reflections on hitting ninjas
but first.
anyway.
when i go back to arizona, i will be sure to grab my master's little ninja token. you see, back when the school existed, a ninja (taught by the same guy who i sparred with yesturday) by the name of chris came in and sparred with jason. he lost and took up our style. this guy was an official ninja by hatsumi (grandmaster of ninja) and had a piece of paper with caligraphy on it to prove it. when chris went back to japan and met with hatsumi, hatsumi and chris sparred. i am told that hatsumi used the same mimic strategy against chris. hatsumi decided that chris had lost what it meant to be a ninja and revoked him of the title, and discarded him as a student. he came back and gave us said piece of paper. if i am bothered to return to the ninja school, i'll bring the token with me.
i now realize the lengths that people will go to, to convert others to their way of thinking. before, i had only encountered people who would try to debunk my beliefs and experiences, and then found they could not, so they would get angry. now, i have found people who will try to overcome your understanding with theirs instead of trying to even hear your experiences. make excuses and illusions, so that you must rely on your own understanding and confidence to see through the illusions, but must also keep the resolve of learning and not feel the need to protect yourself unless it is immanently necessary. i find that this holds true to life as well, and i'll take away a great deal more from that experience than i had thought.
i feel no respect for that place, but i also feel sorry for them at the same time. these people know nothing better, like the rest. they feel that they are so superior and put on this facade of humility, but there is no learning that takes place. the only exchange is simple close mindedness. while i told jason the details, he told me that they didn't like me there. after some thought, i agreed, but said that they probably wanted to change me since they saw the talent i had made for myself. such is adaptive combat. i wonder how many other people that ninja instructor had to use the quick fingernail cut to the face on as an excuse to stop sparring. there is even no bruise under it (which is usually there when a cut is gotten from a trauma). this means that there was no intent or even force behind this attack, which is why i felt no need to guard against it. but when all else fails....
i'll never understand this superiority complex other people have. but this experience was important and taught me things that i needed to know. i feel that this has made me a better martial artist and person as a whole.
i guess, my search goes on for another true martial art. till then, i'll self train, and work with my students.
anyway.
when i go back to arizona, i will be sure to grab my master's little ninja token. you see, back when the school existed, a ninja (taught by the same guy who i sparred with yesturday) by the name of chris came in and sparred with jason. he lost and took up our style. this guy was an official ninja by hatsumi (grandmaster of ninja) and had a piece of paper with caligraphy on it to prove it. when chris went back to japan and met with hatsumi, hatsumi and chris sparred. i am told that hatsumi used the same mimic strategy against chris. hatsumi decided that chris had lost what it meant to be a ninja and revoked him of the title, and discarded him as a student. he came back and gave us said piece of paper. if i am bothered to return to the ninja school, i'll bring the token with me.
i now realize the lengths that people will go to, to convert others to their way of thinking. before, i had only encountered people who would try to debunk my beliefs and experiences, and then found they could not, so they would get angry. now, i have found people who will try to overcome your understanding with theirs instead of trying to even hear your experiences. make excuses and illusions, so that you must rely on your own understanding and confidence to see through the illusions, but must also keep the resolve of learning and not feel the need to protect yourself unless it is immanently necessary. i find that this holds true to life as well, and i'll take away a great deal more from that experience than i had thought.
i feel no respect for that place, but i also feel sorry for them at the same time. these people know nothing better, like the rest. they feel that they are so superior and put on this facade of humility, but there is no learning that takes place. the only exchange is simple close mindedness. while i told jason the details, he told me that they didn't like me there. after some thought, i agreed, but said that they probably wanted to change me since they saw the talent i had made for myself. such is adaptive combat. i wonder how many other people that ninja instructor had to use the quick fingernail cut to the face on as an excuse to stop sparring. there is even no bruise under it (which is usually there when a cut is gotten from a trauma). this means that there was no intent or even force behind this attack, which is why i felt no need to guard against it. but when all else fails....
i'll never understand this superiority complex other people have. but this experience was important and taught me things that i needed to know. i feel that this has made me a better martial artist and person as a whole.
i guess, my search goes on for another true martial art. till then, i'll self train, and work with my students.