[.ca] Ninja Mind Control (ISBN 080650997X)

Ninjutsu Meditation:
Not many people like to admit it, but this has been the number one book on Ninja Meditation for 20 years. It goes in depth into many different aspects of the Ninja's meditation techniques, covering things you can't really find in other books. It covers breathing excersises, Kuji Kiri, Elemental meditation, internal strength, cultivation and circulation of ki, mental powers, and much more. Anyone interested in this the mind techniques of the Ninja should take a look at this book. Just remember that this book won't teach you how to look into someones eyes and control them. It concentrates primarily on controlling your own mind. Think about how important that is. If you can control your own mind, you can choose wheather or not to be scared when attacked, you can choose when to be angry, or calm, etc. It is truley an intersting thing, controlling your own mind. Grandmaster Kim also has a very unique form of writing, making the book quite interesting for all readers, serious or not.

Great:
For those of you who gave this book a low rating, do you know WHY you cannot execute most of the moves and WHY you would hate a book like this? Because you have not the patience to learn. And what is this about the book being a bunch of meditation tech? It is much more if you seek. If you read Kim's other books you will be able to understand better. As he mentioned in every book: Only the people who have the patience and time shall learn.

It would have been funny if it weren't so frustrating.:
This book was terrible. I bought it hoping to get some helpful direction for meditation, but before I even made it through in introduction, I felt like I was reading Celtic Magic rolled in Freud. The concepts are hardly consistant, discussing by name, the occult, and stating some metaphysical concepts as fact, while condemning others as obviously false. The use of quotes was abused to the point of absurdity, with little or no reference to the source, and often taking the words out of their context. The same goes for the frequent telling of stories, which had no reference, and generally seemed to be little more than fables. In describing what ninja are, Kim discusses Hindu religion, Chinese medicine and martial art, and western stage tricks and boxing, with the occasional mention of an actual Japanese concept or art. Very importantly, the actual fighting diagrams and descriptions are awful. The attacks rely upon the enemy standing still, and often recommend doing away with your guard in the name of deception and balance. The best way to stay balanced is good footing, and a low stance, and it's generally just a bad idea to attempt deceit by intentionally removing your guard. Also, the book preaches that a ninja does not need to kill, though all but one or two of the diagramed techniques are attacks, and the blocks shown are very dependent on the situation, and rather ineffectual, and the remainder of the techniques emphasize causing great harm to your 'enemy', using key phrases such as "finish off" or "Massive blood loss causes death." One must wonder if Kim even thinks about what he writes. I think the largest problem I had with this section is that Kim tries to fit several months' worth of training into 49 poorly angled photographs, captioned with bad descriptions. The pronunciation (when given) and spelling of foreign words seemed to be a bit off, and it was apparent to me that their use was primarily to give Kim the appearance of being more intelligent than he is. It says something, I think, that the back cover has the word 'ninjutsu' while Kim continuously spells it as 'ninjitsu' within the text. Unless you want to pay for a piece of trash, don't get this book.

He's a fake:
Ashida Kim is an obvious fake trying to cash in by exploiting ninjutsu. It's really THAT obvious

Great book! lol:
A friend of mine bought this book years ago, was a good book, bit like the MONKEY MAGIC series which used to come on t.v. lol. Kuji cannot be attained without years of training in taijutsu. maybe mr. kim followers dont know what that is. Anyway after i read the book i made good use of it, took to with me to the toliet and used it has bog roll. sorry but this book cannot be taken seriously, has kuji isnt about just putting ya fingers in different positions.