This guy is a product of his time, capitalizing on the needs of the ninja boom generation. Imagine the kicks his students were having watching this fantasy ninja grandmaster show off with his katanas and fancy ninja uniforms.
You know what's really amazing? I'm an amateur magician, and his sleight of hand with that ball is actually not bad -- as in, those were real, known techniques of stage and parlor manipulation acts, so he was either classically trained or actually studied the classical textbooks of something that he could have actually used to make an honest living instead of going to 100x more trouble to fake bullshido.
I love how they actually never moved the hula hoop under him. It's like they were hellbent on making the worst magic trick ever. Even David Copperfield flew through several rings. Does that means he's a much better ninja?
There was a magician on Saturday mornings who did tricks like that with his wife, in the 60s, and it was very entertaining. His son performed tricks at the end of each show
INCREDIBLE that he sold a lot of books and Instructional videos. He was said to be able to fart with such force it propelled his body forward a few feet.
The video where he is dodging imaginary bullets...it sounds like the air gun audio from Home Alone, when he is shooting action figures down the laundry chute.
I wish they made a fighting game featuring Ashida Kim, Frank Dux, and various other Bullshido masters, and the end game boss is Steven Segall. Edit: WHOA! HOLY SHIT! DID YOU SEE HOW THIS GUY DETACHED HIS THUMB!? AND THE REATTACHED IT!?
I bought secrets of the ninja when I was 12 and did everything that the book said I was a "ninja wannabe" I wanted to be a ninja so bad and at the time had a collection f NINJa magazine
I was just reading on him online now, got curious. seems he had and still has some students. can't even feel sorry for this guy, he seems like a complete scumbag, a lying con man with serious delussions
Странно Хрипы I just saw it. And yeah. Our Master is amazing. These guys are but a stain on humanity. We can cleanse them with the true way of the ninja.
Glad you liked it! Sadly, as bad as Ashida Kim is, there are worse (or at the very least, more fantastical) bullshido artists out there. At the very least, Ashida Kim doesn't claim to do No Touch KOs.
I literally went on the internet and learned the thumb trick before filming the video, and I feel that with a few more days of practice I could be a better magician than Ashida.
Yeahhhhh, I lived through the "ninja boom" of the '80's. It was sad, instructors were crawling out from under every rock to claim they were legit ninjas and it was a secret how they became so. Today, it's the same way with Krav Maga, people watch some videos, read some books and bingo, they become instant Krav masters.
At last, someone that sees Krav Maga for what it is! All the guys in my city are screaming about how colossally effective it is, and they flock up to the local krav maga gym.
Real Krav isn't bad, problem is finding an instructor who was properly trained and can link their lineage to Israel. It's nothing really new, it was a combination of boxing, street smarts and judo originally and just developed from there. What irritates me is when you see a self taught instructor who isn't even getting close to it but people flock to them to train. We have one such instructor here in Northwest Arkansas, he has given himself many titles over the years and has been going by professor for over a decade. Half his students can't fight their way out of a wet paper bag.
How so. Just saying I'm wrong doesn't make me wrong. If you're going to tell me I'm wrong, you need to explain why otherwise you have no point and I'm not wrong.
That was seriously fun! :D I really loved his "27 deathblows" or whatever it was - "ripping of the face" etc. hahaha! Epic case of a dude living in his own fantasy land :D But then again - would martial arts really have been so appealing to us as kids, had we not seen crackpots like this guy and the many crazy B-movie ninja-films of the 80's? They were pure gold back then, and a big reason for me to get into real martial arts and therefore go on to study kung fu for 10 years. I think we should almost pay homage to this guy instead - almost ;) Funny guy though :D
Yeah, I got into MA from movies too. The main difference is that Sho Kosugi and guys like that actually knew real martial arts that they were exaggerating for the movies, whereas Ashida Kim is just a fraud. Speaking of his 27 death blows, that's actually a rip-off of another martial arts fraud: Count Dante and the "Dance of Death", which I might do a video on sometime in the future. Glad you liked the video.
It's not a rip off from Count Dante, This fool paid for it out the back of a comic book. Count Dante's most successful student of all times right there. Put that stuff to good use. Might even have made more money than Mater Dante.
Wait wait I actually read one of Ashida's books and you know what he copied Count Dante's infamous Kata Dan'te word for word he just called it Dragon Fire Fist or something
Man, my stomach is killing me right now, from all the sweet Ninjutsu moves I just learned... what? It's all fake? Doing the worm isn't a martial arts conditioning technique?! Every single gang member, mafia enforcer or common street thug knows at least 20 of the death techniques in the last part of the video? Damn, I was just setting up my gun range to snatch 'life from the jaws of death' by catching a bullet! Say what? I would literally be snatching 'life from the jaws of life'? Ouch... I want a refund!!! Lol, great video man! I just barely remember seeing something long, long ago about this fool. Literally prior to the internet as we know it today. Took all of 1/2 of a second to utter a pssssht! and ROFL! Thanks for taking the time to make this.
Crypto Miguel until you've taken a man's life with a tiger claw/ reverse tiger claw combo, try not to judge. Honestly you just sound stupid right now. **finishing pose**
also ninjas supposed to avoid been seen and fighting at all cost, and only dose when it's needed, ninjas are supposed to be silent, and try to go for the kill with their weapons and then leave the area. what Ashida Kim is doing is not Ninja stuff, it's Bullshito.
Fun fact about poison hands it's not a form or kata but instead something else. It's a method of training meant to enhance ones killing potential in unarmed combat. In other words it can work with any martial art such as Boxing or Gracie Jiu-jitsu. The idea is to use the correct amount of poisonous insects and plants until your body becomes used to it. However it needs to be the correct amount otherwise the concoction will become useless.
In my opinion he was a marketing genius and he came at the right place at the right time when the Ninja boom took off and made alot of money. He didn't hurt anyone He just made those jealous of him who didn't think of it first.
Thing is, if anyone thought that they could handle themselves in a real fight (aside from other training, physical size and strength, conditioning, etc.) after watching all his videos… Well…. 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨
Ashida essentially borrowed\stole that "death dance" from Count Dante, the "Deadliest Man Alive." He took those moves from Dante's 'Fail Order" instruction booklet he obviously ordered out of a comic. The sad fact is though, this "death dance" is essentially made up of various Kenpo Katas where you do multiple 'rakes' to the face and after-they've-fallen stomps; such as Master Ken's famous're-stomp the groin.' It amazes me how folks like Ashida and Dillman and Frank Dux can brainwash folks into thinking their whacked out martial concepts are remotely effective in self defense situations.
Dillman at least had credence as a legit karate champion, albeit at kata, and produced successful students He’s also clearly competent despite age and waistline increase 😂 Dux? I’m not sure…I’ve seen some demos and he’s good, but no more than dozens of mall karate/Hapkido instructors However, he did have the advantage of being tall, rugged looking and built, in his early years. It’s easier to believe the tall tales of someone who has the build of a soldier than the build of a computer programmer 😂 Kim I NEVER got…even in photos his technique looked amateurish However, I’ve seen plenty of legit martial artists who don’t look that spectacular when demonstrating. I think we’ve been spoilt by countless Hong Kong kungfu flicks!
Also…most people have NEVER been in a fight outside of a playground scrap in their preteens….if something LOOKS good then it’s accepted Bruce Tegner, a martial arts pioneer in the 50s, was addressing the same problems of the kungfu cults in his books AT THE TIME!
Larsen Halleck lol! You did do better then him. The slight of hand he did was good, but the fact he used his sleeves to aid in his steals was so cliché it was unreal. I do it without sleeves. So I guess slight of hand is part of martial arts...
Think about it. He's a genius. It's been said that one can never underestimate the stupidity of the public at large. The guy is being paid lots of money by his followers and has been for decades. Never worked a day. Just found enough gullible people to pay for his life. Brilliant if you have no scruples.
Heck, I wouldn’t even need to break a sweat to beat this guy’s ass to a bloody pulp. Just go right up to the man, keep your elbows down (no telegraphing) and one solid cross punch right to the nose will knock the man clean out. Maybe I’d do a little footwork to throw him off first. Maybe. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣 After that punch, the only thing that guy would be able to do is meditate on the nature of the fraud that he is, that a beginner fighter like myself could knock him out so easily. No, I’m certainly NOT agreeing to his RIDICULOUS demands. He’s gonna get his ass beat one of these days. As in, being hospitalized…. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Probably because 1) there was scant information available about ninjutsu during the ninja boom 2) videos were rare as equipment was bulky and very expensive for amateurs so you couldn’t examine his technique closely; anything works in still photography 3) He knew his market…largely alienated and unathletic teenage boys or mall ninja types 4) there was still a culture of belief regarding “deadly” techniques, secret styles etc. Martial arts were still quite fringe during the 80s Ashida Kim is very good at talking bullshit, and the fact information on him was so scant fuelled the mystery and ironically, the authenticity From my own experience I remember how Wing Chun was being hawked as the great ultimate style due to the attachment to Bruce Lee I finally get to see a video produced by Michael Tse featuring Ip Man’s son, Ip Chun It was laughably bad…the “attackers” took huge, slow lunging attacks whilst Ip Chun returned at breakneck speed. There was live resistance (yes I know it’s for instruction but still) When he demonstrated Si Lum Tao he could barely keep his balance performing a side kick to the knee! I can forgive someone being past their prime but when GM Hwang Jang Lee of TKD & countless Hong Kong movies can still outkick students half his age…well?!?
Just to pile on, at 8:21 he talks about attacking the brachial artery and brachial nerve. The brachial artery does exist. The brachial nerve does not exist. The median nerve is the structure in that area.
I had "Secrets of the NInja" when I was probably 7 or 8 years old because I thought Ninjas were badass. It wasn't an issue until Paladin Press started sending catalogs full of "soldier of fortune" type of books that my mom became a bit concerned.
you never see this ashida kim frank dux or steven seagal in the same room.he saw american ninja 1 and he just couldnt let go. and in hes dream him and Michael Dudikoff practicing the north south position until there sore. good times
Nothing's funnier than the guy's "training" videos. It's almost impossible to believe he wasn't doing a parody. The only thing missing is if Chris Farley were the "ninja" featured. Hilarious! Thank you!
07:54 holy fucking shitballs! He's literally killed the guy and yet, turns him over from his front onto his back to stomp his balls! This guy is pure savage!
Lucky you. Back when I was in high school I was dumb enough to buy one of his books, I read it through, realized what a load of horseshit it was, and have hated him since.
It's easy to defend yourself and fight someone that doesn't fight back and just stands/lays there lol I'd love to see him try n do any of them moves on a proper fighter or even just brawler
Love the video. Was just curious what style of Kung Fu you train in. I've been studying Northern Shaolin for quite a while now(with Muay Thai as well). Keep up the great vids.
And people actually paid money to this man to "learn" from him. I read his "Secrets Of The Ninja" book and his "techniques" for stealth were clearly taken from the US Army Common Skills For The Soldier field manual with some modifications. The "Billy and Jimmy Lee would totally kick his ass" at then made me laugh my ass off. I was hoping for a Double Dragon shoutout. (Please don't hate me but that was actually Rain, not Lightning *ducks*)
Larsen Halleck and oddly enough right after the movie came out, there were ashida kim like wannabes that started offering that training. And if any of them had been able to demonstrate how to walk down from the top of a building on the water stream from a fire hose, I'd have totally signed up. (There was a short lived Remo tv series where he did that. T'was mo' better than just running on flat water like the movie. Also fuck I'm old lol)
I was under the impression that Kim stole his material from Count Dante, a legit martial artist who took the crazy train to kung-foolery, shilling his 'Deadliest Man in the World' crap in the back of comic books.
The truth is that there are many people, mostly teenagers, who WISH they were ninjas. So there appears somebody who sells them this dream. "Hey, I am ninja. I can make you a ninja." Just like astrology and future tellers, and other scams. People will believe any of their nonsense, because they have *already* chosen to do so.
Ashida kim has only ever studied some karate styles, he has not yet ever been able to prove where he gained his black belt, his instructors/dojos all seem to be as mysterious as thin hot air...Any reputable Black belt would be only to happy to give the name of his/her club/dojo plus name and rank of their Instructor/master.
Actually most of his techniques does work; if you are fighting a mannequin. And here i am, after all these years of training, i can't even levitate, my whole life's been a waste!
Ive trained with what he taught and its saved my ass more than once without even thinkin about it, like second nature. Every bit of it is all handed down
The first photo shows him holding a shirasaya, which is not a functional weapon, it's designed for long-term blade storage rather than combat. I'd expect a "ninja master" to know that.
Huh, I didn't know that (my background is in kung fu rather than Japanese styles), I just thought it was some shitty dollar store knock-off sword that didn't have a tsuba put on it due to ignorance. Thanks for the tip.
Man come on, I doubted the levitation first but didn't you see the hula hoop? And sure he never actually went through it but obviously that was just because it was more convenient for the guy holding the hoop, he didn't want to walk around that much and get winded. It's pretty clear mr Kim can indeed fly.
breaks that dudes neck at least 4 times then crushes his head with a palm heel. AMAZE! But to break a guys shoulder by using magical swordfish hand to the middle of the tricep is nek' level! RESPECT BRO ... RESPECT.
I'm planning on doing George Dillman sometime down the line, as soon as I can get my hands on a couple of the DVD's he's released. As for James Lacy, I'll look into him, thanks for the tip!
OHhh man... I'm so glad I can't find my ninjitsu book I bought when I was 15.... Good thing I was training in Muay Thai and BJJ at XFC at the time or else I would've been duped.
Ashida Kim is just awesome! I mean, to hold on to that much BS for so long is certainly impressive! HAHA! Dude believes his own BS which takes it from pathetic to sad.
This guy is a product of his time, capitalizing on the needs of the ninja boom generation.
Imagine the kicks his students were having watching this fantasy ninja grandmaster show off with his katanas and fancy ninja uniforms.
No really he can really make things disappear when I was a kid I bought one of his books that $8 disappeared fast.
😂😂
Me too, bro.... Me too....
I bought 3 of his books and learned.
You know what's really amazing? I'm an amateur magician, and his sleight of hand with that ball is actually not bad -- as in, those were real, known techniques of stage and parlor manipulation acts, so he was either classically trained or actually studied the classical textbooks of something that he could have actually used to make an honest living instead of going to 100x more trouble to fake bullshido.
Not sleight of hand, he’s a Ninja and it was real Ninja magic.
Obviously.
Those tricks are whats called " illusionettes"
Dude, he broke the guys neck like 6 times. Definitely a Ninja.
I lost my shit watching the 27 deadly strikes, best comedy since The Plank.
I am
I love how they actually never moved the hula hoop under him.
It's like they were hellbent on making the worst magic trick ever. Even David Copperfield flew through several rings. Does that means he's a much better ninja?
Yes. He is a better ninja. That is all.
I legit thought that the guy with the hoola hoop was trying to demonstrate that he hadn't started levitating yet lol.
There was a magician on Saturday mornings who did tricks like that with his wife, in the 60s, and it was very entertaining. His son performed tricks at the end of each show
That was intentional, how did you miss that?
Double tiger claw ripping off any remaining flesh. Hahaha.
this is why is important to kids to play and have fun... otherwise you end up being an old fart playing silly games.
Nice comment btw... Lol😂😂😂
or maybe he’s using the fantasies of the kids to get ez money
It’s kind of depressing how accurate this is
INCREDIBLE that he sold a lot of books and Instructional videos. He was said to be able to fart with such force it propelled his body forward a few feet.
And it was music coming out of his ass
The video where he is dodging imaginary bullets...it sounds like the air gun audio from Home Alone, when he is shooting action figures down the laundry chute.
😂😂😂
Hah I think you are right
Sorry, he forgot to restomp the groin..... not legit at all
Yeah, Master Ken would slap the shit out of this guy.
:D
Ashida Kim is bullshit
This is shit, Amerido-te is better
Aaron Hydes I see you too are a student of the Great Master Ken.
This makes “Gymkata” look like a documentary. Every town needs a pummel horse in the center square just in case.
9:24 "Tiger claw, ripping any remaining flesh"
I died at that one 😂
Its called "ripping a new rectum".
I like his "double dragon stomps". Very legit
I had one of his books in the 80's and I still remember something about snuffing the candle with nunchukus and crushing the medula oblongata
I wish they made a fighting game featuring Ashida Kim, Frank Dux, and various other Bullshido masters, and the end game boss is Steven Segall.
Edit: WHOA! HOLY SHIT! DID YOU SEE HOW THIS GUY DETACHED HIS THUMB!? AND THE REATTACHED IT!?
People haven't realized, most of his techniques are from American and British hand to hand combat manuals.
27 death strikes
kid from Simpsons:
"Stop! He's already dead!
I bought secrets of the ninja when I was 12 and did everything that the book said I was a "ninja wannabe" I wanted to be a ninja so bad and at the time had a collection f NINJa magazine
so this is the infamous ashida kim.. this loon actually had students??
I don't know if he actually had students, but he did sell more books then he deserved to.
I was just reading on him online now, got curious.
seems he had and still has some students. can't even feel sorry for this guy, he seems like a complete scumbag, a lying con man with serious delussions
Странно Хрипы I just saw it. And yeah. Our Master is amazing. These guys are but a stain on humanity. We can cleanse them with the true way of the ninja.
Well... I used to read his books.When I was ten.
@@KallenMalefic LOFL........LAUGH OUTFUCKIN LOUD.......right.
I literally peed a little laughing so hard. I have done martial arts since I was 5 and have never seen such stupid crap in my 45 years in dojos.
Glad you liked it!
Sadly, as bad as Ashida Kim is, there are worse (or at the very least, more fantastical) bullshido artists out there. At the very least, Ashida Kim doesn't claim to do No Touch KOs.
Asian mysticism: "Break like the wind..." Wait a minute, that was a Spinal Tap tour..
I didn't know flour can make highly trained soldiers drop their guns so easily..
Ah, but maybe is 'ninja magical flour'?
Watching the "magic trick" was embarrassing. I began learning magic when I was seven and I was better than that!
I literally went on the internet and learned the thumb trick before filming the video, and I feel that with a few more days of practice I could be a better magician than Ashida.
"you think I go home to a woman like Starla every night by NOT being a ninja??!! Forget about it!!"
Yeahhhhh, I lived through the "ninja boom" of the '80's. It was sad, instructors were crawling out from under every rock to claim they were legit ninjas and it was a secret how they became so. Today, it's the same way with Krav Maga, people watch some videos, read some books and bingo, they become instant Krav masters.
At last, someone that sees Krav Maga for what it is! All the guys in my city are screaming about how colossally effective it is, and they flock up to the local krav maga gym.
Real Krav isn't bad, problem is finding an instructor who was properly trained and can link their lineage to Israel. It's nothing really new, it was a combination of boxing, street smarts and judo originally and just developed from there. What irritates me is when you see a self taught instructor who isn't even getting close to it but people flock to them to train. We have one such instructor here in Northwest Arkansas, he has given himself many titles over the years and has been going by professor for over a decade. Half his students can't fight their way out of a wet paper bag.
Wraith.... wrong.
How so. Just saying I'm wrong doesn't make me wrong. If you're going to tell me I'm wrong, you need to explain why otherwise you have no point and I'm not wrong.
this is America, baby. anyone can be a master with the money to open a school or dojo and have he charisma to gain a following lol.
That was seriously fun! :D I really loved his "27 deathblows" or whatever it was - "ripping of the face" etc. hahaha! Epic case of a dude living in his own fantasy land :D But then again - would martial arts really have been so appealing to us as kids, had we not seen crackpots like this guy and the many crazy B-movie ninja-films of the 80's? They were pure gold back then, and a big reason for me to get into real martial arts and therefore go on to study kung fu for 10 years. I think we should almost pay homage to this guy instead - almost ;) Funny guy though :D
Yeah, I got into MA from movies too. The main difference is that Sho Kosugi and guys like that actually knew real martial arts that they were exaggerating for the movies, whereas Ashida Kim is just a fraud.
Speaking of his 27 death blows, that's actually a rip-off of another martial arts fraud: Count Dante and the "Dance of Death", which I might do a video on sometime in the future.
Glad you liked the video.
It's not a rip off from Count Dante, This fool paid for it out the back of a comic book. Count Dante's most successful student of all times right there. Put that stuff to good use. Might even have made more money than Mater Dante.
Wait wait I actually read one of Ashida's books and you know what he copied Count Dante's infamous Kata Dan'te word for word he just called it Dragon Fire Fist or something
Man, my stomach is killing me right now, from all the sweet Ninjutsu moves I just learned... what? It's all fake? Doing the worm isn't a martial arts conditioning technique?! Every single gang member, mafia enforcer or common street thug knows at least 20 of the death techniques in the last part of the video? Damn, I was just setting up my gun range to snatch 'life from the jaws of death' by catching a bullet! Say what? I would literally be snatching 'life from the jaws of life'? Ouch... I want a refund!!! Lol, great video man! I just barely remember seeing something long, long ago about this fool. Literally prior to the internet as we know it today. Took all of 1/2 of a second to utter a pssssht! and ROFL! Thanks for taking the time to make this.
my favorite one is when he is 'sneaking' up on the guard and the guy walks in a big circle to turn around. that shit had me weak! :D
Wow, did you see him rip that guys face off with double tiger claws??
I was more impressed with the double dragon stomps myself.
Larsen Halleck I've played all those games and never once seen that stomp. This dude is full of shit!!
lol
"Double tiger claw, ripping off any remaining flesh". I'm still laughing.
DUDE, how did you remove your thumb tip and put it back? seriously? Why aren't YOU famous?
@@tomwolfe6063 Psssst...that's nothing. My ex-wife took my house and balls with no blood shed whatsoever...although, it was far from painless...
@@TheBamChug hahaha
do I need the mask to dodge bullets?
russell richard yes. It's tactical.
No. you need that magic mask he's wearing and you need his training or it just will not work.
frank dux,ashida kim, and count dante, masters of fail fu.
I thought Ninjas were supposed to be silent...why is he yelling while doing multiple tiger claw strikes?
Mike C bcoz thats not ninjitsu tiger claw, thats fist of the north star.so he need yelling...just like kenshiro lol
Crypto Miguel until you've taken a man's life with a tiger claw/ reverse tiger claw combo, try not to judge. Honestly you just sound stupid right now.
**finishing pose**
also ninjas supposed to avoid been seen and fighting at all cost, and only dose when it's needed, ninjas are supposed to be silent, and try to go for the kill with their weapons and then leave the area.
what Ashida Kim is doing is not Ninja stuff, it's Bullshito.
Fun fact about poison hands it's not a form or kata but instead something else. It's a method of training meant to enhance ones killing potential in unarmed combat. In other words it can work with any martial art such as Boxing or Gracie Jiu-jitsu. The idea is to use the correct amount of poisonous insects and plants until your body becomes used to it. However it needs to be the correct amount otherwise the concoction will become useless.
In my opinion he was a marketing genius and he came at the right place at the right time when the Ninja boom took off and made alot of money. He didn't hurt anyone He just made those jealous of him who didn't think of it first.
Thing is, if anyone thought that they could handle themselves in a real fight (aside from other training, physical size and strength, conditioning, etc.) after watching all his videos… Well…. 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨
Ashida essentially borrowed\stole that "death dance" from Count Dante, the "Deadliest Man Alive." He took those moves from Dante's 'Fail Order" instruction booklet he obviously ordered out of a comic. The sad fact is though, this "death dance" is essentially made up of various Kenpo Katas where you do multiple 'rakes' to the face and after-they've-fallen stomps; such as Master Ken's famous're-stomp the groin.' It amazes me how folks like Ashida and Dillman and Frank Dux can brainwash folks into thinking their whacked out martial concepts are remotely effective in self defense situations.
Dillman at least had credence as a legit karate champion, albeit at kata, and produced successful students
He’s also clearly competent despite age and waistline increase 😂
Dux? I’m not sure…I’ve seen some demos and he’s good, but no more than dozens of mall karate/Hapkido instructors
However, he did have the advantage of being tall, rugged looking and built, in his early years. It’s easier to believe the tall tales of someone who has the build of a soldier than the build of a computer programmer 😂
Kim I NEVER got…even in photos his technique looked amateurish
However, I’ve seen plenty of legit martial artists who don’t look that spectacular when demonstrating. I think we’ve been spoilt by countless Hong Kong kungfu flicks!
Also…most people have NEVER been in a fight outside of a playground scrap in their preteens….if something LOOKS good then it’s accepted
Bruce Tegner, a martial arts pioneer in the 50s, was addressing the same problems of the kungfu cults in his books AT THE TIME!
10:25 he forgot to restomp the groin
As an amateur magician, I could do a better job then Kim.
As someone who learned the detachable thumb trick just for this video, I feel that *I* am a better magician than him!
Larsen Halleck lol! You did do better then him. The slight of hand he did was good, but the fact he used his sleeves to aid in his steals was so cliché it was unreal. I do it without sleeves. So I guess slight of hand is part of martial arts...
I " ride the wind" every Taco Tuesday.
owadave ha!
He wrote many books and I think he got ripped off
Think about it. He's a genius. It's been said that one can never underestimate the stupidity of the public at large. The guy is being paid lots of money by his followers and has been for decades. Never worked a day. Just found enough gullible people to pay for his life. Brilliant if you have no scruples.
I’d like to thank this community for telling me not to take UA-cam ninjas seriously when I was 12
RIDING THE WIND, what he really means is passing gas lmao
That’s about all the man is really good for. Learning how to fart better…. 😂🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣
“Riding the wind…”. 😂🤣😂😂😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂😂
Holy crap. Thats bloody funny. I’m no longer scared of ninjas 😳
Heck, I wouldn’t even need to break a sweat to beat this guy’s ass to a bloody pulp. Just go right up to the man, keep your elbows down (no telegraphing) and one solid cross punch right to the nose will knock the man clean out. Maybe I’d do a little footwork to throw him off first. Maybe. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣
After that punch, the only thing that guy would be able to do is meditate on the nature of the fraud that he is, that a beginner fighter like myself could knock him out so easily.
No, I’m certainly NOT agreeing to his RIDICULOUS demands. He’s gonna get his ass beat one of these days. As in, being hospitalized…. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
How did he survive for so long?
Probably because
1) there was scant information available about ninjutsu during the ninja boom
2) videos were rare as equipment was bulky and very expensive for amateurs so you couldn’t examine his technique closely; anything works in still photography
3) He knew his market…largely alienated and unathletic teenage boys or mall ninja types
4) there was still a culture of belief regarding “deadly” techniques, secret styles etc. Martial arts were still quite fringe during the 80s
Ashida Kim is very good at talking bullshit, and the fact information on him was so scant fuelled the mystery and ironically, the authenticity
From my own experience I remember how Wing Chun was being hawked as the great ultimate style due to the attachment to Bruce Lee
I finally get to see a video produced by Michael Tse featuring Ip Man’s son, Ip Chun
It was laughably bad…the “attackers” took huge, slow lunging attacks whilst Ip Chun returned at breakneck speed. There was live resistance (yes I know it’s for instruction but still)
When he demonstrated Si Lum Tao he could barely keep his balance performing a side kick to the knee!
I can forgive someone being past their prime but when GM Hwang Jang Lee of TKD & countless Hong Kong movies can still outkick students half his age…well?!?
Just to pile on, at 8:21 he talks about attacking the brachial artery and brachial nerve. The brachial artery does exist. The brachial nerve does not exist. The median nerve is the structure in that area.
I had "Secrets of the NInja" when I was probably 7 or 8 years old because I thought Ninjas were badass. It wasn't an issue until Paladin Press started sending catalogs full of "soldier of fortune" type of books that my mom became a bit concerned.
it looks like your watching Saturday Night Live and they doing a scene like jim carey did on living color .it is funny
That "levitation" LOL
This guy was the precursor to Master Ken excuse my language but holy shit I can’t unsee that now
Son of Lars, this HAS to be either some weird attempt at performance art, or it just plainly one of the funniest satires I have ever seen.
I wish that were true, but sadly this guy is the real deal (a real crackpot, that is)
you never see this ashida kim frank dux or steven seagal in the same room.he saw american ninja 1 and he just couldnt let go. and in hes dream him and Michael Dudikoff practicing the north south position until there sore. good times
brett smith
Great film. Dudikoff ruled those films
yeh dude the good days if you watch them now tho there really funny
Nothing's funnier than the guy's "training" videos. It's almost impossible to believe he wasn't doing a parody. The only thing missing is if Chris Farley were the "ninja" featured. Hilarious! Thank you!
07:54 holy fucking shitballs! He's literally killed the guy and yet, turns him over from his front onto his back to stomp his balls! This guy is pure savage!
Until UA-cam I'd never heard of him, and I've been training in martial arts since 1973.
Lucky you. Back when I was in high school I was dumb enough to buy one of his books, I read it through, realized what a load of horseshit it was, and have hated him since.
It's easy to defend yourself and fight someone that doesn't fight back and just stands/lays there lol I'd love to see him try n do any of them moves on a proper fighter or even just brawler
You can literally see him palm the ping pong ball hahaha
thanks for sharing Larsen Halleck
He still has these vids on his channel too.
Love the video. Was just curious what style of Kung Fu you train in. I've been studying Northern Shaolin for quite a while now(with Muay Thai as well). Keep up the great vids.
Sanshou and Shuai Jiao kung fu. Glad you liked the video, please subscribe!
I read all his books. Now I'm the greatest ninja and lover that ever lived. Challenge me if you dare!
He threw two pounds of anthrax into that guard's face:)
And people actually paid money to this man to "learn" from him. I read his "Secrets Of The Ninja" book and his "techniques" for stealth were clearly taken from the US Army Common Skills For The Soldier field manual with some modifications. The "Billy and Jimmy Lee would totally kick his ass" at then made me laugh my ass off. I was hoping for a Double Dragon shoutout. (Please don't hate me but that was actually Rain, not Lightning *ducks*)
this guy needs a blanket party
Anyone else waiting for Asshida Kim to breakout the Shoryuken or Hadouken sound effect?
this is fucking awesome, and i hope i can be this full of shit when im old and decrepid
im pretty sure he stole his moves from "Chun" from "Remo William, The adventure begins" movie.
To be fair, Sinanju is a pretty legit martial arts.
Larsen Halleck and oddly enough right after the movie came out, there were ashida kim like wannabes that started offering that training.
And if any of them had been able to demonstrate how to walk down from the top of a building on the water stream from a fire hose, I'd have totally signed up. (There was a short lived Remo tv series where he did that. T'was mo' better than just running on flat water like the movie. Also fuck I'm old lol)
kevin kling that was a goos movie
I was under the impression that Kim stole his material from Count Dante, a legit martial artist who took the crazy train to kung-foolery, shilling his 'Deadliest Man in the World' crap in the back of comic books.
Your commentary is perfect. Kim is comical.
So you're going to snap your attackers neck 3 times ? It all makes sense now
7:18 he’s walking like he’s about to say “I’m hunting wabbits.”
The intro music is RISING ZAN! Respect man...
Indeed it is! Glad you liked the video, please subscribe.
The truth is that there are many people, mostly teenagers, who WISH they were ninjas. So there appears somebody who sells them this dream. "Hey, I am ninja. I can make you a ninja." Just like astrology and future tellers, and other scams. People will believe any of their nonsense, because they have *already* chosen to do so.
The guy that is narrating we need to expose these fake people keep up the good work
According to Master Ashida, clearly Count Dante was not the deadliest man who ever lived. It was Ultimate Grand Master Moe Howard.
Ashida kim has only ever studied some karate styles, he has not yet ever been able to prove where he gained his black belt, his instructors/dojos all seem to be as mysterious as thin hot air...Any reputable Black belt would be only to happy to give the name of his/her club/dojo plus name and rank of their Instructor/master.
Actually most of his techniques does work; if you are fighting a mannequin.
And here i am, after all these years of training, i can't even levitate, my whole life's been a waste!
Good money says this guy has never had a girlfriend
The hand over the fist also stands for the sun and moon.
thumbs up +1 (I am going to call Joe Rogan and ask him if he will take the challenge to take this fraud out).
Ashida was the coolest kid on the short yellow bus riding to that "Special School".....
Ive trained with what he taught and its saved my ass more than once without even thinkin about it, like second nature. Every bit of it is all handed down
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The first photo shows him holding a shirasaya, which is not a functional weapon, it's designed for long-term blade storage rather than combat.
I'd expect a "ninja master" to know that.
Huh, I didn't know that (my background is in kung fu rather than Japanese styles), I just thought it was some shitty dollar store knock-off sword that didn't have a tsuba put on it due to ignorance.
Thanks for the tip.
Man come on, I doubted the levitation first but didn't you see the hula hoop? And sure he never actually went through it but obviously that was just because it was more convenient for the guy holding the hoop, he didn't want to walk around that much and get winded. It's pretty clear mr Kim can indeed fly.
That’s not what bullets sound like when they’re coming your way.
I love when it cuts to Kim shirtless and you’re like “Oh god!”
I love you man ur awesome make videos forever!!!
Thanks, I sure plan on doing so. Please subscribe!
breaks that dudes neck at least 4 times then crushes his head with a palm heel. AMAZE!
But to break a guys shoulder by using magical swordfish hand to the middle of the tricep is nek' level! RESPECT BRO ... RESPECT.
LMAO we're just gonna ignore that bullets break the sound barrier. So if you hear it, its already hit you lol
He is a fine martial artist he is a grandmaster what are your credentials in martial combat to question him?
We still have Larsen's videos. RIP ThePinkMan
The yellow dot in the background is the most important aspect of his Dojo...
Ashida Kim is an absolute legend.
In his own mind 😂
My name is Long Duck Dong. People call me the Donger.
And I call Sixteen Candles vastly inferior to 3 O'Clock High.
Larsen Halleck if i can call 3 O'clock high inferior to Nukem High
I am lo hung dong nice to meet ya
I'm planning on doing George Dillman sometime down the line, as soon as I can get my hands on a couple of the DVD's he's released.
As for James Lacy, I'll look into him, thanks for the tip!
ryublueblanka - I am Sup Er Dong. Nice to meet both of you.
OHhh man... I'm so glad I can't find my ninjitsu book I bought when I was 15.... Good thing I was training in Muay Thai and BJJ at XFC at the time or else I would've been duped.
Dude, he's not dodging bullets, he's making them NOT THERE!!!
Ashida Kim is just awesome! I mean, to hold on to that much BS for so long is certainly impressive! HAHA! Dude believes his own BS which takes it from pathetic to sad.
Great video! keep up the good work.