You can not call it Ninjutsu if it does not stem from a legit transmission which in cases of oral or written transmission is several generations old.
Where, might I ask, did you pull this authoritative ruling from? I'm familiar with the term Jutsu. And nin, according to the internet here, means secret/stealth/etc. Accordingly the art of sneakiness. Ah, yes. I clearly see now. Sneakiness clearly implies ancient japanese secrets. Not modern japanese secrets, only ancient japanese secrets. I stand corrected.
Jacobson's Menkyo in Tomo ryu is misspelled as Chrisda Yakosen so Chrisda Yakosen has a Menkyo in Tomo ryu but Christa Jacobson does not according to the reading of the Kanji on the Menkyo. Think of it this way if you get a Doctor degree and it spells your name wrong well who has the degree on the wall you or that guy with the name misspelled? To be fair the Menkyo was either written by someone who is Japanese or someone who has some understanding of Shodo and Kanji the person who wrote it might have misheard the name eh oh well.
Again, you have proven me the fool. Obviously since Christa Jacobson (apparently a very common japanese name) was transliterated into japanese in a less than stellar fashion, then the person who wrote it must be a fraud! This Ichiro Kobayashi character who wrote the certificate must clearly be from Wisconsin and probably speaks with a yooper accent. I bet he's "goin' store" right now.
People give flack to people who claim certain things and question its autheticity I mean noone wants to be scammed out of their money right?I do not respect scam artists and liars but maybe you are right they do deserve respect I will work on it.
I have no problem with questioning people who have shady credentials. I laugh hysterically at the Valadez Kenpo people. Not just because all of the rank he posses is self-made or purchased sans-test, but beacuse on top of that he possess no skill.
That being said, Jacobson has a legit background (tomo-ryu claims aside). As for the Tomo-Ryu, anything claiming to be from the Koga side is always brought under the microscope to be sure (ashida kim being what you get when it remains unchecked). As for the lineage of the system and its validity, its for the serious historian to determine. And if a student cares more for how pretty the scrolls are and how old the system is than its effectiveness, then shame on them.
If the scam artist is going to get you hurt then its a problem. Jacobson's curriculum is no more ridiculous than the Bujinkan's.
I think every martial art is laughed at BJJ is laughed at as being Homoerotic eh what can you do.
If you wish to bring up Hatsumi authenticity we can talk about that by all counts his authenticity is pretty high even Jacobson shows off her degrees in the Bujinkan.
Grappling is pretty gay. I grappled for several years and the guard is indeed the most homoerotic thing to hit martial arts. We apparently agree on that.
As for Hatsumi, I'm not going to be getting into that conversation with you, because frankly I don't know much about him. I know he has a substantial number of sycophantic followers who worship everything he says and does like a pope in black pajamas. I don't think this is healthy for either the individuals or for the arts. I notice the same kind of nonsense going on with anyone named Gracie. Also, George Dillman. I think its dumb with him too. Actually even more so because I think he is going to eventually cause someone to get hurt. I read one of Hatsumi's books. The Grandmaster's Book of Ninja Training, and I was farily unimpressed. I didn't see anything groundbreaking in terms of philosophy and wisdom that Ed Parker didn't write in the first "Infinite Insights" 6 years earlier.
I'm sure Hatsumi is good. I'm sure he's legit. I'd never try and diminish him or his works, as he has added a great deal to the martial arts community. I just don't particularly want to train his style. Jacobson's either for that matter.
The things I see among some of the ninjas are the same things I see in the Silat and FMA community sometimes. My friend Eddie, God rest his soul, was guilty of it too.
"MINE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S REAL!" "NUH-UH, MINE IS! YOUR BLACK PAJAMAS ARE FAKE!"
To say that Pepsi is not Coke does not mean its not cola.
