Originally Posted by
Blacktiger
No one questioned Takamatsu why question Hatsumi - As with all things schools differ from place to place.
But I dont think many question Hatsumi only those who are uninformed, he has serious skills any one who has trained with him in Japan wont have too many negative things to say.
Its a good reality art all in all
I don't think anyone has seriously questioned Hatsumi's skill or ability to teach. It's the lack of quality control in the Bujinkan in the World at large that draws remark. For every Jack Hoban or Sean Askew, you've got twenty guys with mullets, who have a sketchy grasp of the basics and are passing on bad instruction.
As to Takamatsu: No one questions the fact that he had incredible skills, or that he passed the system on to Hatsumi. What people question is where the system came from, prior to Takamatsu.
Did it originate in the way that is the "official history" (Togakure-ryu being 9 centuries old, etc)? Did Takematsu assemble the 9 schools himself, from other sources? Did he somehow develop 9 distinct systems on his own?
SevenStar: It's hilarious seeing people's reactions when they see a big, black dude with a sword walking toward them.
Masterkiller: Especially when they're at the ATM.
WTF? How did we go from the White Haired Devil strangling and beating guys to death in a teahouse, to Mr Miyagi and Jhoon Rhee?
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