The Grandmaster's book of Ninja training

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Hatsumi Naginata haraigiri (sweeping cut with the halberd). ai no jutsu: a flying attack using the great axe. Shinobiyari gyakuzashi no jutsu (stabbing in the bac with a "hidden" spear). Th opponent's arms are taken back and he is finished of with the spear. itaoshi no jutsu: mowing down opponents with a lberd). Performing the kuji. Without long training leading to the mastery of taijutsu, any attempt at performing the kuji is meaningless.
Taihenjutsu (defensive body movement) is used so as to allow a moguriuchi ("burrowing punch" using the thumb tip—also called kage no ken, or "shadow fist") to stop within a hair's breadth of a vital point. Kakushigiri ("hidden cut"), a kunoichi (female ninja) technique. The flowers are flicked in the opponent's eyes to blind him with the pollen, and he is downed with the cut of a small knife hidden in the stems. Kasagakure ("umbrella hiding"). After being suddenly opened in an attacker's face, an umbrella can be used for thrusting at the surprised man's eyes or other sensitive spots. III H: And now, just before we proceed to the next part of the interview, I'd like to say that Charles Daniel is the first of my American students to pass the fifth dan test the first time he took it. Of course, you, Doron, also passed it first time around. But in the old days, you had to pass it the first time you did it: it was a matter of survival then, because a real sword was used! If you didn't get it the first time in those days, it was clear that you didn't amount to much. But by the time you do your fifth dan test, the teacher knows pretty well if you're going to succeed. And anyone who makes a practice of staking a great deal on a single endeavor generally knows beforehand whether he is going to make a success of it or not. It's true that there are times when you can't tell. But you've just got to "go for it," whatever you think. That's what we call in ninjutsu "shiki wo shinobu" 1 1 Impossible to translate literally, this phrase indicates swallowing one's concerns and giving one's all, no matter what the consequences. It also contains the idea of putting one's trust in a higher, or deeper, consciousness.
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