Modern Ninjutsu: A Definitive Guide to the Tactics, Concepts, and Spirit of the Unconventional Combat Arts
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Author’s Preview: Modern Ninjutsu: A Definitive Guide to the Tactics, Concepts & Spirit of Unconventional Combat Arts Modern Ninjutsu is a comprehensive guide to the essential field tactics of ninjutsu, an unconventional Japanese martial art focusing primarily on guerilla warfare and indirect conflict tactics. This book analyzes the general history of Japan from the unique perspective of a military combat veteran and former law enforcement officer, and then further details ninjutsu as a military sub-specialty. In normal English and without over-burdening the audience with too much Japanese jargon, the author presents key points from both historic ninjutsu treatises and relevant modern military references. The author is a ranked and belted martial arts instructor in several systems, both traditional and modern combative, to include ninjutsu. However, he lets it be known early on that his martial arts ranks and training are virtually negligible compared to his real-life experiential learning from our American streets and military operations around the globe. Perhaps this mindset alone, that formal training by itself means little to nothing whatsoever in practical situations, sets this book apart from others of its kind. Here, we have a man of real-world experience, sharing his life-lessons in a simple and direct manner. Within these pages, the reader learns not only how ninjutsu may be applied in general terms, but – far more important – he/ she also learns why such an art came to be important to the people of Japan. Further, it also explains – with modern examples easily seen in recent news – the reason that the shinobi methods continue to be applicable even today. This is a book intended to engage both the beginner and the advanced student of the martial arts, no matter what their chosen system of practice. It focuses almost completely on tactics and the development of those traits, both physical and mental/ spiritual, needed for successfully implementing such strategic considerations. It does not require that one be a prior student of the ninja art to understand it, and does not encumber upon the reader any special talent to learn a new language or terminology. In this manner, it more clearly enables those interested in such a system to gain a functional understanding of the subject matter. This is a text that will be entertaining and informative to a variety of readers. Military and law enforcement personnel/ veterans will enjoy the various real-world examples provided to illustrate the concepts covered. Martial arts practitioners of all levels will also be introduced to different ways of seeing their own traditions, gaining valuable tactical insights on the techniques and practical aspects of systematic training. Traditionalists and athletes of every system will be happy to see how modern science and training principles may be applied in developing realistic skills. In addition, many normal experiences seemingly unrelated to these strategic matters are used to further clarify how tactics and manipulations are easily seen in our daily lives, giving readers that much more to remember and enjoy after studying these pages. This is Modern Ninjutsu: A Definitive Guide to the Tactics, Concepts and Spirit of Unconventional Combat Arts. Audiences everywhere will find it to suitably lives up to its name.
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Modern Ninjutsu: A Definitive Guide to the Tactics, Concepts & Spirit of Unconventional Combat Arts is a path guide to realistic training and mind-set development for combat situations wherever they may occur. J. Alaric Justice is a military combat veteran and former anti-terrorist, as well as a former law enforcement defensive tactics instructor and crisis negotiator. Perhaps most important to this work, he has survived many violent street encounters, fights, and attempted crimes in gang-infested areas. Speaking as someone who has been exposed to violence and opponent force in myriad forms, he offers a unique view to practitioners of any system of how to handle crisis situations and maintain realism in their training for generations to come.
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J. Alaric Justice is a former military anti-terrorist, police negotiator, and survivor of numerous street-fights in gang territories. Here, in Modern Ninjutsu, he brings thirty years of ninjutsu training and combat experience together to help martial artists of all styles—traditional and unconventional—in battlefields and on violent streets.