There’s A Ninja Academy In Japan

11 responses to “There’s A Ninja Academy In Japan”

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   astrogirl

   January 26, 2016 at 10:23 pm

   Wow. That seems pretty cheap. Two days of Ninja Training for around $50? Sign me up.

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   ozoneocean

   January 26, 2016 at 11:10 pm

   There’s schools that teach homoeopathy and Chriopracty as well- basically whatever made up shit you want to learn there are people who will make money by “teaching” you. 😉

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   nikki191

   January 26, 2016 at 11:57 pm

   i would like to formally appologise to the freaking nutter in my japanese class back in the 90’s who was determined to go to japan to become a ninja.. apparently you now can

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   ctrlsaltdelete

   January 27, 2016 at 12:18 am

   Maybe don’t tilt that Swastika shaped weapon that way over a red background, I know perfectly well that the swastika was a common and important symbol that didn’t signify anything like what it came to under the Nazi regime, but maybe they should be a little more aware of the way they present that weapon.

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      micksy

      January 27, 2016 at 12:58 am

      Bloody Japs! So culturally insensitive!

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      germinalconsequence

      January 27, 2016 at 10:53 am

      Except this is a Japanese course designed primarily for Japanese people so why would anyone be offended other than foreigners who decided to take the course? To ask them to be more sensitive would be like asking us to not display Coon cheese in a supermarket because it might offend Americans.

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         ctrlsaltdelete

         January 27, 2016 at 11:40 am

         I don’t think we should sell Coon cheese, honestly it’s just a bad name that should be changed even if there’s no link whatsoever to the racist connotations the word has outside of Australia, we need to accept that there’s a huge American influence on our culture and that there are a lot of American tourists that come here. It’s not a name I traditionally associate with racism, but even from a cold business-focused perspective it’s a name that could well court controversy and bad press. But regardless, any other orientation of the thing would have made it appear as a traditional swastika, this particular orientation is the only one associated with Nazism and given Japan’s history I don’t think that’s something I’d want to put out there in presumably promotional material for my school, even if Japanese culture sees thing differently to potential foreigners. I don’t think this was done on purpose, nor that it’s going to create any sort of major negative press, but the orientation is just unfortunate.

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   xylo

   January 27, 2016 at 12:19 am

   ninjas wore dark dark dark blue?
   cant be too good, a real academy would require your application to be written on the still beating heart of a close relative

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      scrumptatoes

      January 27, 2016 at 12:58 am

      Same deal for aspiring heart surgeons.

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   Dirtyshadow

   January 27, 2016 at 9:29 am

   Yes. Dark Blue to hide at night and to blend into crowds with more traditional clothing colours under a disguise. They also never covered their face. The more modern design is a work of fiction popularised by western culture since James Bond movie bought them to the west and anime, video games.

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   gunnermcdagget

   January 27, 2016 at 10:52 am

   There’s much better Ninja academies and schools in Japan and Australia. I trained in one many, many years ago in Australia. Most of the training was teaching you how to defend yourself if you’re attacked by a Samurai, which is very helpful in real life.