Physical Stamina

I hear a lot about how an athlete raises their physical stamina. I am not directly going to disagree with the methods since I have practiced some of them and found that they are quite helpful usually. However I do not approach them with the same mentality as before because I am no longer convinced that the method of building physical stamina efficiently comes from training your muscles to become stronger or last longer.
If there is one sport I feel trains the body very well in all respects to physical stamina it is boxing. Though swimming does a good job at conditioning many aspects of the body all at once, I do not feel it also conditions the nervous system to handle stress. In fact I feel that swimming helps a person to relax under certain circumstances rather than to find the ability to be relaxed even in a tense state.

Massaki Hatsumi says that the primary methods to increase the stamina of the body is diet and physical exertion. And he becomes very specific as to what kind of diet is for the Ninja. The physical exertion seems to entail many different forms, especially breathing and flexibility. These concepts make more sense under the notion that you are trying to allow the blood in the circulatory system greater flow regardless of your articulation or level of activity. At one point I wasn't quite sure what to make of this speculation.. Now I know it to be a strong truth.

The thing about Diet is that it isn't the same for everyone, so never take for granted what anyone will tell you about your body including your physician. You know best what you are doing to yourself even if someone can make sense of the details. If you feel off because of something you are doing or otherwise like you are crossing a danger line, you will know better than anyone else before it can be told to you. However, mind what your physician tells you since they are the experts of their field.
So why would I iterate anything based on Massaki Hatsumi? Is it because he is a Doctor of Sekkotsu? This is a bone setting practice, not a nutritional expertise. Then again, the man is in his 80's and seems just as lively as most of the people practicing under him.

One of the biggest things that is concentrated on in Diet is what kind of foods you eat. I think this is an important factor to consider when dealing with any kind of diet but I feel it is more important to look at the factors which define a diet as healthy or non. One key element being the absence of processed food. This is a general rule of thumb to health physicians as if based on some scholarly guided principle rather than pure experience. To say that a person can rely on processed foods generally goes against the studies of scientists and physicians across the world. But there is a problem, people don't take it serious enough to understand the common sense factors of why. In fact they rely more on the studies to tell them they shouldn't then to understand why it is they shouldn't rely on this unholy means of poisoning yourself.
I think the answer is a clear as night and day.. Which is that processed foods is like eating anything around you. Neither food or water is something that should be carcinogenic so why would you consume everything around you like it is edible in the first place? Just because it fits in your mouth doesn't mean it's good for your body. Right? So just because it can be bought from the grocery stores doesn't mean it deserves to be ingested either. In fact that should be rule number one.. Grocery stores equals Toxic. If it doesn't grow from the ground, and is healthy for any human being.. Then keep it away from you. This isn't just to say not to ingest it.. It is also to say to stop using products that contain it as a base element--Including shampoo's, toothpaste, clothing, etc... Granted it isn't as easy as just saying to keep it away from you but you have to start somewhere. Which is awareness!

Now consider this..
We do not live in a world where it is hard to get what we need to survive. However it is hard to get what we need for longevity. Cancer is a wide-spread phenomenon of fatal proportions if left to fester. At one point it time it's mystery was so great that there was no way that people would have thought it could be as simple as going to the grocery store; a base point of survival in this world. It was more common to think it had to be pollution, ingesting chemicals that are OBVIOUSLY bad for you like cigarettes.. But who would have thought that the friendly little elf on the box of crackers is actually an evil little demon with such spite in his heart that he's actually laughing because of your ignorance as his greed is fulfilled with your hard-earned money? Such is the nature of marketing, you are only preyed upon your weaknesses because of it. You aren't the only one or inherently retarded because of it... It's taken years of study and manipulation to come out with a near-perfect strategy to get you to happily give up your money, which is why awareness of the carcinogenic levels of all the individual ingredients and processes used by these big companies is kept such a big secret.. Even the government supports their working because they have intertwined the lives of so many in with the slow poisoning of it's life-line..

With that said I lead into the most prominent point to the development of physical stamina. The true basis to begin with and the one thing to continue to do even if nothing else is done. As without doing this you can not efficiently do anything else. And by efficiently I do not mean without results, I mean that it is the best thing you can do for yourself. I have experienced the difference, so I am not speaking in theory. And to the many others who have tried it, their testament is not an unknown factor.

1. Raw foods - Cooking changes the base elements and zaps nutrion: Chemistry 101 teaches you that changing the temperature of an element changes the element's core properties. By heating things up you can create new elements, that is how the origin of elements occurs.. Through stars. By what basis does anyone assert that God himself tells us to lead a healthier life we should cook everything? Isn't it proper to cook meat because it is not digestible in a raw state? By what logic do we assert that it isn't because we are changing base properties to allow this? And by what logic do we assert that God demands we eat meat at all  instead of giving us a way to survive? Necessity vs Practicality is an interesting concept when you look at the differences of the world today versus yesterday.
2. Plain foods- Using spices, garnishes, marinades or whatever.. It only causes more disturbances in your digestive abilities and numbs your senses. If you are numb you are not aware of your ailments or the world around you which isn't healthy. It is just like a smoker causes a numbing to the senses and thus isn't as aware of the pollution around them as a non-smoker. This isn't coincidence, this is what happens when we surround ourselves with poisons and toxins.. We don't become immune to them, we become numb to them. Granted we may not die quickly because of it but we also don't do ourselves any justice as we prolong our exposure to it. An art of poison taking was to build a strength to it but it was never thought to carry an immunity to it.. This was so that accidental ingestion or purposed ingestion didn't lead to the severity of damage that it would to someone whose body wasn't acquainted with. Done very infrequently, the damage wasn't continuous to the body's attempt to repair. 
3. Non-Hybrid Foods - The world wasn't made by mixing everything together. We have more evidence to suggest there is a strange phenomenon of the sudden emergence of information than we do to say that information became complex from the non-complex. Though Evolutionists would like you to believe that diversity is the diversification of information, it truly is the split of a universal code. Every organism and species has a common bond because of similarities, not because of newly-emerged information. Why is it that we humans think that by mixing together all sorts of different gene sequences that we aren't creating plants that aren't compatible with our current gene sequence? Even the theory of Evolution is ruled by the ever-prominent fact of selection.. If an animal is non-compatible with it's environment it does not survive next to the animal which is. By changing the environment we are making ourselves non-compatible with what Evolution says we have survived because of. Though I don't personally believe in Evolution, homeostasis is not against Evolution nor Intelligent Design. Be as it must, trust in Nature's original design! The grocery store will have you believe that things are safe even though the long-term use of it's products is untested and non-verifiable! But the test of original products is extensive and understood! And yet western Science is so infantile that it is only catching up with common sense knowledge! This is why the physicians you are told to trust are so quick to write a prescription for chemicals that have side effects than to trust Nature--Does anyone old enough remember how Doctors were free to smoke around their patients? Even when that was banned they still smoked? Though the choice is free to every man as it is his God-given right, it is a diatribe to their profession to know most of them don't care about the facts let alone may be misguided! Trust the practitioner more than the paid expert! They make their living by your lack of expertise and can prey on that weakness if they choose, just like they give into their own!
4. Gene-Balance Foods - Everyone must understand that not all foods are for everyone. This isn't only because of allergies but is also because of what the diversification of race has caused by region. It is like a wine that carries a flavor because of it's region.. We have become the same way. Our bodies have devised manners in which to be acquainted with the land to better survive. It is foolish for us to think that we are not affected adversely by lands that can not compliment our natural needs but it is even more foolish to think that there is no need to satisfy because of our species. We know what is edible to one person isn't to another yet we don't look at why? Lactose intolerance is just one example but isn't a strong one since it comes down to many factors that can be changed by diet as well. However, it is well accepted theory that dairy products are not easily consumed by the human body for a number of reasons and some should be avoided completely.

Bōryaku is Occupy

The surge of Occupy protests across the US and now spreading through the world seems more like a response of the 99% that resembles what was happening in the Middle East.  I have seen and heard of many cases of non-violent approaches that are treated unfairly as well as instances that warrant a closer look.
Though I do not take the political stance lightly as well as I can see myself portrayed by these people, I do not stand with them for an assortment of reasons.

Consider the small and very quaint fact that most of these people aren't serious about what they stand for as their lives don't reflect the responsible and steadfast adults that it should.
Because of this.. I think their methods become unorthodox as the media should pay more attention to what these people do when the camera is away from them instead of focus on what the signs say and what the Police do to them.

The protests are simple and organized but they turn into a debacle of what the original stance is. As of more recent days the protests have been a symbol of revolt and defiance to authority instead of a peaceful march against the capitalists who take advantage of the people.
I don't see the correlation of Police (who are the 99% also) and the capitalists (who supposedly control them). I see a very dangerous line being drawn that's much like the 60's phenomenon. The recent IRAQ war resembling Vietnam (despite the hardcore similarities of being drug around like the Draft or the amount of men dying) and the Hippie group of new-age fundamentalists represented by the 99%.

The tactic is pretty hardcore at it's foundation.
The people are weary of the advantages of top-executives and legislators who do things in their favor while reaping the rewards of the tax-payers dollars. Banks are pulled out of their financial troubles using the tax-payers dollars, the same people who are left to futile methods of preventing their own financial troubles from causing them to lose their houses and maybe even their employment (sometimes one working towards the other). I find it very apparent that it isn't just about the middle class or poor class either.. In some cases you are talking about people who were otherwise in the 1% who were then brought to the 99% because their life-efforts were brought to vanity because of financial troubles.

This is the starving-artists war as I see it righteously. However.. I know better than that, because the people represented aren't all people who have actually suffered. As there have been many improvements in the financial sector of America that has prevented many families from losing their homes because of the foreclosure crisis as well as many people who use the protests as a means to exact their own frustrations about other key issues in the Government.
As it stands.. There's practically an 'Occupy' for everything.
Soon it will be for religious assembly as well.. Which surprisingly enough, resembles more of a Cult.

Do I think that the protests are without merit?
Absolutely Not.
However, I do find it unorthodox for the people who want to be represented in their own special-interest to thus use the Occupy as a method to push their interest forward. It is an art.. A terrible one if used correctly. And I don't say that lightly, as I deeply feel that these methods will not wash away the blood soaked tears that many people have invested into this country so that they may see their return of investment in their greedy, fat-but-now-empty pockets.
Occupy is corrupt.. Our relevance as a people should be to invest our energy into the renewal of the country for the next generation as well as methods to sustain our most basic needs. What we do with our money otherwise shouldn't be in the grasp of the government. When people realize that the Politicians are the 1% is when the 99% suddenly is the People of the Constitution once again. Until then we are going to focus on the biggest Evil of them all.. Which is Money and the Love of it.

Hensōjutsu in Advertising

Hensōjutsu as a Business Model?

My first thought was.. "You have got to be crazy.."

Though as I thought about the possibilities of where it could take me I started to realize that the art of disguise isn't a practice that is left out in Advertising or any Marketing scheme. In fact it is usually the art of disguise and illusion that allows the allegorical construction within a consumers mind that develops this strong desire to need the product. Though the imagination is the culprit of any deception, it is the art of making things pretty and magnifying any glory brought by the product that makes the consumer imagine themselves unrealistically in the same position of... Well, whatever it is they imagine. 

So I started to think deeper into this concept and what it means to me.. Beyond acting a role that isn't truly your character trait or for that matter a social status that is implied but never was really obtained. Such as looking rich by wearing things that shine like there's expensive gems present or for that matter the ultra-deceptive but practically working 'wonder bra'. Granted, many women benefit beyond what magic it performs on their more valuable assets.. But it is simply amazing how many continuously need and convince others that the desire to want is practical let alone realistic (without truly caring about the disappointment it brings to the guys who seemingly rely on this kind of thing).
But how would I take this concept to the next level so that my practice of Hensōjutsu isn't one that is centered around leaving the consumer at a loss of realizing they were duped into a sale? In fact... How could I make it so that the glamour of the product simply can't be replicated because of my practical application of certain features that otherwise trick even the most savvy of advertisers?
The answer seems so simple: Get into the heads of your consumer and appeal to none of them by appealing to their need to fit in. Cigarettes still do it.. In fact millions of dollars are spent in the fight against the image which has been portrayed that is prevalent even without advertising present. Is this just because of people who were once subjected to the advertising campaigns that once ran rampant across magazines and billboards?
Perhaps... Though maybe that image wasn't something hard to portray considering the novelty of age restrictions as well as the 'cool' factor brought on by the rebellious nature of using a product.
The same can be seen with many other products, especially alcohol. 

Even still I know there's more to this thought than what meets the eyes, but to expound on it openly would be the same as letting anyone see that there is a difference between tricking the consumers legitimately versus using a totally bogus campaign that is sure to leave the advertiser running to the next idea.
Or in other words... Try to come up with something that can be recycled over and over and over again. 

You Believe Hate is the Way?

I have never been an advocate of hatred.

Is it acceptable to hate something, Ever?

I think that depends entirely on your intent.

Does it have to be universally accepted?

That depends on the standards you insist to adhere to.

At what point can we say it is legitimate to hate?

Hating hatred doesn't end the cycle of Hate.

Is it more proper to hate that which causes hate?

We are not god's, our emotion of hate is flawed by nature.

If we can't hate properly then what do we do?

I will always be an advocate of Love.

The Responsibility of the Warrior

Often times we define the warrior class as the War-Artist or the Battle Expert or the Killing Machine or the Force of Death or simply the Wraith.

Why?

What about the Peace Keeper?
Isn't the battle to maintain peace requiring the same endurance if not more?
Don't the Peace Keepers, often times, lay their life down in pursuit of their ultimate goals?
Why isn't the fight considered just as gritty as any other battle? Especially if it is to the death?

Is it applicable then to call a Martyr a warrior if they are willingly fighting against their oppressors to the death to preserve their conviction?

By definition, I believe so.

Not everyone is privy to the definition of warrior. For many, I am simply stating the obvious. Though for the others I am not making sense or I am making a contradiction to terminology.

It is these same people who have the understanding that Ninja is synonymous to killer.
I urge these thinkers to look outside their box of media-driven understanding. They should confirm that finding universally, without error and consistently.
To their surprise, as I hope it is, they are misguided in their deductions and definition..

This same principle can be applied to many more things than can be understood superficially.

Objectively Insane

Such a common aspect of a scientific mind is the ability to think outside the box to search for answers in un-likely places.
It is without a doubt that common sense leads us to believe that looking again and again at something isn't going to yield different results unless you stop looking the same way in the same place with the same reasons. In fact, all it can do is detail your analysis so redundantly that you finally notice the possibility of more extrapolation and thus finally do things a bit differently.
Why is it that this approach is deemed unscientific when it is the appeal to assumptive reasoning that is unscientific?
Have most researchers deemed the scholar as the researcher instead of the inventor? Isn't the inventor a scholar who is trying to test different theories through applied science? Isn't the scholar defined as the retainer of information and not the experimenting agent who uses knowledge as a basis to extrapolate more detail?
What basis do we have to say we don't bridge the gap of scholar and scientist together to make a researcher? Perhaps English defines too well the aspects in which any of those entails to not allow a well laid example using each separately.
I see the scholar as retaining any information that is useful in any area for the purpose of creating a library. I see the scientist as collecting data for the purpose of categorizing into a library for use. I see the researcher as using the library as a basis to create new knowledge to further build the existing categories of the library.
I see that some people argue the three are interchangeable but can not coincide in one act. I'm sure some people would argue that there is no need for distinction because all three work to the same goal even if by some way it is different means. I believe some would argue that each rely on each other for a process that completes an inadvertent goal that each rely on the other to begin their own respective process that circles back to the starting point.
Now check that out.. None are wrong in the assertion by reasonable deduction, all are useful in their process as far as ultimately helping themselves because it helps the others who then give needed help, yet all are very different in respects to origin of importance, manner of reasoning and ultimately conclusion.

Why can't you see?

A wise man once said...

"You can not believe what you can not see but you can not see which you do not believe."

If you are to see through lies, deception and/or manipulation.. You must believe in the improbable, assume the impossible and ultimately be illogical.
It is not to say you must disregard all notions of common sense or scoff at knowledge. It is to say that not everything is what it may seem...
Belief is more than an action of being convinced by empirical evidence or practicality. It is an extension of the imagination and intuition.