I've taken him up on the offer, and last night I received my first physical training session. I was informed that he started at a more advanced level than I should have started at. But he informed me I was operating on a level a few years above average.

I must say, when this started I was skeptical. I believed he could teach me, but I reserved final judgment.

That first lesson, when he actually demonstrated the different postures, Earth, water, fire, and wind. I knew then that he wasn't pulling my leg. He talks a hundred miles a minute and it all sounds crazy, but there is a level of spiritual logic to it. Plus he a polymath genius who got screwed up on meds a year or two back, so he'll overload your brain in two seconds if you're not careful.

But go damn! The man is operating on levels that don't have names yet!

I'm reluctant to swallow much of it, but I'm filing it away.

And if any of you want to better understand the ninja, there are a few books. Look up anything that has anything to do with a man named Tanemura, or his american student Stephen Hayes. Those are the introductory books.

My teacher is of the Genbukan school, so his grandmaster is Tanemura, who taught his teacher.

Keep in mind, this isn't the secret shit, I can't tell you the secret shit. Mostly because the secret shit is often crazy, sometimes mind blowing, and the rest is incomprehensible.

You want movies, the honest best example of Ninja teaching in film is the Karate Kid, kid you not. That and Star Wars, and the Matrix.