A lot of people on here say they are ninjas... well I question you. What do you have that makes you a ninja? Ever done something really sneaky? Know a type of martial arts? Or perhaps you have some other reason? Well I wanna know!
Permalink Reply by Dave on January 19, 2008 at 1:36pm
I work at a pizza place where we dress entirely in black, I work almost exclusively at night, and I occasionally need to be a bit stealthy (Taking deliveries to packed hotels close to closing time).
I also think about killing people a lot and have a knack for sneaking up on people.
In real life me and my cousins share the desire to be Ninjas! I try to do Ninjas training, but it's hard with such a small house and hardly enough room in the back yard. I also have read a Ninja book. Hopefully me and my cousins can make a Ninja warrior course in there back yard!
As it states plainly in my profile, not officially, no. However, as it also states (in slightly different wording) I am far more inclined towards being a ninja than most people in this city.
The training a student must undergo in order to become a Ninja involves tasks that are not to be taken lightly; indeed, attaining the higher stages demands an intensity of effort and perseverance greater than that required for any other pursuit. The process necessitates the disintegration and re-integration of the student's own personality. As a result, one may become a Man of Knowledge. The student is also taught to experience the depths of psychological morbidity, thereby learning not only to master them within himself, but to manipulate them in others to achieve his own ends. In fact, the fundamental core of Ninjitsu is not "Martial Arts" per se, but an art known as Hsi Men Jitsu or Saiminjitsu, the "Way of the Mind Gate". This is believed to represent the earliest known works of advanced psychology. Ninja understood that invisibility, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Consequently, they developed the study of the Five Feelings and Desires, known as "Nyudaki no Jitsu", which means to overcome an opponent by discovering his weaknesses, rather than focus on improving one's own strengths. Proficiency in actual physical combat is of course necessary, but in the elite circles it is generally considered somewhat embarrassing to be caught in a situation where one must resort to those techniques, for that implies that one is lacking in the Art of Stealth.