Thursday, December 20, 2012

A review of Ashida Kim's review (of "In Search of the Ninja")

Friends,

Today we'll take a moment and talk about Ashida Kim's video review of "In Search of the Ninja" by Antony Cummins.

Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCtRDDHsKuc&list=UUemgQzaQIpYfUzpyHNaGySA&index=1

There's pretty much nothing to say.

Ashida Kim starts by showing off his new video software (most likely Windows Live Movie Maker)
by making a theatrical entrance of appearing out of nowhere. I was impressed! Weren't you?

Basically, the film is him reading a script hidden behind his copy of Cummins' book. You can tell because the camera zooms in on the book to hide the fact that his face is looking at the back of his book. When it zooms out, he's obviously reading from it. Not that it really matters, it's just more faking that seems consistent with his entire career.

His comments basically boil down to "This book backs up everything I've ever said about ninjutsu!" Which is of course, false. Most of the claims that he makes in the video about what he has said are absolute lies, and the few that aren't are basic knowledge.

As far as the reliability of Antony Cummins book goes, that's another topic completely. I do not own his book, but from what I've heard he's not the most reliable historian out there. The topic of his book is something you should research in your own time if you're interested in that sort of thing.

To conclude the post, I'll just say that Ashida Kim's new video, "In Search of the Ninja review," has less than one thousand views as of this post. It appears that his channel is getting less and less popular. He has also disabled ratings and comments. It appears that he's heading the right direction - to the "land of no attention." As long as people watch his videos, praise his work, and

Monday, April 23, 2012

A quick comparison of Ashida Kim and reality

Friends,

Just a brief post today - comparing Ashida Kim's concealment tactics with logical concealment tactics. In case you're wondering, there's a big difference.

Check out Part 1 of his "Ninja Sentry Removal Techniques" video to get an idea of how he attempts to conceal himself in a rural environment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCNRh9M9OAI

(A lengthly evaluation of this entire video series can be found in older posts).

Next, we'll look at a video series by a YouTube user named GhillieArnhem. The series is called "The art of camouflage," and it has good demonstrations of how to blend in with a woodland environment. It is in 9 seperate parts; here they all are:

The Art of Camouflage

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fchxuYczK_o
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sHomdfWvo0&feature=relmfu
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoSU9PVeAX4
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEFSPXBYkVA
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIFvW9oD0ho
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wciCtO-CjF0
Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCx3gK3XHAU
Part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y0iAF8s764
Part 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On4rnbEq5mY


It's simple. Ashida Kim's techniques are foolish, outdated, and are designed to appeal to the 12-year-old boy who thinks ninjas are cool. They're not effective techniques. Anyone trying to employ them would get themselves killed.

Please do not waste time or money with Ashida Kim's products. You'll learn nothing from him that can't be learned better elsewhere.

The Truthful Warrior