Chris Parker
Grandmaster
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I AM not fantcy base ninja I DO training morden form of ninjutsu we do traning gun war fair as will first gun was tengasshum japaness mustket that trun samuai to gun then shinobi yes some samurai was ninja also but most was higher ro retaaned by them a spy if figer it sword dont run out bullet and use after gun is used..
Billy,
I was saying that you could be mistaken for a fantasy ninjutsu student (Koga Ryu, Ashida Kim, Frank Dux, Christa Jacobson, Mountainous etc) by asking about "sword for combat". And I probably know more about the history than you do, so you know. The early matchlock rifles were brought into Tanegashima Island, the Daimyo there bought three, and ordered his swordsmith to make copies. As a result, early matchlock rifles are sometimes called "Tanegashima"; they can also be called Hinawa, or a few other names. And the great majority of "ninja" were samurai, not just some of them.
I know you've said that you hold a Shodan rank (black belt), who was your teacher? When did you test for your black belt? What was the test itself? I'm just curious for the minute.