What a wonderful thread this is. I love it when the "I'm more Japanese than the Japanese" people come out. :wavey: Nice to see you all with us today. Have you tried the soup? Really, you should try the soup.
Where was I? Oh yes. Commenting on this wonderful thread. It is wonderful to see such creative misuses of language on the part of the ignorant and confused.
EBudo is filled with people who live in Japan, native speakers, life long transplants, 10,20,30 years or more. Many of their members are also members here, or are in contact with members here. Those are my sources for information on legitimate Japanese arts. From what they tell me, there are only the *Kans as legitimate ninjutsu lines. The rest are fakers, pretenders, liars and frauds. Yes, some have legitimately split off like Hayes, but Hayes's star isn't looked upon that well by many in the legit lines. Others who are farther from the source are considered corrupted and distorted as well as watered down and inferrior at best. Complete and utter garbage was how one estemed and in the know person put it. Oh, his rank is quite high I might add, and his name's been mentioned a few times, and he outranks everyone on this thread. But, I'll let the inquisitive search for it.
Such a lovely spring day, don't you think? The flowers are starting to grow, the trees bud, and the frauds are starting to emerge from their gloomy caves. I smell something on the wind again, and it's reminds me of, home.