Ninja Shuriken Demonstration

[tymczyukraine]

3rd hokage!!!!!

[shinobody]

20 people think Naruto is realistic.

[alangname]

better with audio

[luftwaffe789456123]

Ninja's in Iga province where known as the best Ninja's in Japan.

[antwon4u245]

no volume

[ProudEdge2012]

I can do that at 3x distance

[ERICx223]

you have no idea how much i want to learn Japanese, and move to japan...

[foltor]

Good news, everyone! I am going back to Japan in March and I will be able to provide more videos like this one. What's more, I have access to a better camera and video editor, and my Japanese language skills are improving - future uploads will cut dead air and may have subtitles.

[ThePapabear27]

@foltor i hope you beat the earthquake and made it home safely

[foltor]

@ThePapabear27 I actually haven't returned to Japan yet. The region of Japan I'm moving back to was completely unaffected by the recent tumult.

[firef1yyy]

2:05 is when he actually throws them.

[joe2749]

anybody know a website where i can buy a shuriken from? :)

[schinemann]

coloca audio nessa porra

[camerasmart]

just throw the damn thinng already

[ThePathan150]

i love da ninja can u tell me when da next show iz

[foltor]

@ThePathan150 I believe the shows are every hour at the Iga Ueno Ninja Museum in Japan, near Kyoto.

[catalincatala]

throw them!

[iromanxx]

no pasa nada aburreee

[zottower]

hey cerberus, you don't need deshita in the past tense. just tanoshikatta desu.

[cerberus2322]

Tanoshikatta deshita...

[zeronamagem]

haha this is a hilarious debate but truly incantar is correct. seriously u think u get more strength just by shouting?

[haradrel82]

It is physiological proven - why do you think people in the olympics that throw spears and stuff do it?

[mmacconn069]

zeronamagem - Actually kiai has been known for thousands of years to increase the power of any physical attack.

Not that you would want to kiai when attempting a stealthy attack.

Then again, shuriken were never meant to be a mortal-blow dealing stealth attack. They were meant to distract, startle and intimidate opponents.

[zeronamagem]

@mmacconn069 this is true, but kiai doesn't always have to be spoken. you can have kiai but just breathe more heavily for instance

[Ksunagi003]

He was explaining things about the shiriken, how to set fire on enemies house and how to use different types of shiriken for different purpose ex: shiriken with poisen, fire.. and it's not easy as you think, to me you would probably hit your allies and not your enemy if you take it that lightly.. more over if you don't know japanese then don't say "he talked bullshit for ages" <.<

[TheRaonesouza]

Iie arimasen

shinube desu

[JIRO022]

He explain about shriken with match cord ( to set fire on enemy's house), folding shriken, shovel shriken (to set  gun powder... etc.) and shriken with poison ( how to kill enemy). Also he says real Ninja usually carry only 1 or 2 shriken with him because shriken is heavy. He throws cross-shaped shriken and 6 bladed shriken. I am Japanese, but this is very　interesting, would like to visit.

[incantar]

I thought real ninjas were supposed to be sneaky. What is the point of yelling before you throw? Baseball pitchers can throw a ball 100 miles an hour without shouting first.

[JIRO022]

I think you are right. Real Ninja was sneaky. But this is show. Demonstrator seems to yell loud before throwing( like Karate?) to make an appeal to spectators. If real ninja yelled like that, all enemy would spot him (LOL)

[haradrel82]

They are not supposed to be "sneaky", but have the element of surprise, screaming actually boosts the strength behind the throw up to 10% or so, as well as making your opponent surprised. Either way it's not just the strength of the throw but the accuracy as well.

[incantar]

Baseball pitchers are looking for any edge they can get to make themselves throw faster and more accurately. If Mariano Rivera could have added 10 miles an hour to his fastball or inches to his accuracy by screaming he would have done it already.

Also. surprising someone with a fatal wound dealt silently is much more shocking than surprising him with a goofus warning yell. And your scream is going to alert everyone in the area, so you actually lose the element of surprise in later fights.

[haradrel82]

Baseball pitchers aren't really the brightest bulbs in the ceiling, I doubt they have tried "everything".

Much more shocking yes, but there is no element of surprise then - that's a silent kill something altogether different. The situation I described need not be added to - I never said there were more attackers. Besides this is part of a show, its more showman ship then anything.

[incantar]

OK let's not add anything to your random scenario. Your goal is to hurt your opponent. Your technique is to yell as you are about to throw. Now he knows that there is a shuriken coming, and he has a chance to guard himself. How is that surprise? (hint: it's not) It's worse than useless -- it's counterproductive.

I agree that it is merely showmanship.

[haradrel82]

You missed the point completely.

If someone screams in your ear - do you immediately guard yourself? no, you jump, you get surprised.

[incantar]

I still miss your point. You have given no reason why your "surprise" has any use at all. It's no more surprising than an actual attack would be.

The difference is an actual attack could actually injure your opponent, which is making real use of the element of surprise. Your idea of combat is sneaking up behind someone and shouting in their ear? Then while they are scared you attack them? Works in the middle school lunch room i guess.

[haradrel82]

10% more strength and makes the defender jump e.g. surprised and off guard. I stated it clearly.

I think you believe that the attack was already coming in sneaking - this is not so, I never stated that.

Your analogy is flawed, only an idiot would bring shurikens to the lunch room.

[incantar]

You made up that 10% number. Also, a sudden noise causes people to RAISE their guard, not lower it. Even if it did, the sudden pain of getting hit by a shuriken would cause people to "jump" just as much as making a retarded noise.

Shurikens are not melee weapons, so getting close enough to shout in the ear is not going to work.

If you aren't launching a sneak attack they will be on guard and watching you. The shout tells them a shuriken is coming soon.

Only that idiot would fight like you.

[haradrel82]

I did not make up the 10% number - do some research before you make that assumption.

A sudden noise causes flight or fright. It's a psychological term, one that lends itself very well to an attack where you throw something, say a shuriken.

Shurikens can be melee weapons. The distance "shout in the ear" was something you made up.

I guess all Ninjas and martial artists are idiots then... More the fool you for not seeing the obvious.

[incantar]

I'm not going to research your made up numbers to prove them wrong. That's backwards. Sudden noises do not cause fight or flight. Another thing you made up.

Watch the video: when he yells and before he starts throwing, half the people stop looking at him and start looking at the wall. NOBODY jumps even though they are way closer than his target. Nobody starts fighting him or runs away either.

The point is that real ninjas do NOT fight like this, and you even said it is for showmanship.

[incantar]

You're the one that said to shout in the ear. The only reason you just tried to deny it is because you realized how stupid it sounds to run up to someone, shout in their ear, then run back and throw something at them.

And good luck using those things he is throwing as a melee weapon. They have points on all sides, knife edges, and no handle. You would damage your hand as much as you would hurt your opponent.

[haradrel82]

Well I've shown you where you could find where I got the numbers from and made real world references to everything I claimed, but you're intent on staying in fantasy land with your claims with no proof, so I'm going to leave it at that. Good try though, you almost sounded intelligent.

[MrROFLKNIFE]

Ninja = Win

[KChapman333]

Random video but awesome!!

[TheJulian290]

i am a ninja

[haradrel82]

You're a pirate

[anirudhkrishnamani]

i so wanna be a ninja

[zeldalikelink6]

man im going to japan when i grow up im not asian but i still going

[Primovsky1]

Shinobi nie krzyczy Kiai

[theWZZA]

Thanks for posting. I felt like I just took a quick trip to Japan.

[zanfozanfani]

whay this demos are always on big table?!? why never over table with a human shape and size?

[mogebycproblemem]

Because they are scared they will miss haha

[jeanbob132]

AWSOME 2 in a shot and good acc !!! nice vid

[PhuckYoui]

so...so...so CLEEEEANNNNNNNNNN....

Japan never gets dirty.

[rigostar14]

i wish there was subtitels =[

[skcuf2]

I was thinking that. English subtitles would make this much better

[tearoftwi]

gotta get sum shuriken and kunais

i wanna be a ninja

[sk8wise12]

shuriken and kunai dont make a ninja. blood, sweat, tears, and a life long dedication do.

[claw88700]

well said my friend :)

[visualkei72]

i'm sure you're right, but who would you be to tell someone else that? lol

as if it mattered, someone reading this likely wouldn't have what it takes, albeit a mentor from one of the Iga or Koga schools.

[LazySheller]

correct

[proudtexan2]

you tell him

[K0n0ha1337]

its too bad that no real bloodlined ninja exist today tho :(

[maxinpains]

NAH... IT'S NOT BLOODLINE THINGY...MAN...lol

[br0nx222]

@sk8wise12 WRONG! watching ninja assassin TWICE was enough to make me throw on some black sweat pants and run around my neighborhood kicking cats.

[jiggyman007]

@br0nx222 Lol's just finished watchin that film for the first time and its fuckin awsome best film with ninja in it since shogun asssassin.

[mrschokesondicks]

@sk8wise12 Actually, those are ingredients for a samurai.

[sk8wise12]

@mrschokesondicks

Most shinobi were ronin, and they all had a lot of the same ideals. Just different ways of enacting them.

[TheDudeFrom0Z]

@sk8wise12 because you would know wouldnt you

[cilibinarii]

@sk8wise12 blah blah blah

[proudtexan2]

you can make your own shuriken its easy

i just did

and its metal and fucking sharp too

[tearoftwi]

really....i'm going to make some

[CharlieStanebayers]

Wow, I thought that being able to throw more than one blade at a time was fiction, but now I see that it's true! :D

[grippin762]

"Even though my opponents blade is poised above my heart, I shall persevere".

[Ale7Returns]

the symbols or letters in red those are on my shuriken that i own what does it mean or stand for

[foltor]

忍 - usually pronounced 'shinobi' formed of the radicals for blade and heart, signifying 'to steal away' or 'to forbear,' conveying the idea of stealth and restraint or discretion

when compounded with 者 ('mono,' a person), 忍者 shifts in pronunciation to form the word 'ninja'

[Ale7Returns]

thx, now i feel like a real ninja

[NixeonDead]

foltor, that first symbol is pronounced 'nin' but your definition of it is correct.

[foltor]

Right, it's pronounced 'nin' in the onyomi and 'shinobi' in the kunyomi, sorry if I didn't make that clear.

[66arleKING66]

tiene la banda de naruto xD

[saibinsclub]

ehhh , subtittle please ? =X

[Juxtapass]

you can MAKE shuriken, i used to make cheap shuriken that stuck EVERY TIME. Just take 4 2-inch long sharp nails and some electrical tape. It doesnt take a ninja to throw them. *shrug*

[toggle90]

HAHA nails and tape :P sounds BRUTAL!

[tgalos]

Someone kindly translate!

[Lymmar]

SUBTITLES PLOX!

[Haku92292]

I make my own Shuriken. Hes pretty good, and explains it well. Its hard to understand, but I grab some sentences.

[njs3232]

he throw it like its a baseball

[darkfheenix]

no he dousnt

[BluetorchQs]

i got a shuriken and a kunai from italy....

[dudex210]

i got my shriken at japan

[flipallday08]

i just mine today 4 12 dollars

[IBringDoom]

you payd too mutch, mine was just 4 euros

[FaceTheNorthStar]

4 euros are roughly 12 dollars from what i know lol

[BboyKaji]

Thats fcking tight

[Shingitaishinoby]

Iga ueno? cool

[nARUTOdRACON]

<3  .