The Invisible Ninja: Ancient Secrets of Surprise (Paperback)

by Ashida Kim (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Citadel (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806518731
• ISBN-13: 978-0806518732
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #738,238 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ashida Kim is totally out of touch with reality, January 2, 2003

By	Andrew Baye "www.baye.com" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book for one of my brothers for Christmas as a joke, and we had a lot of fun laughing at it. Ashida Kim (who's real name is Chris Hunter) seems to be lost in a 1980's ninja movie inspired fantasy world. You'd think he learned ninjutsu by watching Sho Kosugi movies.

Some of the "ancient secrets of surprise" in this book include tapping a sentry on the shoulder then moving in the other direction when he turns his head to look, and jumping out from behind trees and bushes. Heh heh heh.

If you've got money to waste and are up for some cheap laughs, then any of Ashida Kim's books will do. If, however, you are looking for books on real-world martial arts, get something else.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is fake, December 25, 2001

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

If you want to true history of NinjUtsu, the true techniques and fighting styles of Ninpo, then buy Hayes/Hatsumi.

This guy talks about Count Dracula or whatever that 60s karate guy's name was. Anyway, he talks about this guy who use to advertise in COMIC BOOKS ABOUT HOW GOOD HE WAS. And this man claims he TRAINED with him? He spreads lies, saying he got his mastership of NinjItsu when his "master" was lying on his death bed in some mountain on some far away land a long time ago. Was this also in a galaxy far, far away?

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An Unfortunate Disappointment, May 14, 2001

By	C. J. Hardman (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Another Ashida Kim Flop. Kim blends all he knows into one martial art. Unfortunately, it is not historical or authentic ninjutsu (he spells it wrong, "ninjitsu"). Kim mixes terms from Japanese martial arts with some chinese kenpo terms, creating a strange and confusing cultural mishmash that would seem more at home in a thriller comic book. Again, we are left with pictures of the author in a black ninja suit "sneaking" past a sentry in broad daylight, highlighted by a big white wall in the background that would make him stand out even at night.

The hand postures and kicking techniques are closer to kung fu and taekwon do, nothing like authentic bujinkan or genbukan ninpo. Ashida Kim claims to be affiliated with the Black Dragon Fighting Society, but recently the head of that group, Bill Aguiar took legal action to stop Kim from claiming association with the group, of which he was never an official member. Ashida Kim is the pen name of Christopher Hunter, who went maskless in his first book. There are authentic books on ninja arts by authors Hatsumi, Hates, and Daniels.