Lecture No.1: "Ninja, their physical constitution"
"Ninja, their physical constitution" (summary)
Lecturer: Jinichi Kawakami
People usually imagine Ninja as a person who have a superhuman body ability to use a secret art.
But even if always make an effort from childhood, and discipline oneself, a human being has a limit. However, if it impossible to embody the ability beyond the human intelligence.
Ninjutsu was devised in long time as a military techniques.
To be as a Ninja, it is necessary to do suitable severe trainings to acquire the skills.
Condition to be a Ninja, to have a clear mind with the body which can move agilely, cultivate patience, steadfast spirit, and also to have a cultivate patience as an imperturbable mind.
"Shinobu" means to be patient, but also includes a "brutality".
To be one's mind and body as one by severe training, take action for the intelligence, stratagem, or sneak attack.
By the physical ability which was strengthened to the maximum, operation of the mind, the techniques which prove by tradition, it sometimes see Ninja as a person who has a mysterious power beyond mankind's ability.
There were a lot of old ascetic practice methods.
Integrate the knowledge and the practice by discipline.
Stand to the reason of techniques is to constructed in order to get a sixth sense by movement of the center of gravity, stability of soma, mental effect, operation of instantaneous force and stamina, utilization of physiology and psychology, and the all creation.
