Bujingodai
Black Belt
I am an indie, want to state that off the front. But I do have to state some obivous facts.
One, as Kreth said if you can't see the effectiveness of Yoko Aruki or think that most other systems roll over the spine, re examine your opinion. If it is based off of Ashidas works, which I have seen. Is total kife, not Ninjutsu....authentic or not.
Another, Don Roley would have significant experience in the field. He has been training and researching for a while. Though I often disagree with his blanket statements of the indies, he as a rule has backup for what he writes.
Though again, I don't know how many of the indies schools have actually been Japan. I for one have not. 2005 is my year, and I would be more than happy to meet Don finally and chat.... and learn. I doubt the training in N America is much like over there. IMO from what I have seen on tape anyway.
As for Duncan, eh I wasn't too fancy over the tape he made some years ago, but thats me. Maybe he'd hand me my ***, so I am not going to say it doesn't work til I have felt it. But the gun stuff on the tape looks poor in my opinion, nor does the Taijustu have a "look" to it that I see as Ninjutsu. Whatever floats your boat, we all have opinions.
I don't care too much about whether your system is authentic, don't take that the wrong way as it sounds poor. But I just don't like outright lies of generational background and mystical temple training. Unless of course you can back it up.
I would however be interested in seeing who has actually met, trained etc etc, with any of these schools. I have done so with many of them. So my opinion is generally based on physical evidence.
One, as Kreth said if you can't see the effectiveness of Yoko Aruki or think that most other systems roll over the spine, re examine your opinion. If it is based off of Ashidas works, which I have seen. Is total kife, not Ninjutsu....authentic or not.
Another, Don Roley would have significant experience in the field. He has been training and researching for a while. Though I often disagree with his blanket statements of the indies, he as a rule has backup for what he writes.
Though again, I don't know how many of the indies schools have actually been Japan. I for one have not. 2005 is my year, and I would be more than happy to meet Don finally and chat.... and learn. I doubt the training in N America is much like over there. IMO from what I have seen on tape anyway.
As for Duncan, eh I wasn't too fancy over the tape he made some years ago, but thats me. Maybe he'd hand me my ***, so I am not going to say it doesn't work til I have felt it. But the gun stuff on the tape looks poor in my opinion, nor does the Taijustu have a "look" to it that I see as Ninjutsu. Whatever floats your boat, we all have opinions.
I don't care too much about whether your system is authentic, don't take that the wrong way as it sounds poor. But I just don't like outright lies of generational background and mystical temple training. Unless of course you can back it up.
I would however be interested in seeing who has actually met, trained etc etc, with any of these schools. I have done so with many of them. So my opinion is generally based on physical evidence.