Famous Ninjas

Hello bloggers! Thank you for the comments. Let me tell you that today I will talk about some “famous” ninjas that you may know. Before starting, I will make you a question. Have you ever seen any kind of ninja on television? I will answer ‘yes’ because I consider that media gives us an idea about ninjas and ninjutsu. Probably on television we have seen ninjas like cartoons or, even more realistic, represented by people. Moreover, ninjas appear in mangas or video games. Well, let’s begin.

The first ninjas that we have are the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”. In this cartoon, Donatello, Leonardo, Michaelangelo and Raphael (the 4 ninja brothers) fight against their archenemies, in this case, their worst enemy is Shredder. This cartoon has movies, videogames, and a comic. Actually the cartoon is based on the comic. Moreover, something that caught my attention is the fact that in United Kingdom the name of the cartoon was “Teenage Mutant HERO Turtles” instead of ‘ninja turtles’. According to the web page of the cartoon, the United Kingdom changed the name of the cartoon because the word ‘ninja’ is related to violence and the show is for kids (ninjaturtles.com).

Another ninja that is very famous is “Naruto”. Personally, I have not seen the cartoon but I know that it is based on the manga. Basically, the anime tells the story of Naruto, who wants to be the best ninja in his town in order to be famous. This cartoon also has a lot of games for different consoles. I have not played them but some people told me that they are very entertaining.
This is all for today people, have a nice week. See you soon.

Reference:
This is the webpage of the Ninja Turtles
www.ninjaturtles.com

Here you can read a little bit more about Naruto and the Ninja Turtles:
Ninja Turtles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles
Naruto: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto

How to be prepared for your first class of Ninjutsu?

Hello again people!... Annie, sorry for confusing you but yes, Ninjutsu is also called Budo Taijutsu and actually before doing that entry, I did not know that Ninjutsu has also that name as a martial art. Well, today I will talk about how to be prepared for a class of Ninjutsu.

First… you need very comfortable clothes because you are going to sweat (and a lot, believe me) due to a lot of exercise. Exercising is great because it helps you to develop your condition as ninja, but during your first week of training, you will feel the pain in all your body. Actually, even though Ninjutsu classes are practiced 3 times every week (2 hours per day), the muscle pain of the first week is unbearable. This condition will decrease gradually while you continue with your training so don’t worry and take some pills for the pain (they help A LOT).

Second… you will also need a bottle of water while you train. Believe me, when you are training, practicing a technique or something, you will feel thirsty and it is very important to stay hydrated in order to do the techniques correctly. With a liter of water per session you will be fine, unless you drink normally more than a liter of water per day.

Finally, you need to be very constant, no absences to your training, try to improve on your techniques, practice with other students that go to the training, talk with your sensei in order to know in which techniques you should improve and have the goal in your mind that you can learn how to be an excellent ninja.

This is all for today, I didn’t use other sources because I experienced all of this information that I am communicating to you. I hope that you liked the post, see you next week.