The Lost Samurai School by Antony Cummins

Author:Antony Cummins [Cummins, Antony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SPO027000 Sports & Recreation / Martial Arts & Self-defense
ISBN: 9781623170882
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2016-09-12T04:00:00+00:00

To discover the whereabouts of an ambush on a moonless night and when you can clearly see the stars, know that no stars will shine above an ambush if one is present.

One of Yoshitsune’s poems61 says:

Do not go to the direction where no stars can be seen on a pitch-dark night

While on a cloudy night, do not go toward clouds that are shining.

(闇の夜ハ星なき方に行ぬもの くもる夜ならは雲ひかる方)

Figure 14.61.

Above an ambush, you will not see birds flying and there will always be energy62 present. In the morning, mist will clear sooner above an ambush. Know that chi will always hang above them.

Shinobi no mono, when trying to gain entrance to a position, will move in various guises, such as beggars. Carefully question and capture [those who are suspicious], take up their hair, or shave their heads in the correct manner,63 and put them on horseback or put them in an inner room. Also, give them bows, spears, and other weapons. Do this and observe them so that you can detect shinobi no mono.

[Shinobi] conduct their plans by disguising themselves as blind men. To do this, polish the scales of the carp fish with a fine whetstone until they are very smooth, pierce a hole in the middle of each scale, and then put them over the eyes.

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