Hello,
It has been brought to my attention that the polite thing to do on this site is to kick it off with a wave and a friendly hello so here it is, my friendly hello.
For anybody that is interested I have had an interest in Martial Arts since a very young age which was fueled heavily by the Ninja craze of the eighties. Due to growing up on a farm which was technically company land I had the rare opportunity to partake in all sorts of Martial activities while growing up, ranging from bush craft to catching arrows.
While my true passion was for ninjutsu the first martial artist available to me was a karate black belt. A really nice guy with an unnatural aversion to all things Ninjutsu. After a few years training with him he affilitated with a school so that sanctioned ranks would become available which was kinda cool for me.
After finishing Junior High school and due to leaving the farm to start High school I was forced to leave the club but fortunately a friend had found a good place to train where I was moving to. The class was run by Ray Pistilli and it was an excellent place to train before changing its name from "Cobra" to "Ryushido" in an attempt to ease the bad spin off publicity from the "Karate Kid" (for the uninitiated the "Evil" karate school in the movie was called Cobra). Due solely to the school dissolving around me I elevated to a position which included some teaching duties. During my time with Ray one of his sons and I became great friends(intentionally vague since he has three and I don't really want anyone to work out who I am) and along with just plain hanging out I had the great fortune of regularly sparring with him and receiving his advice(good times).
Over the years I hooked up with various other karate schools along the way. Finally in a year deliberately misheld to reduce the likelihood of my identity being revealed I walked into the Ninjutsu school of my choice and while it was not what I expected(as I was really just looking for good times with friends who shared common interests) it did indeed reset my course in life, no doubt for the better.
My understanding of Ninjutsu is rather limited and if my Sensei is anybody to go by(which he is) I suck, not just a little bit but completely. As in to use it in a sentence you would say "wow, that guy has been here that long, he really sucks ***". Not to worry I am sure there is a good reason for it like I am mildly retarded but everyone I meet is too polite to say it so I have made it thus far through my life without ever finding out.
I train everyday though not always for very long.
At the moment I am in the market for at least one regular sparring partner as I believe my fighting(notice I didn't say Ninjutsu because I suck at it) is at a level where I can seemlessly move from any modality to the next, be that weapons, strikes, grapples or throws and the next step is to drill the alternatives to the point of a conditioned response to any possible attack.
Well that's it, now you know me, or don't however you want to look at it. I wish you all the best, may your training include "good times with friends".
With Respect,
Anonymous.
It has been brought to my attention that the polite thing to do on this site is to kick it off with a wave and a friendly hello so here it is, my friendly hello.
For anybody that is interested I have had an interest in Martial Arts since a very young age which was fueled heavily by the Ninja craze of the eighties. Due to growing up on a farm which was technically company land I had the rare opportunity to partake in all sorts of Martial activities while growing up, ranging from bush craft to catching arrows.
While my true passion was for ninjutsu the first martial artist available to me was a karate black belt. A really nice guy with an unnatural aversion to all things Ninjutsu. After a few years training with him he affilitated with a school so that sanctioned ranks would become available which was kinda cool for me.
After finishing Junior High school and due to leaving the farm to start High school I was forced to leave the club but fortunately a friend had found a good place to train where I was moving to. The class was run by Ray Pistilli and it was an excellent place to train before changing its name from "Cobra" to "Ryushido" in an attempt to ease the bad spin off publicity from the "Karate Kid" (for the uninitiated the "Evil" karate school in the movie was called Cobra). Due solely to the school dissolving around me I elevated to a position which included some teaching duties. During my time with Ray one of his sons and I became great friends(intentionally vague since he has three and I don't really want anyone to work out who I am) and along with just plain hanging out I had the great fortune of regularly sparring with him and receiving his advice(good times).
Over the years I hooked up with various other karate schools along the way. Finally in a year deliberately misheld to reduce the likelihood of my identity being revealed I walked into the Ninjutsu school of my choice and while it was not what I expected(as I was really just looking for good times with friends who shared common interests) it did indeed reset my course in life, no doubt for the better.
My understanding of Ninjutsu is rather limited and if my Sensei is anybody to go by(which he is) I suck, not just a little bit but completely. As in to use it in a sentence you would say "wow, that guy has been here that long, he really sucks ***". Not to worry I am sure there is a good reason for it like I am mildly retarded but everyone I meet is too polite to say it so I have made it thus far through my life without ever finding out.
I train everyday though not always for very long.
At the moment I am in the market for at least one regular sparring partner as I believe my fighting(notice I didn't say Ninjutsu because I suck at it) is at a level where I can seemlessly move from any modality to the next, be that weapons, strikes, grapples or throws and the next step is to drill the alternatives to the point of a conditioned response to any possible attack.
Well that's it, now you know me, or don't however you want to look at it. I wish you all the best, may your training include "good times with friends".
With Respect,
Anonymous.