bad martial arts books
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Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Hey I just wanted to be his royal highness the high and mighty grand exalted imperial dragon and evil wizard of anything
No, I picture it more as a guy wearing scrubs, fresh in from the operating table, with a bunch of lecture notes for his afternoon class and a chessboard with a box of pieces and some notes for a column on the Sicilian defense sticking up out of his medical bag... someone who can't figure out whether he should run an MRI on you, scold you for your critical sloppiness in your last research paper, or play a kingside or queenside pawn opening against you... some weird type of multiple personality disorder, in short...
Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
As you well know and this is a secret only for those in the hierarchy of Xuefu that to be the head of Xuefu one must be an Evil wizard anyway, or at least play one on TV.
Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
And Number Two in command is a Wizard Of Questionable Character...
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:rofl:
Flying Crane
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Yee-ha! Gold Star for you, Buddy, and I gave it to ya!
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Flying Crane
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Wow! I hadn't even noticed till this post
Thankee
Most welcome!
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
I am hesitant to post this title here because I like to think that anyone who writes a book means well and I would really hate to upset them but someone gave me an old book last week on Tai Chi because they know I do Tai Chi and I do appreciate the sentiment but the book is just plane bad. The postures are bad some of the posture names are not correctly translated and the translation of the I Ching do not appear to be entirely correct either. The book was published in 1974 and I doubt it is still in print but I recommend avoiding it if you want to know about Tai Chi
Tai Chi A Way of Centering & I Ching
Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
It's kind of amazing how good-meaning friends and family can give inappropriate gifts, sometimes. They just don't know the difference, and don't even realize that there is a difference.
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Since they called it Tai Ch-eye when they gave me the book I know they know little about it but they did mean well. So when I am later asked what I tought I will say not bad and I will not by lying because to be truthful it is awful and not good enough to be bad
pstarr
Master Black Belt
I put books like that in what I refer to as my "evidence file."
The worst martial arts book that I ever read was The ninja training manual (1996) by Christopher Hunter.
This book was previously published as The book of the Ninja (1980).
I have no idea why they decided to reprint it because it is absolutely worthless.
This book was previously published as The book of the Ninja (1980).
I have no idea why they decided to reprint it because it is absolutely worthless.
Randy Strausbaugh
Master Black Belt
They reprinted it so that people who didn't know it is worthless would buy it, thereby making money for the publisher. We've all been stung by stinkers. Welcome to the club
.Yes I have made the same mistake several times, especially :angry: Ashida Kim :angry: has the habit of reprinting over and over again, some examples :
Ninja secrets of invisibility from 1983 is reprinted as The invisible Ninja in 1997 ; Forbidden fighting techniques of the Ninja from 1984 is reprinted as Forbidden weapons of the Ninja in 2000 ; Dragon lady of the Ninja from 1984 is reprinted as Ninjitsu for woman in 2000 ; Ninja cloak and dagger from 1987 is reprinted as Ninja cloak of invisibility in 1998 ; Iron body Ninja from 1997 is reprinted as Secret Ninja alchemy in 2000 ; Ninja Dim Mak from 2008 is basically the same book as Instant Self Defense also from 2008 and finally Ninja magic from 2007 is the same as Ninja levitation from the same year. Also from Dojo Press Ron Collins who reprinted his previous books Black dragon Ninjitsu from 2000 and Black dragon Taijitsu from 2006 into a new book called Black Dragon Ninjitsu complete course handbook in 2006. Also from the Ashida camp Anonymous who published in 1986 The making of the Ninja. Ashida Kim's training camp and reprinted it in 1995 as How to become a Ninja. Other examples are from Haha Lung Shadowhand the history and secrets of Ninja taisavaki from 2000 is reprinted as Ninja shadowhand : the art of invisibility ; The black science from 2001 is reprinted as Mind manipulation in 2002. These are also all potentially bad martial arts books. Buyer be aware!!!!
Ninja secrets of invisibility from 1983 is reprinted as The invisible Ninja in 1997 ; Forbidden fighting techniques of the Ninja from 1984 is reprinted as Forbidden weapons of the Ninja in 2000 ; Dragon lady of the Ninja from 1984 is reprinted as Ninjitsu for woman in 2000 ; Ninja cloak and dagger from 1987 is reprinted as Ninja cloak of invisibility in 1998 ; Iron body Ninja from 1997 is reprinted as Secret Ninja alchemy in 2000 ; Ninja Dim Mak from 2008 is basically the same book as Instant Self Defense also from 2008 and finally Ninja magic from 2007 is the same as Ninja levitation from the same year. Also from Dojo Press Ron Collins who reprinted his previous books Black dragon Ninjitsu from 2000 and Black dragon Taijitsu from 2006 into a new book called Black Dragon Ninjitsu complete course handbook in 2006. Also from the Ashida camp Anonymous who published in 1986 The making of the Ninja. Ashida Kim's training camp and reprinted it in 1995 as How to become a Ninja. Other examples are from Haha Lung Shadowhand the history and secrets of Ninja taisavaki from 2000 is reprinted as Ninja shadowhand : the art of invisibility ; The black science from 2001 is reprinted as Mind manipulation in 2002. These are also all potentially bad martial arts books. Buyer be aware!!!!
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It's sad but a lot of terrible books have been published under the banner of Ninjutsu. The trend continues, one of the worst in recent times is "Spiritual Practices of the Ninja" by Ross Haven. Nothing at all to do with Ninpo!
David
David
Yoshiyahu
Master Black Belt
So was his other book "Zen Body-Being"
