Arcanum of Ninja Tactics Way of the Hidden Fist Mark Steven Grove 9780692880678 Books
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In this volume of the Arcanum of Ninja Tactics, author Mark Steven Grove, founder of the Kurai Kotori system of Gendai Ninjutsu, focuses on the Five Elements (Godai), fighting postures, footwork, body weapons, vital targets, bone breaking, muscle attacks, joint manipulation, throws, and agility skills.
Arcanum of Ninja Tactics Way of the Hidden Fist Mark Steven Grove 9780692880678 Books
I read the first book in this series and was highly impressed and motivated. I have studied the Ninja style for years and the first book was organized so well. But the first book was more about history, philosophy, and an overview of the system, so it didn't have much practical training. Book two "Way of the Hidden Fist" is completely different because it's filled with applicable skills. It has in depth information about how the five elements are the foundation of training along with great photos of a wide variety of specialized punches and kicks, combinations, blocks, and one of the best breakdowns of the striking targets on the body I have seen. The book goes on to show a bunch of full body and close up pictures of the author applying techniques on his opponents and last but not least, there is a section on falls, rolls, and leaps that are shown with pictures that capture the moves step by step. Again, the information in this volume may seem basic, but in my opinion solid basics lead to better martial artists. At the end of the book there is mention of his future volumes and I can't wait to read them all.... I mean "Path of the Earth Dragon!" how can anyone not be excited to about that.Product details
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Arcanum of Ninja Tactics Way of the Hidden Fist Mark Steven Grove 9780692880678 Books Reviews
No sooner did I put his first book down, then I had to get another of Mark Grove's books. Way of the Hidden Fist is so informative, so enriching. I'm going to read and study these books and any others the author releases in the future. Highly recommended.
A well structured breakdown. This book contains a further look into the Kurai Kotori system of ninjutsu. Information about Elemental aspect of training. An examination of basic blocks and attacks. The anatomy and points of attack, body weapons, hard & soft techniques, and acrobatics, including photos to help bring the movement to life. A lot is covered here, but still tried to keep it simplified. A good read for a new student or old.
You will never be able to fully learn a martial art from books, or even videos, but this codification as well as the first book in the series, gives a background and basis for what is to come. It is the parts that can often be 'skipped over' in a student's eagerness to get to the physical training. A great starting block along with the first book to a training journey.
In the very first pages of this book the conversation already involves comic books and action movies. Remember this as you go through this book It is important to understanding what this art really is. This book does have its good points, but the problems that underlie it are just too numerous for it to be taken seriously.
The introduction is just textbook fear-mongering. You can read this generic “you are all in danger and should be afraid and only I can show you how to be safe” on the social media platform of your choice. There is no need to spend money on it here. But unlike his first book this one isn’t intended to be so self-indulgent (though you wouldn’t know it from the photo at the top of the chapter), so let’s have a look and see if things have improved.
Chapter 1 introduces us to the “elemental furies” (because why borrow from just one mythology when there are so many to choose from). Here the author tells us where he got his inspiration for the elemental philosophy of his martial art, but just like the history section in his first book there is no actual connection to his martial art given here except to say that the author thinks it's neat. In this chapter he describes a martial art that is based more on a person's emotions than how the art works or what it is meant to do, and also includes two photographs that the author seems to have plagiarized from Wikimedia Commons. Even ninja get lazy sometimes, but at least we know where he does his research.
The second chapter is actually.. pretty good. This is the kind of photography that should be in instructional books crisp, simple, and clear of background clutter. There are problems, though. First, this chapter seems to have been written in a hurry the misused words and the missing apostrophes (oh god the apostrophes) really start to stack up here and become a bit distracting. Also, in this chapter his martial art starts to look like the kind of thing that was created more from a spreadsheet and a video collection than from any martial tradition. On page 36 the author tells us that each of the “body weapons” can be applied in six different ways (corresponding to every possible direction a person can move their limbs,) so already the grid on the spreadsheet has become more important than context. The pictures are simple enough but only form a list of techniques there is no actual explanation here, and the pictures only show a static moment of one application (leaving us to wonder how such things as a spinning finger needle strike is supposed to work). And in case you thought the author would avoid certain types of ridiculousness just because a spreadsheet told him a technique should exist, behold page 62 and try not to laugh. The images showing the striking surfaces are helpful, however. Is it worth paying money for, though? No There is nothing in this chapter that you can't find more thoroughly explained from a good resource on Karate or Tae Kwon Do.
Chapter three is where things start to get revealing. After a few pages of nifty blocks and missing apostrophes we come to the topic of breaching defense. My favorite part about this book is that in this section the author almost accidentally demonstrates a technique that might actually be both classical and considered ninjutsu. But it also reveals that the author hasn't actually been taught these techniques in context. These are just static techniques that he has either created himself or copied from either demonstrations or a sizable collection of videos, and so the actual application seems to be defying his ability to understand his own art. Take page 99 for example the entrance is big and telegraphed. Page 100 raises doubts that he understands what proper range means. Some of these combinations are good and even useful, though, but the presentation raises doubts about the authenticity of his claims.
Chapter four is decent, despite the author continuing the long tradition of working the “death touch” into every book on ninjutsu. It also reminds us that when you use a template to write your books, you should change your headers between volumes. Here we're presented with a list of vital targets on the body, which when put into columns under his elemental philosophy creates the spreadshe- foundation of his martial art.
Chapter 6 and chapter 7 are the meat of this book, so far as figuring out what this art is all about and why he presents it the way he does. In order to apply some of the techniques that he demonstrates he has to consciously avoid stronger techniques, and in many cases puts himself into very bad positions to accomplish this. Again he seems like he's a slave to his spreadsheet, deliberately choosing a weak technique over a stronger one because he has to put a check in a box. The most important part of this chapter seems to be making sure that the author is always making “angry face” into the camera, and that the camera sees it. Often he's even looking at the camera instead of his opponent (another hint toward what this art is about). He wraps up these chapters with a few more common techniques that he has borrowed from Jujutsu and Judo, but again there is no explanation here. It's just a list.
Finally there are the agility techniques of chapter 8. Some of this is useful information and for the first time we actually get a demonstration of application that seems to reflect some sort of training. It gets a little sketchy (and revealing) though, when the demonstrations are of handsprings, flips, and diving into falls over large objects.
But that tells us exactly what this art really is. The importance of the camera seeing his face, the questionable understanding of range and timing, the agility techniques that border on stunt-work this is an art meant for film. Remember all the allusions to movies and comic books at the beginning of the book? It turns out that it is vital for understanding this art. The techniques are big, slow, and telegraphed so a camera can catch them. Weak techniques are emphasized over stronger ones because the choreography is more important than the effectiveness. Bear that in mind when you are deciding whether or not to spend money on this book.
another piece by sensei grove his skills and knowledge should not be discounted just because of who he is to say that him and other in his circle like sensei duncan had no knowledge of ninjutsu shinobi would be wrong while they might not have been lineage holders of said ryuha dont mean there tactics and abilities are all as fake as others out there
obviously there is no link to japan here but some of the knowledge is useful if you a student of the art its up to you to try to investigate everything. as they did back in the the day. and thats the way i was taught seek what the masters sought. sometimes its closer than you think.
I read the first book in this series and was highly impressed and motivated. I have studied the Ninja style for years and the first book was organized so well. But the first book was more about history, philosophy, and an overview of the system, so it didn't have much practical training. Book two "Way of the Hidden Fist" is completely different because it's filled with applicable skills. It has in depth information about how the five elements are the foundation of training along with great photos of a wide variety of specialized punches and kicks, combinations, blocks, and one of the best breakdowns of the striking targets on the body I have seen. The book goes on to show a bunch of full body and close up pictures of the author applying techniques on his opponents and last but not least, there is a section on falls, rolls, and leaps that are shown with pictures that capture the moves step by step. Again, the information in this volume may seem basic, but in my opinion solid basics lead to better martial artists. At the end of the book there is mention of his future volumes and I can't wait to read them all.... I mean "Path of the Earth Dragon!" how can anyone not be excited to about that.
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