ninjutsu. Many have done so over the years. But, wanting to learn doesn't mean that they will get what they're seeking after. There are people with idle curiosities whose only motivations to learn are self-serving. We don't exist to pander to these people. Most often than not, when they couldn't get what they came for, they would leave us alone soon after." Conclusion: If you think you could easily have the learned Senseis all figured out and analyzed, perhaps you might want to reconsider your basic assumptions and underlying thought processes.
This is a great documentary that you guys put together. As stated in the film, it has been a long road, but to truly get everything historically correct takes time. Keep soldiering onward Antony! It takes someone with your enthusiasm and dedication to correct the historical inaccuracies that have been created by modern culture, and I’m sure I don’t stand alone in saying, “We are with you till the end my friend!” Kind regards, -M Horn
So having been a part of that world since the Hayes years, my thoughts on this all are this: Has anyone stopped to think about why Hatsumi drifted away from the Kihon and Kata to “play”? The answer is simply this: Anyone in the world was willing to give him all of their money just to be in his presence for a photo. It didn’t matter what he taught… it didn’t matter if you were good enough for your mega-dan. If you bought into it and paid, that was that. Classic kyojitsu tenkan, if you ask me. True ninjutsu. He did what he had to do to survive.
I remember your discussion about the Iga ninja museum. It's basically the equivalent of some wild west dude ranches or romanticised cowboy shows and museums.
Magnificent material Antony!! You learn something new everyday. Just like some people didn't know that Hattori Hanzo was a ninja too and in charge of other ninjas for the Shogun home.
I have a few of your books and appreciate the work you do. I think your film was very well done. I do not always agree with all of your conclusions but your position is always exceptionally well presented, researched, and logical. I think you do a great service to the martial arts community interested in the Ninja and their history. I look forward to your content in 2020. Thank you Antony, keep up the brutal honesty, it sometimes is difficult to see convention challenged but its necessary for growth in the future.
The moment Kim Ashida appeared, crying cause Hayes stole his part of the cake "and he was better"... and the idea of "I buy a lineage from a family in japan to make my own bussiness" tore apart mi idea of the benevolence about translating and sharing. As I saw, this is just another: I'm more ninja than you.
So cool Anthony! I cherrish the days of the original HNRT facebook group, was a really good time there while it lasted and I'm very glad to see where this has taken you and all. Great video on the progress and evolution throughout the years. Good stuff and as always very respectful! Nice.
No...in japanese mediaval history,ninjas are hired spies to gather information and datas of enemies...well in a way,theyre like trained S-FORCES... to do the job...
Thank you for all your hard work and dedication. And thank you to all your colleagues that were instrumental in bringing these facts to the light of the 20th century.
I am here not because I am a martial artist, but because I am reading the Book of Ninja and I am created a game world Dungeons & Dragons. All I have found from the historic truth here is that is actually makes the Ninja better and more interesting. As the world I am creating is a fantasy world, I could totally just used the modern ninja, but the intrigue created from the historic ninja has so many more roleplaying opportunities. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much for sharing your passion AND your work on the history of the Shinobis AND bring this fresh AND sober perspective, it's refreshing and un my particular case, even More interesting! Can't way to get ay least one of your books
Just came across this, its been years since i have studied this, actually came across some of my notes in storage a few weeks ago. You made it more interesting for me.
I am so glad to see the documentary has gotten attention and hope more people will be directed to it! Thank you Antony for telling us more truth about our favorite shadowy figures than everyone one who claims to be a master.
I'm digging the cuts of Anthony doing (presumably) research using the books the he himself wrote. That's just too awesome. I'm not happy about being lied to by Nintendo and the people behind Ninja Gaiden. Someone is going to be getting a strongly worded letter. Thanks for the video, brother.
In another 10 years, kids will watch this video reposted to whatever new video streaming platform takes over from CZcams, and ask their friends "what's a skype?"
Just read your book (Bansenshukai). I've done Karate for many years and had been fascinated with the pop culture version of the Ninja for many years as well. All I want want to say is, thank you so much for the book. You burst my fantasy bubble but you also got me interested in the real life of the Ninjas which I think is far more interesting than the fantasy version. Would love to read more of your work on warrior societies and spies of different cultures as well. Respect and love from India. 🙏
Fantastic doc Antony! Here in Brazil, as a military historian, I also make videos debunking those historical myths. And by the way, one of my most succesfull videos is about 5 Myths of the Ninja. And to make it, I bought all your 3 books about the ninja and ninjutsu, and I also received plenty of hate from students and teachers: This Bujinkan is famous around here as well. Anyway, lets keep on fighting for the truth. Just wanna tell you how essential your work is.
@@AntonyCummins they was never called ninja they was called shinobi, shinobi was samurai that didn't do ninjitsu, the idea of ninja was made up to sell to people that wanted to believe
@@joeyfatone6494 or you can do your own research, there's CZcams channels that would explain it better than me, just type in "real ninja" or "real history of the ninja" the ninja was people that lived in the forests that practiced guerrilla warfare and they didn't throw ninja stars and assassinate on covered missions, that's just made up for the movies because it made money, they just lived differently than the samurai and was called shinobi at one point, ninjitsu wasn't even practiced in the time of the samurai, they was just a nuisance and was easily defeated with a army of samurai that hunted them down, did you watch Netflix samurai: battles of Japan, the idea of "the ninja" is wishful thinking.
I trained under a student of Robert Bussey ( RBWI ) and later Bujinkan. RBWI was Bujinkan with the punches and kicks swapped out for karate style punches and kicks with pressure testing of technique and more aggressive sparring. It was my favorite out of everything. It basically ended when Pat Smith decimated his student on UFC II, which was the Gracie plan.
I am slowly but surely collecting a copy of each of your books! Me and my fiance are so excited to study from you and to teach our son the proper ways of shinobi-no-jutsu once he is ready after he is born in March!!! Thank you for everything you and your team does Mr. Antony!!! God bless you all!!! 💙
Brilliant documentary Antony and team you saved me a lot of money and help me clarify what I want from the physical and mental side of martial arts , which is just truth. Not MMA sport or mythical
Very interesting documentary, I had the pleasure to train in several ninjitsu societies, and threw them met my japanese ju jitsu instructor that I have been a student of for nearly 30 years, thankyou for sharing and inspiring everyone to seek the truth in every path they follow
Yup. I read all of Stephen K Hayes' books. Watched Kage no Gundan obsessively. Lived in Japan. And after all that, became a relaxation therapist. Because sooner or later, it all comes back to what's in your head, not in your hand.
A hahaha!! I’m lucky 100! By the way, Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Love your show, keep up the good work. The old scrolls (Funabashi sensei and Natori sensei) in particular. Domo arigato gozaimasu.
This is why I love the concept of ninja even more than I used to from pop culture misrepresentation. The idea of a commando spy, almost James Bond-like, infiltrating an opposing operation to gather intel in crazy ways during medieval Japan seems SO BLOODY COOL. This is one of my favourite areas of history and I have wanted to travel to Japan for so long to discover some historical sites and places of samurai and ninja tradition, but this stupid Covid has ruined it for so many. Thank you again Anthony for your incredible work in illustrating the true and awesome identity of the shinobi, we historians really do appreciate it. rin hyo to sha kai jin retzo zai zen AUN!
I'm about half way through this documentary and a sudden thought hit me... All this time, we in the West have been fascinated by the martial arts that the Shinobi and by extension the Samurai used but when you really look at these figures, they were soldiers. Sure they had a system of hand to hand combat, swordsmanship and other weapons expertise (to a point) but their lives were simply that of a soldier, the Shinobi a little more specialized but a soldier nonetheless. Imagine 300 years in our future and we found some lost documents explaining just the rifle marksmanship part of the American Army training or British Army training and the future people assumed that it's some mystical information on how soldiers in the 20-21st centuries could magically kill anything within a kilometer with a rifle but the actual reality is that being a soldier encompassed literally everything: how to make two man shelters and fighting positions, use of grenades, first aid and self care in the field, setting up logistics in the field etc, etc.... I'm starting to think that what WE the general public focused on about Ninja activities was such a small part of their lives, training and experience. In the American Army hand to hand combat is such a small part of what you learn and sometimes you go over refresher classes, but the total experience of an army soldier is so much more than just that one little part of training.
The funny thing is that all these revelations i knew them from 1992. In Greece. Our karate sensei was also occuping with Ninjutsu (Ninpo Taizutsu was called back then and Hatsumi was head of the organization and our sensei had a friend that had the chance to get deep into this Hatsumi teachings and that man was named Kostas Dervenis and well he pretty much found out the very same things you are describing and informed our sensei of karate (kiokushin) and so i learned about it in some unofficial backstage discussion in my sensei's office. In the little town of Ioannina Greece back at 1992. That in fact there is no Takamatsu and the whole thing was invented by Hatsumi. So that made Kostas Dervenis actually take distance from all that.
But i am not saying all these to claim anything. For me was not so important. Just another knowledge of mine etc. That doesn't replace the enormous work you guys did on the subject. I just had the knowledge of these facts from back then. That's all. And i can confirm that what you saying is true. I just learnt it from other sources. And the fact that ninjas were like undercover commandos and that they were also samurai's yeah i knew it from back then. Seems that the vast majority had no idea so it is good you guys clarified it out also for the masses.
Dude.....that house. Wow, that is an incredible place you've got there it looks very cozy and intricate with the wood in the walls i have never seen a house like that before.
Shaolin originated through India. when one of the Indian Monk travelled to China and stayed in a Village to cure a Pandemic incurable desease. He was instructor of the oldest martial arts or you can say mother of all martial arts Kaleri Payut and established the 1st shaolin temple in china. His name is bodhidharma alos know as Damu in China. Shaolin or kungfu was developed and originated from Kaleri payut.
Well, maybe Bujinkan and Genbukan and all the rest ARE actually teaching ninjutsu (the invisible art of survival), they give you nothing and you pay them hefty sums for it. The art is invisible (it does not exist). And the teacher gets to survive (cause you paid him).
Great Video!!! i trained in the Bujinkan for 12 years along with many other arts, but have moved on to other pursuits. i find your homestead lifestyle very interesting and would be interested in seeing how that all ties into how you perceive life. I assume much of it comes from your research into the historical ninja clans.. there's a lot going on there, that i don't think the average person would pick up on. 😉 those are my goals now as i work to improve my off-grid backwoods homestead and become as self-sufficient as possible. best wishes.
Hello Antony I like this mini-documentary; in my case, in 2011 I come back to training in Bujinkan but in the 2012 I know part of your research, and many times my sensei in this art say "here not train ninjutsu any more". Then I began to wonder why I train something that does not teach what I wanted to learn, your research open the way for search other paths...today I train many japanese martial arts, some koryu, some modern, and shinobi no jutsu, and now I know what each thing is. The only bad thing about all this is that: "people are not really interested in shinobi no jutsu"---
I was strong enough to step away when I saw proof on the Japanese side that it was all fake. A few times when I called people on their BS and said that certain techniques that they were performing were ineffective, they threatened and challenged me, as if they were in some martial arts movie. I know of one person from the Bujinkan who was murdered in South Africa during a robbery because he tried to be a "super ninja" when held at gunpoint. Honestly, I think various ninjutsu organizations take advantage of flawed individuals.
I like the fantasy and romanticized Ninja. The 80's movie style ninja. That will never change. However, I love learning about the historical aspects just as much. The Ninja of fantasy are just like King Arthur's knights to historical knights or modern day superheroes to today's society. Knowing the historical does not take away my enjoyment of the fantasy one bit. It's odd that people have to argue about things like a straight Ninja-to sword to a curved one. We get it already, straight is not historically accurate but even so.... If one knows this, it shouldn't detract from enjoying the fantasy of it. Excalibur was not real... I still think Arthurian legend is awesome. If anything... the fantasy should lead one to investigate the historical which then enhances the entire subject. Just my 2 cents.... Good documentary. I really enjoyed it.
I need to study these teachings I have been manipulated and deceived all my life. Thank you for doing the homework on this subject as it is fascinating!
@@AntonyCummins mr cummins you are a saint giving us the real facts it is kinda heart breaking though that there is misinformation and that the ninja werent quite what we thought they where but history is awsome and amazing it would be great if there indeed where scrolls that do go into detail about techniques who knows hopefully we will get one ideally more like you said though theres many different schools there all different most certainly but again it would be cool
@@blakewangler230 Hello Blake. Just want to give you a heads up that Antony doesn't receive notifications for replies to his replies. He receives notifications for new comments.
I totally understand where your coming from when your a person that teaches or explain the true traditional martial arts but the majority of human society fail to understand and appreciate the spiritual nuggets of old world martial arts that one's self is trying to share with humanity in which humanity usually only wants to learn martial arts for fighting purposes.
I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you do. I will now buy all the rest of your books, i dont allready own. Just to show you my support and appreciation. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into revealing the real truth, -which has made the ninja many times more impressive and «magical» than my 80s childhood image of them. Im like you. I absolutely love and cherish the work you do. A Thousand thanks, as we Norwegians say.
Very good presentation sir. Felt like there was too much negative emphasis regarding Stephen Hays, who would have been a great person to have interviewed. I am not surprised that many others refused to participate, which is kind of sad. I would loved to have heard from Hays, Van Donk, Don Roley, Christa Jacobson, and some others to share their points of view. You did your best to open it up to them, so it is what it is. Again, good presentation. We have not always agreed on everything, but I do respect you and what you are doing.
great documentary. I wonder if The PinkMan has watched.Also Antony, do you have a similar interest in more modern systems like Aikikai Aikido and O-Sensei?
Is this an actual documentary or a commercial FOR a documentary? It just seems like there's a ton of distracting product placement but not much actual content.
Oh it's a documentary. And it has substance to it. He's describing what he's doing, some misconceptions about the ninja, where it came from, etc Is this an all encompassing documentary? No it is not. He could make another documentary about other subjects. Like the Samurai and Ninja, weapons, tactics, mindset, principles. But that's what his books are about.
@@echelon2k8 It was more of Goemon reference. Hatori Hanzo helped fake Goemons execution . As in Shinobi no mono to preserve Shinobi and also keep him in a job with Leyasu
I've been looking forward to your documentary for a while now and it did not disappoint. I was kind of hoping though that at the very end, you would throw down a ninja smoke bomb and disappear into the mist. I find it interesting that in one of the Sho Kosugi ninja movies he says "only a ninja can kill a ninja" and here it is that you are the one who killed the ninja. lol
Thank you for watching everyone. Please support me by getting a copy of my new book, the Book of Bushido
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"He who says the truth, is always the most hated."
Like the way MGTOW is exposing female nature. Those guys have gotten a lot of hate.
I'm still in denial, but hopefully in a world that embraces a lot of the accomplishments and lessons learnt from the past we might enjoy the companionship that is in a shared world when a bird lands on your shoulder and both you and the bird agree, that 1 I might not want you to land on my shoulder and 2 the bird might not want to land on my shoulder, mutual respect is achieved. And have you seen how big the Oman birds eyes are? Putting a bird in a cage might give you anomaly like when one escapes and rips out the letter from the computer keyboard specificaly J a i l, (this is probably not mutual respect), humans so advanced in this world yet blind by our arrogance, Tho I would hate to see a world where your best friend butterfly needs documents and money to travel over waters and sustain them selves with food.
Yin and Yang.
Of course, bcoz people can't handle the truth. It would be like telling an average american joe that the U.S of A that they believe in so passionately have never existed.
Very few people will understand what these sentences mean.
Very true,a bit like the world today..
English teacher uses japanese students to translate ninja scrolls to fuel his ninja obsession.
Exactly how I would've done.
I remember when I was in my early 20s I was reading Eiji Yoshikawa's "Musashi", in one of the chapters, Musashi was being persecuted by some bandits who were searching for vengeance against him, and Otsu was in danger of being caught by them when she crossed paths with this guy who was "what people call a 'shinobi'". I thought great! A ninja fight in the middle of a samurai novel! How cool is that? And I was completely puzzled when this guy went and faced these bandits and did what ninjas do best: he talked to them, he deceived them, he made them confused and completely lose track of their prey and single-handedly saved Otsu without so much as breaking a sweat. I was left there scratching my head and only much later realized that was an amazing bit inside the whole story. A masterful demonstration of Sun Tzu's principle of winning the battle without fighting.
That's so clever and totally in agreement with what I have learned about ninjutsu.
Hatsumi was poor until the mid eighties. Feeling the pangs of old age he got greedy to have a retirement. The costly video tapes were part of that. The name went from ninjutsu to ninpo taijutsu to budo taijutsu because he had to know the truth would come out. Great work.
I've been following Anthony Cummin's (AC's) work for a few years now and own several of his books. I also lived in Japan for a few years (Okinawa to be exact) and studied both Okinawan Karate and Bujinkan Taijutsu. Now after 30 years I still train in these arts and personally know and train with Stephen K Hayes in Dayton OH to this day. I see no reason to stop training in the martial arts and/or see any contention with AC's work. In fact, I embrace it and add the historical Ninjutsu elements to my studies to enrich my overall journey. I find a common ground of both worlds and it works wonderfully. I believe Stephen Hayes to be a brilliant martial artist, mentor and pioneer to those who have benefited the many tangible and intangible benefits of his art. And from AC's work I've gained a wealth of information on the original Shinobi Samurais that again - makes things all the more worth while. To Anthony I say this: Bravo - great work, passion and dedication. You may feel as if things aren't exactly going a specific route, but in all ways the Shinobi path - perseverance will eventually find its place in history and many more hybrids like myself stand to benefit greatly from it. Thank you and God Speed.
Amen
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It seems like your a supporter of both the Bujinkan and Antony's work. I was thinking, just how do you reconcile what Antony says about ninjutsu not being a martial arts and bujinkan being fake compared to what Bujinkan Ninjutsu teaches, i.e. a ninja specific martial arts form?
If only Ninjutsu could be learned and mastered by merely scrutinizing ancient scrolls (supposedly), there would have existed, tons of Ninjutsu experts by now.
As in any other, traditional martial arts, you don't learn by simply reading, skimming, translating or researching ancient texts. You learn and appreciate the system of martial arts by actually immersing yourself in it.
And, as odd as this may sound, Ninjutsu practitioners train not to become Ninjas per se. They learn because they are sincerely interested in the martial knowledge that is collectively referred to as Ninjutsu.
Finally, Hatsumi Sensei himself had stated years ago: "Of course, there are people who have come to us, wanting to learn our art of Ninjutsu. Many have done so over the years. But, wanting to learn doesn't mean that they will get what they're seeking after. There are people with idle curiosities whose only motivations to learn are self-serving. We don't exist to pander to these people. Most often than not, when they couldn't get what they came for, they would leave us alone soon after."
Conclusion: If you think you could easily have the learned Senseis all figured out and analyzed, perhaps you might want to reconsider your basic assumptions and underlying thought processes.
Stephen Hayes is in Dayton ? Dang I went to school around there
This is the most entertaining and exciting documentary or even just video content I've watched all year! Bravo. Sir.
Thank you Antony. Your work has absolutely changed my world view.
This is a great documentary that you guys put together. As stated in the film, it has been a long road, but to truly get everything historically correct takes time. Keep soldiering onward Antony! It takes someone with your enthusiasm and dedication to correct the historical inaccuracies that have been created by modern culture, and I’m sure I don’t stand alone in saying, “We are with you till the end my friend!”
Kind regards, -M Horn
I studied Ashida Kim in the early 80's, when I was about 11 years old. You think you killed the Ninja??? Mate, you will never even find me.
So having been a part of that world since the Hayes years, my thoughts on this all are this:
Has anyone stopped to think about why Hatsumi drifted away from the Kihon and Kata to “play”? The answer is simply this: Anyone in the world was willing to give him all of their money just to be in his presence for a photo. It didn’t matter what he taught… it didn’t matter if you were good enough for your mega-dan. If you bought into it and paid, that was that.
Classic kyojitsu tenkan, if you ask me. True ninjutsu. He did what he had to do to survive.
I remember your discussion about the Iga ninja museum. It's basically the equivalent of some wild west dude ranches or romanticised cowboy shows and museums.
Magnificent material Antony!! You learn something new everyday. Just like some people didn't know that Hattori Hanzo was a ninja too and in charge of other ninjas for the Shogun home.
An absolutely amazing doc, Antony! Nicely made. Very satisfying to watch.
I have a few of your books and appreciate the work you do. I think your film was very well done. I do not always agree with all of your conclusions but your position is always exceptionally well presented, researched, and logical. I think you do a great service to the martial arts community interested in the Ninja and their history. I look forward to your content in 2020. Thank you Antony, keep up the brutal honesty, it sometimes is difficult to see convention challenged but its necessary for growth in the future.
Great stuff! My passion for the Bujinkan has evolved into a passion for the history thanks to you.
I love this documentary about The Ninja and Samurai thank you for putting this video Keep up the Good work Antony.
The moment Kim Ashida appeared, crying cause Hayes stole his part of the cake "and he was better"... and the idea of "I buy a lineage from a family in japan to make my own bussiness" tore apart mi idea of the benevolence about translating and sharing. As I saw, this is just another: I'm more ninja than you.
This is a great documentary, i hope you make more like this
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So cool Anthony! I cherrish the days of the original HNRT facebook group, was a really good time there while it lasted and I'm very glad to see where this has taken you and all. Great video on the progress and evolution throughout the years. Good stuff and as always very respectful! Nice.
What I gather from this is the ninja where ancient special forces Seals, delta, etc
No they weren’t not even close. They were just samurai who had a second job to pay the bills
@@TheInfantry98 dont try to be funny..do some research and study b4 making ignorant comments...
No...in japanese mediaval history,ninjas are hired spies to gather information and datas of enemies...well in a way,theyre like trained S-FORCES... to do the job...
Ninja myths are like overrated,blown up,romanticized stories popularies by local japanes early movies followed up in Hollywood movie industry...
Peasant families who originally honed their skills to defend themselves, later they became hired hands.
Thank you for all your hard work and dedication. And thank you to all your colleagues that were instrumental in bringing these facts to the light of the 20th century.
I am here not because I am a martial artist, but because I am reading the Book of Ninja and I am created a game world Dungeons & Dragons. All I have found from the historic truth here is that is actually makes the Ninja better and more interesting. As the world I am creating is a fantasy world, I could totally just used the modern ninja, but the intrigue created from the historic ninja has so many more roleplaying opportunities. Keep up the great work!
Try and get me on a podcast for d and d. I would love that. Please pass my videos around that community. It would really help.
Thank you so much for sharing your passion AND your work on the history of the Shinobis AND bring this fresh AND sober perspective, it's refreshing and un my particular case, even More interesting! Can't way to get ay least one of your books
truly a vast undertaking, and I commend your effort and all you have brought to light. this is a topic shrouded in mystery.
Excellent documentary. Love what you have done.
Just came across this, its been years since i have studied this, actually came across some of my notes in storage a few weeks ago. You made it more interesting for me.
I am so glad to see the documentary has gotten attention and hope more people will be directed to it! Thank you Antony for telling us more truth about our favorite shadowy figures than everyone one who claims to be a master.
I'm digging the cuts of Anthony doing (presumably) research using the books the he himself wrote. That's just too awesome.
I'm not happy about being lied to by Nintendo and the people behind Ninja Gaiden. Someone is going to be getting a strongly worded letter.
Thanks for the video, brother.
Haha send it
Thank you for your work! It didn't detour me, if anything I'm way more hooked on this history. Thank you for the truth!
In another 10 years, kids will watch this video reposted to whatever new video streaming platform takes over from CZcams, and ask their friends "what's a skype?"
Just read your book (Bansenshukai). I've done Karate for many years and had been fascinated with the pop culture version of the Ninja for many years as well. All I want want to say is, thank you so much for the book. You burst my fantasy bubble but you also got me interested in the real life of the Ninjas which I think is far more interesting than the fantasy version. Would love to read more of your work on warrior societies and spies of different cultures as well. Respect and love from India. 🙏
Fantastic doc Antony! Here in Brazil, as a military historian, I also make videos debunking those historical myths. And by the way, one of my most succesfull videos is about 5 Myths of the Ninja. And to make it, I bought all your 3 books about the ninja and ninjutsu, and I also received plenty of hate from students and teachers: This Bujinkan is famous around here as well. Anyway, lets keep on fighting for the truth. Just wanna tell you how essential your work is.
Can you email me a link antonyjcummins@yahoo.Co.uk
Superb job here Antony! Cheers!
Great documentary!! You just got me interested in ninjas again! Diolch!!
The man who actually saved the ninja. That should be the title of this.
Thank you
@@AntonyCummins they was never called ninja they was called shinobi, shinobi was samurai that didn't do ninjitsu, the idea of ninja was made up to sell to people that wanted to believe
@@Gojira_Prime I'm sure your an expert in the subject. I would love to check out the books you've written about it. What are the names of them again?
@@joeyfatone6494 or you can do your own research, there's CZcams channels that would explain it better than me, just type in "real ninja" or "real history of the ninja" the ninja was people that lived in the forests that practiced guerrilla warfare and they didn't throw ninja stars and assassinate on covered missions, that's just made up for the movies because it made money, they just lived differently than the samurai and was called shinobi at one point, ninjitsu wasn't even practiced in the time of the samurai, they was just a nuisance and was easily defeated with a army of samurai that hunted them down, did you watch Netflix samurai: battles of Japan, the idea of "the ninja" is wishful thinking.
Say “was” some more 😂
Thank you for your hard dedicated work Antony Cummins very much appreciated
I trained under a student of Robert Bussey ( RBWI ) and later Bujinkan. RBWI was Bujinkan with the punches and kicks swapped out for karate style punches and kicks with pressure testing of technique and more aggressive sparring. It was my favorite out of everything. It basically ended when Pat Smith decimated his student on UFC II, which was the Gracie plan.
Fantastic film. Great work Antony and Jay.
Thank you. This is a great documentary for people to get interested in.
Great job! About time someone blew the lid of this topic
U r the real mccoy, thank u for sweating out n spending so much energy on the history of the real ninja. Pls keep up the good work.
You are welcome
Fascinating film! I enjoyed it! Thanks for posting!
William
I am slowly but surely collecting a copy of each of your books! Me and my fiance are so excited to study from you and to teach our son the proper ways of shinobi-no-jutsu once he is ready after he is born in March!!! Thank you for everything you and your team does Mr. Antony!!! God bless you all!!! 💙
I joined Dux Ryu Ninjitsu after watching Blood Sports. Good times. I really enjoyed your documentary, well made and researched. Thank you.
Brilliant documentary Antony and team you saved me a lot of money and help me clarify what I want from the physical and mental side of martial arts , which is just truth. Not MMA sport or mythical
Very interesting documentary, I had the pleasure to train in several ninjitsu societies, and threw them met my japanese ju jitsu instructor that I have been a student of for nearly 30 years, thankyou for sharing and inspiring everyone to seek the truth in every path they follow
Yup. I read all of Stephen K Hayes' books. Watched Kage no Gundan obsessively. Lived in Japan. And after all that, became a relaxation therapist. Because sooner or later, it all comes back to what's in your head, not in your hand.
WELL said, Sir
A hahaha!! I’m lucky 100! By the way, Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Love your show, keep up the good work. The old scrolls (Funabashi sensei and Natori sensei) in particular. Domo arigato gozaimasu.
Thoroughly enjoyed that, really good stuff
This is why I love the concept of ninja even more than I used to from pop culture misrepresentation. The idea of a commando spy, almost James Bond-like, infiltrating an opposing operation to gather intel in crazy ways during medieval Japan seems SO BLOODY COOL.
This is one of my favourite areas of history and I have wanted to travel to Japan for so long to discover some historical sites and places of samurai and ninja tradition, but this stupid Covid has ruined it for so many.
Thank you again Anthony for your incredible work in illustrating the true and awesome identity of the shinobi, we historians really do appreciate it.
rin hyo to sha kai jin retzo zai zen AUN!
Antony that was awesome buddy well done
Nice docu, and also a good way to promote your books ;)
i really enjoy amd love all your work books and video
What an amazing journey you’ve had, great document.... 👌🏻
finally I found your channel again
Nice work guys!
Thanks a ton, Antony.
I'm about half way through this documentary and a sudden thought hit me... All this time, we in the West have been fascinated by the martial arts that the Shinobi and by extension the Samurai used but when you really look at these figures, they were soldiers. Sure they had a system of hand to hand combat, swordsmanship and other weapons expertise (to a point) but their lives were simply that of a soldier, the Shinobi a little more specialized but a soldier nonetheless. Imagine 300 years in our future and we found some lost documents explaining just the rifle marksmanship part of the American Army training or British Army training and the future people assumed that it's some mystical information on how soldiers in the 20-21st centuries could magically kill anything within a kilometer with a rifle but the actual reality is that being a soldier encompassed literally everything: how to make two man shelters and fighting positions, use of grenades, first aid and self care in the field, setting up logistics in the field etc, etc.... I'm starting to think that what WE the general public focused on about Ninja activities was such a small part of their lives, training and experience. In the American Army hand to hand combat is such a small part of what you learn and sometimes you go over refresher classes, but the total experience of an army soldier is so much more than just that one little part of training.
It’s way way more man
All modern MA are basically historical LARP
Ninja - Samurai- Shaolin-
Have fun with it but don’t make it a religion
They didnt... they made it a way of Life.
The funny thing is that all these revelations i knew them from 1992. In Greece. Our karate sensei was also occuping with Ninjutsu (Ninpo Taizutsu was called back then and Hatsumi was head of the organization and our sensei had a friend that had the chance to get deep into this Hatsumi teachings and that man was named Kostas Dervenis and well he pretty much found out the very same things you are describing and informed our sensei of karate (kiokushin) and so i learned about it in some unofficial backstage discussion in my sensei's office. In the little town of Ioannina Greece back at 1992. That in fact there is no Takamatsu and the whole thing was invented by Hatsumi. So that made Kostas Dervenis actually take distance from all that.
But i am not saying all these to claim anything. For me was not so important. Just another knowledge of mine etc. That doesn't replace the enormous work you guys did on the subject. I just had the knowledge of these facts from back then. That's all. And i can confirm that what you saying is true. I just learnt it from other sources. And the fact that ninjas were like undercover commandos and that they were also samurai's yeah i knew it from back then. Seems that the vast majority had no idea so it is good you guys clarified it out also for the masses.
Yeah. People knew what the ninja was before Hatsumi came around
Thank you Anthony for your efforts in historical research. Thank you Yoshie for your translation and Japnese culture perspective.
Dude.....that house. Wow, that is an incredible place you've got there it looks very cozy and intricate with the wood in the walls i have never seen a house like that before.
n the Uk we have so many. But i did buy one like this because of the style. Thank you.
This was really useful in helping me understand so much.
Thank you so much Antony.
Also, I mean... death threats? Crazy stuff.
This is my perrfect Christmas present.
I love the hang drum music you have in the background. I own one myself
Such wonderful work. Thanks for keep it real with the ninja's. The truth is more beautiful then then legend
Mr Cummins can you do a book dispelling myths about Shaolin and then the chivalrous honorable knights of Europe.
Shaolin originated through India. when one of the Indian Monk travelled to China and stayed in a Village to cure a Pandemic incurable desease.
He was instructor of the oldest martial arts or you can say mother of all martial arts Kaleri Payut and established the 1st shaolin temple in china.
His name is bodhidharma alos know as Damu in China.
Shaolin or kungfu was developed and originated from Kaleri payut.
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Stay away from the koolaid, buddy.
By the way, great documentary. Currently reading war stories. I have a question to ask you. We need another interview and soon.
Well, maybe Bujinkan and Genbukan and all the rest ARE actually teaching ninjutsu (the invisible art of survival), they give you nothing and you pay them hefty sums for it. The art is invisible (it does not exist). And the teacher gets to survive (cause you paid him).
Your obviously training at the wrong gym?
very interesting. great video.
Oh dear...the ninjers are gonna be so pissed. Good work Antony.
Great Video!!! i trained in the Bujinkan for 12 years along with many other arts, but have moved on to other pursuits. i find your homestead lifestyle very interesting and would be interested in seeing how that all ties into how you perceive life. I assume much of it comes from your research into the historical ninja clans.. there's a lot going on there, that i don't think the average person would pick up on. 😉
those are my goals now as i work to improve my off-grid backwoods homestead and become as self-sufficient as possible.
best wishes.
Hello Antony I like this mini-documentary; in my case, in 2011 I come back to training in Bujinkan but in the 2012 I know part of your research, and many times my sensei in this art say "here not train ninjutsu any more". Then I began to wonder why I train something that does not teach what I wanted to learn, your research open the way for search other paths...today I train many japanese martial arts, some koryu, some modern, and shinobi no jutsu, and now I know what each thing is. The only bad thing about all this is that: "people are not really interested in shinobi no jutsu"---
I was strong enough to step away when I saw proof on the Japanese side that it was all fake. A few times when I called people on their BS and said that certain techniques that they were performing were ineffective, they threatened and challenged me, as if they were in some martial arts movie. I know of one person from the Bujinkan who was murdered in South Africa during a robbery because he tried to be a "super ninja" when held at gunpoint. Honestly, I think various ninjutsu organizations take advantage of flawed individuals.
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I like the fantasy and romanticized Ninja. The 80's movie style ninja. That will never change. However, I love learning about the historical aspects just as much. The Ninja of fantasy are just like King Arthur's knights to historical knights or modern day superheroes to today's society. Knowing the historical does not take away my enjoyment of the fantasy one bit. It's odd that people have to argue about things like a straight Ninja-to sword to a curved one. We get it already, straight is not historically accurate but even so.... If one knows this, it shouldn't detract from enjoying the fantasy of it. Excalibur was not real... I still think Arthurian legend is awesome.
If anything... the fantasy should lead one to investigate the historical which then enhances the entire subject. Just my 2 cents.... Good documentary. I really enjoyed it.
Thanks Jason.
Awesome! Keep going!
I need to study these teachings I have been manipulated and deceived all my life. Thank you for doing the homework on this subject as it is fascinating!
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Thank you
Antony Cummins please make another one, there are not many high quality ninja documentary's on youtube
I want to get back in to TV stuff. But its a good idea.
@@AntonyCummins mr cummins you are a saint giving us the real facts it is kinda heart breaking though that there is misinformation and that the ninja werent quite what we thought they where but history is awsome and amazing it would be great if there indeed where scrolls that do go into detail about techniques who knows hopefully we will get one ideally more like you said though theres many different schools there all different most certainly but again it would be cool
@@blakewangler230 Hello Blake. Just want to give you a heads up that Antony doesn't receive notifications for replies to his replies. He receives notifications for new comments.
A great video.
amazing work!
I totally understand where your coming from when your a person that teaches or explain the true traditional martial arts but the majority of human society fail to understand and appreciate the spiritual nuggets of old world martial arts that one's self is trying to share with humanity in which humanity usually only wants to learn martial arts for fighting purposes.
Wonderful documentary ❤❤❤
Funny that Anthony sounds and looks more like Frodo than Hatori Hanzo
😉
Thank you 🙏🏻
The documentary spelled Robert Bussey‘s name wrong. And he wasn’t in Indiana he was in Nebraska.
Now I *really* have to get your books.
I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you do. I will now buy all the rest of your books, i dont allready own. Just to show you my support and appreciation. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into revealing the real truth, -which has made the ninja many times more impressive and «magical» than my 80s childhood image of them. Im like you. I absolutely love and cherish the work you do. A Thousand thanks, as we Norwegians say.
That is great. It is so nice to hear.
Ashida Kim ?....Seriously ? Surprised you didn't have Chris Jacobson and Red Spider Ninja in this . SAD.
It seems that slots of people who think they Know , but they don't know who he is , there are a few of us that do .
Awesome documentary Antony. Very important information here. But admittedly, I still love Ninja Gaiden and the Shinobi games 🤣
Insightful 👏
Very good presentation sir. Felt like there was too much negative emphasis regarding Stephen Hays, who would have been a great person to have interviewed. I am not surprised that many others refused to participate, which is kind of sad. I would loved to have heard from Hays, Van Donk, Don Roley, Christa Jacobson, and some others to share their points of view. You did your best to open it up to them, so it is what it is. Again, good presentation. We have not always agreed on everything, but I do respect you and what you are doing.
Jeff Brown i ask Hayes and he was interested but nothing came of it.
great documentary. I wonder if The PinkMan has watched.Also Antony, do you have a similar interest in more modern systems like Aikikai Aikido and O-Sensei?
No just old ways. I love them best
Great Job mate
Thank you very much
Is this an actual documentary or a commercial FOR a documentary? It just seems like there's a ton of distracting product placement but not much actual content.
Its an infomercial designed to sell a new, equally fake system of Ninja martial arts.
Oh it's a documentary. And it has substance to it. He's describing what he's doing, some misconceptions about the ninja, where it came from, etc
Is this an all encompassing documentary? No it is not.
He could make another documentary about other subjects. Like the Samurai and Ninja, weapons, tactics, mindset, principles. But that's what his books are about.
The greatest technique of the ninja, to let everyone think they are dead.
Sounds like the quote: The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the world he didn't exist.
@@echelon2k8 It was more of Goemon reference. Hatori Hanzo helped fake Goemons execution . As in Shinobi no mono to preserve Shinobi and also keep him in a job with Leyasu
Amazing video 📼.
I've been looking forward to your documentary for a while now and it did not disappoint. I was kind of hoping though that at the very end, you would throw down a ninja smoke bomb and disappear into the mist. I find it interesting that in one of the Sho Kosugi ninja movies he says "only a ninja can kill a ninja" and here it is that you are the one who killed the ninja. lol