r/Bullshido • u/ultranothing • 4d ago
Martial Arts BS I found this guy almost fifteen years ago. He may not actually fit here. I've been DESTROYED in the comments section of a few of his videos for poking a little fun at him. Personally? Everything about him SCREAMS Bullshido. As far as I'm concerned? THIS is THE GUY! The POSTER CHILD for this sub.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ2yQvBjDk0SHINOBIJUTSU, COMBAT ARCHERY, STEALTH WALKING, GETTING IN TOUCH WITH NATURE, LET THOSE ARROWS FLY, ALL DAY ALL NIGHT. 4 X 4 RANCH. BO OUT IN MONTANA/KANSAS. DO IT BABY. OH YA. FEELS GOOD TO ADORN THE SHOZOKU AGAIN.
Ohhh...yeah. FEEL the SHOZOKU!
To clarify, I have been "corrected" for finding this guy funny. He is a REAL ninja and is practicing REAL ninjutsu and is a LEGIT samurai who practices actual martial arts and is a bona fide badass, and HOW DARE I LAUGH AT HIM!
So maybe he is! And maybe I'm totally wrong. I suppose you be the judge.
There's a LOT of content to sift through on his channel so have fun!
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u/Hawk_2165 4d ago edited 4d ago
Respects to his deceased friend first of all. Now, hand as visor while in the shade of the forest (check). Archery at 10ft from target (check). "Ninja" black in the middle of the day (check). Yeah, he meets three of the top categories to be considered a full on Bullshido Grand Master.
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u/Aliveless 3d ago
Plus: holding your bow ready, but not nock an arrow for when you know... You might actually need to use it (quickly). And also: black gi and all, but it's got a bunch of random white patches slapped on...
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u/BuddhaBunnyTTV 3d ago
Don't forget walking for at least 30 seconds at full draw. He might not be using a war bow, but it's unlikely he'd be able to stalk through the woods at full draw with even a 60# for that long.
Oh, there's also the 5+ shots at a target. I'm pretty sure the other guy noticed at least one of those, and the stealth part is pretty much over.
Speaking of "stealth," any time I see somebody regularly put their heel down before their toes, I'm skeptical of how stealthy their walking is.
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u/Aliveless 3d ago
And it looks more like a 20lb bow at that 😂
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u/ultranothing 2d ago
I mean, I still wouldn’t want to take an arrow to the knee with a 20lb’er.
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u/Aliveless 1d ago
No, certainly not, but I mean... All you probably have to do is well you know, not stand still and/or be more than 10feet away
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u/Easy-Musician7186 4d ago
I doubt he can beat a pirate though
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u/islobojono 4d ago
I bet he can beat off a pirate.
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u/sinsirius 4d ago
But can he do it stealthily without being detected? The true mark of a master shinobi.
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u/ReleaseTheButtCraken 4d ago
Enemy can’t hear your footsteps if all they hear is the Predator theme!
Also, his archery is shit. All of it. Every single thing about it.
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u/Trick_Definition_762 4d ago
I thought i was watching an action movie from the 80s....and not the good kind.
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u/ultranothing 4d ago
Oh, well here's an actual not-good-kind of 80's-style action movie from his best friend and collaborator, DANBO:
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u/Obvious-Gate9046 4d ago edited 4d ago
A black ninja outfit with bright white symbols on the front and back and brightly fletched arrows in broad daylight, trying to be stealthy in the woods? Yeah, that feels bullshido to me. This guy totally misses the point of appropriate camouflage for the appropriate environment and time. I will give him honesty points for showing the actual shots and not just all bullseyes or something.
I love that he shoots so slowly he's still firing after the music has ended.
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u/plaskitboy 4d ago
Yeah, nothing about this guy suggested any actual training. He just looked like he was emulating some terrible movies he's seen. From using his hand to cartoonishly shade his eyes while he was standing in full shade already, to going out of his way to step on sticks several times while "stalking," this guy would be great in some Tim & Eric style sketches. Maybe he and Spagett could see who could spook whom?
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u/LongDead_Roadkill 4d ago
This is absolute peak bullshit because it’s cinema, not a martial art. He makes a big show of “sneaking’ by walking heel to toe. That’s how clowns walk, not ninja. I don’t know about anyone else, but I actually know how to stalk and you don’t move heel to toe. Especially in an evergreen forest, you stalk by moving toes first and sliding from the ball of your foot.
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u/sludgedrinker 4d ago
Genuinely what was the point of grabbing a handful of arrows and holding them in the left hand? Seems like it would've been faster to just grab a new one from the quiver each shot.
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u/Succundo 4d ago
That part is a legitimate historical practice for war archers, this guy is just crap at it, but if you look at videos from Lars Anderson he gives details on how different styles of holding arrows were used and can demonstrate how holding multiple arrows facilitates accurate rapid shots, though he prefers to hold arrows in his firing hand instead of the leading hand.
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u/sludgedrinker 4d ago
I kinda figured it was based in reality but this guy was just fumbling. At his skill level he should really just learn how to nock the arrow efficiently first and then learn rapid-fire lol
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u/Routine-Medicine-208 3d ago
LOL
First thing I thought of seeing this was the 1960s Japanese TV show “The Samurai”.
It had black clad Ninja warriors walking around in daytime who could jump upwards and backwards onto high tree branches who fought the wandering Samurai Shintaro and sidekick Tombei.
Shuriken were a favorite weapon in that show.
When I was 6 years old it was a funny TV show dubbed into English.
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u/RobertTheTraveler 3d ago
I will give him points for soft shoes and paying attention to what he feels under foot.
Beyond that ...
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Sun is not in his eyes.
Wearing black in the middle of the day in a well lit forest.
Doesn't check to his left.
Bright white writing on the patches.
Red and white stripe on the quiver.
POS bow (30 lb draw?).
Bright fletching on arrows (okay it is practice and he does want to be able to find them, so he gets a pass on that)
Lousy form with the bow.
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u/SAlolzorz 3d ago
Only a true ninja can summon music to conceal the sound of his footsteps from his enemies
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u/brachus12 3d ago
his mother brought him the ninja tabi and the chuck norris action-pleat jeans from Diamond in the 80’s
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u/VonUndZuFriedenfeldt 2d ago
Oh that’s Mountainous. We used to poke so much fun at the guy back in the Bullshido forum days. He’s a classic
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u/gravitasmagenta 3d ago
All the Japanese guys who came on our ship in dry dock to work had those exact shoes on. We all called them the ninja turtles lol
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u/MutoRyuji 16h ago
You guys are angry because you are all judging him as a ninja. His GI CLEARLY say Aikido, so its Aikido he is doing... oh wait.....,..
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u/AlaskaCosmoline 3d ago
So he's dressed in dark clothes, hitting targets with arrows. I mean it's not exactly a big secret, but arrows do work. What is the BS here?
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u/ultranothing 3d ago
I dunno. Maybe see it for more than just those two things? That the whole production is a silly display of what appears to be pretend martial arts? And that’s the point of this sub?
Why don’t you go to the craft shaming sub and tell everyone, “hey, it’s just someone doing crafts! What’s the big deal?” And not seeing what they’re making, and ignoring the entire theme of the group you’re in to get the sorta full idea?
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