Ok,
I really am a nice guy that tries to help people. I try to give people what they need. Sometimes that is a good kick in the pants. But sometimes they just need some information or a resource.
So, on another forum a guy asks about getting some books by Fujita Seiko- the guy who was a great researcher of Japanese martial arts as well as claiming to be the last grandmaster of Koga ryu ninjutsu. I do a quick search and the source I used to know seems to have gone out of business.
Well, if someone is willing to do me a favor, I am willing to do them a favor. I though that if he would cover all of my expenses as well as including a 6 hour tape of an English kids show to help my children learn English I could make a run to the bookstores that sell the book and send them off to him.
Everyone wins, eh?
But the response I get from the guy tells me straight out that he he is going to take these books and then try to make a combination of Togakure ryu and Koga ryu ninjutsu.
Now, aside from the fact that all these books do not even deal with Koga ryu ninjutsu, there is the very real fact that you could not learn this type of thing from a book anyways. Not enough to create an art. And there is the sillyness of the idea that someone like this was skilled enough at Bujinkan to know what is Togakure ryu ninjutsu and what is Gyokko ryu koshijutsu.
I tried to help someone, and it looks like I would have helped someone to do something I consider a big mistake at best and probably immoral. It is really discouraging to me to think that I could have helped someone do this type of thing. I feel used and dirty in a way.
I don't know. Should I have never offered? Should I have just done it since he probably will find a source anyways? Did I overreact to someone trying to create something without even the bare minimum of qualifications I could respect?
I really am a nice guy that tries to help people. I try to give people what they need. Sometimes that is a good kick in the pants. But sometimes they just need some information or a resource.
So, on another forum a guy asks about getting some books by Fujita Seiko- the guy who was a great researcher of Japanese martial arts as well as claiming to be the last grandmaster of Koga ryu ninjutsu. I do a quick search and the source I used to know seems to have gone out of business.
Well, if someone is willing to do me a favor, I am willing to do them a favor. I though that if he would cover all of my expenses as well as including a 6 hour tape of an English kids show to help my children learn English I could make a run to the bookstores that sell the book and send them off to him.
Everyone wins, eh?
But the response I get from the guy tells me straight out that he he is going to take these books and then try to make a combination of Togakure ryu and Koga ryu ninjutsu.
Now, aside from the fact that all these books do not even deal with Koga ryu ninjutsu, there is the very real fact that you could not learn this type of thing from a book anyways. Not enough to create an art. And there is the sillyness of the idea that someone like this was skilled enough at Bujinkan to know what is Togakure ryu ninjutsu and what is Gyokko ryu koshijutsu.
I tried to help someone, and it looks like I would have helped someone to do something I consider a big mistake at best and probably immoral. It is really discouraging to me to think that I could have helped someone do this type of thing. I feel used and dirty in a way.
I don't know. Should I have never offered? Should I have just done it since he probably will find a source anyways? Did I overreact to someone trying to create something without even the bare minimum of qualifications I could respect?