Ninja Mind Control [Paperback]

Ashida Kim (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2000

Now you can unlock the ancient secrets of Ninja mind control and discover for yourself the fantastic powers of the legendary Ninja warriors. By combining simple methods of meditation with aggressive maneuvers, you can become the master of any situation--from the author of Ninja Secrets of Invisibility.

Product Details

• Paperback: 142 pages
• Publisher: Citadel; Carol Pub. Group ed edition (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080650997X
• ISBN-13: 978-0806509976
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What, no zero stars?, December 24, 2001

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Scott "Scott" (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ninja Mind Control (Paperback)

Ok, I will get straight to the point and say that you should NOT buy this book. Ashida Kim is not Asian, and his name comes from 2 different countires (Ashida=Japan, Kim=Korea). Now, Stephan Hayes is also not Asian, but has practiced NinjUtsu. Ashida Kim does not even say in his books how he got to be a ninja. He writes this farfetched stories that couldn't even get published in a fictional book.

Save your money. You want NinjUtsu, not NinjItsu, go to Hatsumi or Hayes. Not Kim.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ashida Kim...most people either love him or hate him..., November 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ninja Mind Control (Paperback)

This book is concerned with the control of one's own mind...something not intuitively obvious from the title. If anyone believes this book will allow you to control peoples minds like Obi-Wan or something, you will be very mistaken! The main content of this book deals with breathing techniques and the kuji-in methods of focusing chi, derived from the buddhist art of Mikkyo. On a purely design note, the pictures tend to be rather blurry, and Kim insists on using chinese throughout the book to supplement the japanese words for the 9 kuji-in.

As with all of Kims books (and indeed any book on the subject of Ninjutsu), read them and then decide for yourself what to believe and what to ignore.

19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It would have been funny if it weren't so frustrating., October 9, 2003

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"sahjiarah" (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ninja Mind Control (Paperback)

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.