Ah..... so... how ya all doing? lol

Ah! A fellow shadow warrior! Welcome Shinobi-san, to the gang. I'm Jimmy, a student of the Togakure school of ninpo and a fellow kagenin. Welcome to the gang! :)

:baps Jimmy: Just smile and nods, Shinobi-san. That's the best way to handle him.

Anyway, welcome to the group. The name's Reiyuka SapphireDragon, and I'm too complicated and boring to explain. :) I'm doing quite well, actually, and how are you?

Complicated? yes. Boring? never. And oh, by the way_ : baps Reiyuka : I wasn't kidding, even though I have only studied the basics, although I have done a lot of research on the Iga shinobi and the Bujinkan ryus, so meh!

Seriously? That is so kewl! Sorry for babbing. :)

The bap was fine. I was overdue for one. Not to many people realize ninjutsu is an actual martial art that is actually practiced by over 90,00 practitioners today. Although the more historically secret parts of the art such as poisons, and assasination are still not taught to the regular student for obvious reasons. I've studied the art more vs. actually practicing it.

If they teach them the posioning and assassinating part, we will have more than 1 Osama to deal with.....

Spare us all. I still think that kung-fu is one of the most intriguing martial arts out there. There are so many forms of practicing it and all. Really interesting.
But you're right, I didn't know that ninjutsu was an actual martial art.

I admit that's true about kung-fu. It is a very powerful art to be sure. The thing about kung fu and karate is that it relies on a succession of moves that are repititious in form and require much skill in order to be successful, also, they rely on a lot of powerful punches, mostly due to the fact they were trying to punch through the bamboo armor of enemy soldier's back then. Bruce lee saw the need for change which caused him to develop JEET KUNE DOO. Where basically, moves are cut down so that energy is not wasted and your enemy is subdued quickly. The reason ninjutsu appealed to me was yeah, it's cool. But also since the ninja were basically special forces of their time. They needed to be fast at armed and unarmed combat in order to save their lives and run. I'm not a violent person by nature, but I have to admit if you have to fight, you NEED to win, especially if your fighting for your life, and ninpo is basically a no-nonsense-get -the- job-done-and-get-out art. The history and culture of the ninja is also very interesting, because unlike the cinema's version of the ninja. They were NOT a bunch of cold-blooded assassins. But they WERE good at what they did. Still kung-fu is cool, I like Jackie Chan.

WOW!!Jimmy. Ninjitsu as an martial art? I think Ninjitsu is very cool, they must be top masters to do those kind of moves.So Jackie is your favorite eh? Mines also Jackie too.

Yea, jackie!!! His moves and humor is way cool!!! Even he is around in the 50's, he is still not rusty.

Yeah, Jackie is kewl, especially with his mix of martial arts. He's awesome with mixing comedy into his films, from his earliest to the new ones. But personnaly, I like Jet Li. More of the no nonsense, get out of my way kind of guy!

Jackie Chan and Jet Li on a team!!!!How about that, they would be an unstopable team!!

Yeah, the fastest hands with the most powerful punch from the east. Speed and power, who can ask for more. :)

They both are some of my favorite martial artist/actors.But Jackie is 50 now & Jet isn't to far behind.Back when they were younger & tag with Bruce Lee.Now they would be an unstopable team.If those 3 made a movie together it would certinaly be a one kick ass movie.