Hey Demon

DIJ?

Try Tenchu 3 Activision

"Activision Scores An A+ Game:
Using the same controls as Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (hurrah)!This is the best game Activision has come up with. This is a maximum recovery over Tenchu II. I really enjoy the ease of controls over the characters. Some games get overly complicated and it detracts from the enjoyment. I also was impressed by the variety in the missions. In previous Tenchu installments, each character played exactly the same missions. You play each mission and win different ratings, special items and new abilities. It has few drawbacks (load time and some awkward camera angles), but this is a mission based game and if you use your controller and special items correctly, all difficulties can easily be overcome. You have 3 characters to pick from. Each has his/her own special missions and each mission has 3 different layouts. The difference between layouts are that enemies are positioned in different arrangements and in different strengths. Favorite character: Tessu. Daytime doctor, nighttime assassin. For some unknown reason, Tessu's attacks include animated x-ray views. It really hurts to see an enemy's neck snap! Ouch! Hoping to see more of Tessu in future Tenchu games. Rikkimaru has 2 varying outcomes. They depend upon choices you make mid-game. Ayame is the most agile. Her assignments are a bit tougher, but she is definitely a capable character.
So, if you are into sneaking and you get a satisfying feeling from taking out aggressions against some more than deserving foes, THIS IS THE GAME TO GET!! I rate it as best mission based game ever. "

Picture: http://www.tenchu3.de/english/tenchu3/screens/g102.asp
 
Sounds like the Asian equivalent of Jack the Ripper.

So, DT...is this where ya got the handle? Spill, er we'll call ya "Activision!"

Keith
 
Danny you sould know this one
Tessu was The founder of Muto ryu school of kenjitu
e lived near the end of the mejing period

Synopsis
Yamakoa Tesshu, the founder of the No-sword school of Kendo, was a master swordsman, calligrapher, Zen practitioner, and embodied the samurai ideal of the peaceful warrior. This biography recounts his life-story, revealing his feats of endurance and skillful handling of military affairs

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1570620504/psychodynamcouns/202-3359211-6745400?dev-t=D2MKVTT17WAXGZ%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2

he was a dunkard a zen manster and a extreAMLY chairtable man giving away
money that he should have kept so he was called Ragged tessu by his peers

he was so hard a teacher (one of his tests was 500 matches in a day )
that he was called Demon tessu by his students

but i like that Doctor by day assasin by night that works for me to
kind on wong fe hung ( I work in heathcare )
 
Thanks fer the detail, DT. I guess "Demon Tessu" has more of a ring than "Ragged Tessu."

I'll take this text copied from Amazon as an endorsement of this book?

Czech out _Kodo: Ancient Ways_ by Kensho Furuya. Pretty good read.

Keith
 
Kodo the drum group ?

saw a doc on them awhile ago , i think it was titled that

and yes read "no sword" great book amazing man
and If you train MA its insparatinal
 
to be honest, i never spent much time studying anything other than the bujinkan school histories, and even then i didnt go too deep.
 
maybe you should , muto and nito style have a lot to offer
also look in to chin na (chinese seizing arts ) tons of usefull info
also for close combat see wing tsung deseptive movment (planting seeds )
 
With respect, Demon, I believe in the wholeness of the Bujinkan. Almost any specific skill you could name, we have our own version.
At one point in history, all the schools were one and the same anyway.
the only difference is how they changed or didnt change through the filter of time.
What I mean is, this IS chin na, since they both had the same ancestor.
At this point in my training, I am not concerned with history. I am 100% concerned with grasping the feeling that Soke has.
Without this feeling, the history is just data.
Sorry to ramble.
Carry on.
 
i have a few books on MA, specific to forms like dr. yang, jwing-ming : comprehensive application of shaolin chin na (as well as the analysis book) and a several daitoryu akijujutso books, but, the one i would recommend is

cheng hsin: the principles of effortless power, by peter ralston.

its a descriptoin of some of the base level techniques of power, described in a realistic linguistic form. when such terms as "connection to mother earth" are used, it can get pretty hard to understand what exactly the old forms are talking about. in that book, one of the meanings to that, is the alignment of the bone structure to allow for the transfer of force from the fist (or whatever body part) though the skeleton, into the ground. like when you push a car up hill, do you do so on the ball of your foot, or on your heels? heels, because your bone structure is sinking down into proper alignment for taking force, and taking as much weight as it can. same principles should be applied to getting real powerful force into your punches and such...

that probably wasnt the best description of what this book is, its very deep, and has a lot to offer page by page. my brother response being "i'm going through the chen hsin again... i honestly beleive that im going to reread it every 5 years, and get something new out of it... some deeper understanding"
 
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