Integration

Greenskar · 10-16-2012, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Paxtin

I liked the episode well enough, but it seemed like the overall message was never trust anyone and always fight dirty.

Splinters advice seemed kinda out of character to me. I might have felt better about it if he'd maybe said something more along the lines of: "You can't expect your enemy to fight fair. Sometimes you must meet them on their level."

When I was at the 2011 SDCC panel, one of the creators mentioned that he was a ninjutsu student in real life and wanted to bring elements of that martial art including it's philosophy to this cartoon in ways that were appropriate. I have trained in Ninjutsu for almost 10 yrs now and can appreciate some of the terms that have been thrown into this cartoon which are actually accurate. However, one thing the creator put in this cartoon that is accurate about ninjutsu is that ninja fight dirty. The idea of a fair fight was a samurai thing. The samurai were a privileged class back in feudal Japan who oppressed most of the country under orders from the Daimyos.

The Ninja were farmer class peasants who weren't allowed to carry weapons or practice martial arts and so had to develop themselves secretly often hiring ronin or warrior refugees to teach them and developed what they taught into something more like guerilla tactics from there. Heck the word "Ninja" is a term that has only been used to describe them as recently as the 20th century according to Masaaki Hatsumi (Soke of Bujinkan) and Shoto Tenumura (soke of the Genbukan). Their first rule was escape. Then win by any means necessary so they couldn't be traced back to their village and endanger their loved ones.

So in a way, that's exactly what may have been intended....but I'd have to agree with you I don't think that translates well as a message to today's generation of kids. Hopefully those kids are busy being caught up in this awesome new show to notice that though

I'm so far enjoying this show and really want my nephew to start watching it. So far he only wants to play Left for dead 2 all day on X-Box.

10-16-2012, 01:53 PM	#13
Greenskar Puny Humans Join Date: May 2009 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,342	Quote: Originally Posted by Paxtin I liked the episode well enough, but it seemed like the overall message was never trust anyone and always fight dirty. Splinters advice seemed kinda out of character to me. I might have felt better about it if he'd maybe said something more along the lines of: "You can't expect your enemy to fight fair. Sometimes you must meet them on their level." When I was at the 2011 SDCC panel, one of the creators mentioned that he was a ninjutsu student in real life and wanted to bring elements of that martial art including it's philosophy to this cartoon in ways that were appropriate. I have trained in Ninjutsu for almost 10 yrs now and can appreciate some of the terms that have been thrown into this cartoon which are actually accurate. However, one thing the creator put in this cartoon that is accurate about ninjutsu is that ninja fight dirty. The idea of a fair fight was a samurai thing. The samurai were a privileged class back in feudal Japan who oppressed most of the country under orders from the Daimyos. The Ninja were farmer class peasants who weren't allowed to carry weapons or practice martial arts and so had to develop themselves secretly often hiring ronin or warrior refugees to teach them and developed what they taught into something more like guerilla tactics from there. Heck the word "Ninja" is a term that has only been used to describe them as recently as the 20th century according to Masaaki Hatsumi (Soke of Bujinkan) and Shoto Tenumura (soke of the Genbukan). Their first rule was escape. Then win by any means necessary so they couldn't be traced back to their village and endanger their loved ones. So in a way, that's exactly what may have been intended....but I'd have to agree with you I don't think that translates well as a message to today's generation of kids. Hopefully those kids are busy being caught up in this awesome new show to notice that though I'm so far enjoying this show and really want my nephew to start watching it. So far he only wants to play Left for dead 2 all day on X-Box. __________________