There used to be a guy who lived in Japan by the name of Luke Molitor. He is now in Dallas area, but he used train under Hiroshi Nagase and other teachers with me.
I got an e-mail from him a while back after one of his students mentioned he had been shot at. The story he told was that he was walking down the street when he suddenly got a very bad feeling and his body made a cross step of his line of walking without thinging. Just then he heard a shot and when he looked he saw a guy he had never seen in an unknown car startt to speed off. If he had not moved when he did, he may be dead right now.
I told the story to Nagase and he praised Molitor saying that he had always tried to attract students that were serious and not dependent on fame or recognition. He said Molitor was one of the few students who had made the effort to come to Japan and learn all he could from the best teachers instead of setting himself up as a ninjutsu master. He told the new students that he did not want a lot of students but was proud of the few who had lasted like Molitor and understood what he was trying to teach. The fact that Molitor survived an attack like that was proof that he had done soem good in his life as a teacher.
I have always distrusted people that say that if you do what they say you will get powers that cannot be measured under labratory conditions. When someone pointed out that I train in the Bujinkan where you have to dodge a strike you can't see to get to fifth dan I had to say that while I may not have the answer to everything- I refuse to use that as a reason to accept other people's explinations. The fifth dan test is a fact. The reason why people pass it is not explained and no one has to accept any type of specific training or world view.
I was just wondering how many weird stories like Molitor's there are out there. Again, I reject any explination as to why things went as they did unless they can be proved under the requirements of the scientific method. Any stories would be appreciated.
I got an e-mail from him a while back after one of his students mentioned he had been shot at. The story he told was that he was walking down the street when he suddenly got a very bad feeling and his body made a cross step of his line of walking without thinging. Just then he heard a shot and when he looked he saw a guy he had never seen in an unknown car startt to speed off. If he had not moved when he did, he may be dead right now.
I told the story to Nagase and he praised Molitor saying that he had always tried to attract students that were serious and not dependent on fame or recognition. He said Molitor was one of the few students who had made the effort to come to Japan and learn all he could from the best teachers instead of setting himself up as a ninjutsu master. He told the new students that he did not want a lot of students but was proud of the few who had lasted like Molitor and understood what he was trying to teach. The fact that Molitor survived an attack like that was proof that he had done soem good in his life as a teacher.
I have always distrusted people that say that if you do what they say you will get powers that cannot be measured under labratory conditions. When someone pointed out that I train in the Bujinkan where you have to dodge a strike you can't see to get to fifth dan I had to say that while I may not have the answer to everything- I refuse to use that as a reason to accept other people's explinations. The fifth dan test is a fact. The reason why people pass it is not explained and no one has to accept any type of specific training or world view.
I was just wondering how many weird stories like Molitor's there are out there. Again, I reject any explination as to why things went as they did unless they can be proved under the requirements of the scientific method. Any stories would be appreciated.
)), but most have trained (socially/environmentally) themselves to ignore it.
