I was always for making it compulsory for all Hindoo wo/men in India to learn the ways of the very Shinto Shinobi [aka Ninja] as well as Daoist martial arts.
That way, when you have no artillery - because the christogovt won't let Hindus be armed even in self-defence - or when you have no modern weapons training, at least you can rely on your own agility and other Shinto/Daoist goodness.
Anyway, today rajeev2004.blogspot.com posted the latest entry in the atlantic on how Iran has 3500 women (that's not counting the men) attempting the very *Shinto* practise: theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/09/iran-doesnt-appreciate-reuters-calling-their-women-ninja-assassins/57442/
Here's the slightly older one that I'd come across:
theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/02/why-thousands-of-iranian-women-are-training-to-be-ninjas/252531/
At least the females under the islamic regime of Iran are onto it, while the general Hindoo populace are yet in passive mode it seems, still busy wondering how to protect themselves from the constant christoislamaniac attacks.
But I'm surprised these 3500 Iranian women haven't started worshipping the 8 million Gods [Kamis] of Japan already for making all this possible. And while they're at it, they can express equal gratitude to the Daoist Gods too: after all, several famous Daoist "incantations", "symbols" and "gestures" [or in Hindoo parlance: the Daoist equivalents of what Hindus might approximate with words like "kavacha" and "abhichara" mantras, "yantras" and "mudras" *] were introduced into Shinto Ninjitsu from Daoism. (* Note: before the usual know-it-all Indians - ever-eager to encroach - try to donate this to Buddhism, don't try it: these incantations etc are known to be specifically from Daoist texts.)
Do these Iranian women with the islamic scarves know they're honouring heathen Gods by the mere act? (Remember: even were you to do something as "general"-looking as even Sumo - that famous Shinto wrestling art - you immediately honour the Shinto Kamis. E.g. the Japanese have narratives of Kamis coming down from the heavens just to watch daring earthly sumo-wrestlers, occasionally challenging the most heroic in combat themselves - for the mere pleasure of partaking in the sport with an enthustiastic mortal - and even letting the mortal have some seriously divine Sake as reward for when he performed well - along with some wise words on how to be a truly great and divine hero. <- These sacred Shinto narratives are sort of reminiscent of Shiva challenging Arjuna to some fisticuffs - the Hindoo variety - and rewarding him for being a worthwhile opponent.)
Still can't work out why Hindu villages don't hire some Japanese Shinto practitioners of Ninpo/Ninjutsu and plead with them - one set of heathens to another - to teach them some of their practices for the purposes of self-defence. Kalaripayatt etc is all good and well, but while waiting (a very long time already) for that to take off among Hindoos across the countryside, why not show some initiative and import/hire some Japanese heathens to teach the suddenly-hapless heathen Hindoo villagers the "art of disappearing".
(Of course, not being Shinto, Hindoos will never be real Shinobi. But being actual heathens, Hindoos will pass closer for the real thing than the unheathens and anti-heathens frequently playing at Yoguh, Tai Chi, Ninpo etc.)
The least Hindoos should be doing - Hindoo women not the least - is learning self-defence. (Personally I'd vote for people learning offence, but hey.) And among the available options, my choice has always been for Hindoos to learn to play Ninja as convincingly as a Hindoo can.
That way, when you have no artillery - because the christogovt won't let Hindus be armed even in self-defence - or when you have no modern weapons training, at least you can rely on your own agility and other Shinto/Daoist goodness.
Anyway, today rajeev2004.blogspot.com posted the latest entry in the atlantic on how Iran has 3500 women (that's not counting the men) attempting the very *Shinto* practise: theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/09/iran-doesnt-appreciate-reuters-calling-their-women-ninja-assassins/57442/
Here's the slightly older one that I'd come across:
theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/02/why-thousands-of-iranian-women-are-training-to-be-ninjas/252531/
At least the females under the islamic regime of Iran are onto it, while the general Hindoo populace are yet in passive mode it seems, still busy wondering how to protect themselves from the constant christoislamaniac attacks.
But I'm surprised these 3500 Iranian women haven't started worshipping the 8 million Gods [Kamis] of Japan already for making all this possible. And while they're at it, they can express equal gratitude to the Daoist Gods too: after all, several famous Daoist "incantations", "symbols" and "gestures" [or in Hindoo parlance: the Daoist equivalents of what Hindus might approximate with words like "kavacha" and "abhichara" mantras, "yantras" and "mudras" *] were introduced into Shinto Ninjitsu from Daoism. (* Note: before the usual know-it-all Indians - ever-eager to encroach - try to donate this to Buddhism, don't try it: these incantations etc are known to be specifically from Daoist texts.)
Do these Iranian women with the islamic scarves know they're honouring heathen Gods by the mere act? (Remember: even were you to do something as "general"-looking as even Sumo - that famous Shinto wrestling art - you immediately honour the Shinto Kamis. E.g. the Japanese have narratives of Kamis coming down from the heavens just to watch daring earthly sumo-wrestlers, occasionally challenging the most heroic in combat themselves - for the mere pleasure of partaking in the sport with an enthustiastic mortal - and even letting the mortal have some seriously divine Sake as reward for when he performed well - along with some wise words on how to be a truly great and divine hero. <- These sacred Shinto narratives are sort of reminiscent of Shiva challenging Arjuna to some fisticuffs - the Hindoo variety - and rewarding him for being a worthwhile opponent.)
Still can't work out why Hindu villages don't hire some Japanese Shinto practitioners of Ninpo/Ninjutsu and plead with them - one set of heathens to another - to teach them some of their practices for the purposes of self-defence. Kalaripayatt etc is all good and well, but while waiting (a very long time already) for that to take off among Hindoos across the countryside, why not show some initiative and import/hire some Japanese heathens to teach the suddenly-hapless heathen Hindoo villagers the "art of disappearing".
(Of course, not being Shinto, Hindoos will never be real Shinobi. But being actual heathens, Hindoos will pass closer for the real thing than the unheathens and anti-heathens frequently playing at Yoguh, Tai Chi, Ninpo etc.)
The least Hindoos should be doing - Hindoo women not the least - is learning self-defence. (Personally I'd vote for people learning offence, but hey.) And among the available options, my choice has always been for Hindoos to learn to play Ninja as convincingly as a Hindoo can.