Hi guys, I was moving some boxes from the folks house and found an old tool box. I opened it up and found some of my " real " Ninja stuff!!


This cover is neat because this is where I found Michael Echanis, what a great martial artist and warrior. His books are still a good read today.


Remember the movies?



Then Ninja magazine came out, boy oh boy we were big league then!


I will admit I went through the phase, following Steven Hayes and waiting for the next issue of Black Belt special editions.

My dad was great, he would give in and drive me to the martial art store and let me buy one. When the movie the Octagon came out he took me to the shop and bought me my first pair of nunchucks, a black octagon set that when I went to show him my professiancy I proceeded to crease my forehead <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />

Here are some of the shurikens, I had alot more but they are probably gone, lost, or still in the neighbors trees and fences <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />



Do you remeber the small ones that had the hole for the necklace and had the yin yang, dragon, or the prized Bruce Lee picture on them? They were traded like baseball cards!

I guess old ninjas dont grow up they just hide their identity more. In the middle of the picture the large four point ones are the new Cold Steel Sure Strike. They come in three weights, light, medium, and you gueseed it, heavy.
I picked them up last year and they are a blast. I like all three weights and have not picked one that throws better yet. The heavy does some serious damage to the targets, still the neighbors fence <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

The new Cold Steel line


The pictures arent the greatest, my camera is on the fritz.

The last set of pics are the butterfly knives that came out then as well. I remeber the all brass handled ones you found at the shady stores around the schools. They were dull as a butter knife which in hind sight would make them a
butter fly knife. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />

[img]http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h459/sar511/CIMG6574.jpg[/img]


In the middle of the pic is my first real butterfly knife. A Valor Ninja model. I bought it off a pal for around 25 dollars which was alot of money then. I carried that thing everywhere and used it on everything.

and what self respecting ninja didnt have a set of these?
[img]http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h459/sar511/claw.jpg[/img]

dont do this while wearing them-<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />

Sorry for the corny thread but trying to clean up a parents house is depressing enough so when you find some child hood memories it can make you act like a kid again, well at least like a ninja.
thanks for looking.

p.s. maybe Dan is waiting to bring out... infi throwing stars! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I remember those days well

OMG SAR, I still remember seeing that frirst "Tough Guy" at school with his cheap butterfly knife doing all of the flicks and flips.


Have you seen the Southpark episode where they buy Ninja Stars and other equipment at the flea market and put Butters eye out.

I know it will be hard to believe but Mike was my first martial arts instructor. He was a friend of my dad and they were in the same unit. He was great guy.

I remember well those days also. Had a couple stars, Lost them, like SAR up in trees or somewhere. BUT I still have my 5 Benchmade butterfly knifes. ONE is an original Utility model when they were still Well crap, before they were Benchmade.

best southpark ever

wow that is awesome Mb. I have always admired him. What a great honor to have been taught by him. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

no but i will check it out on youtube right now!!
thanks <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I never knew he was famous until years after his death. I just knew he was a awesome teacher and a good friend.

wow that is sweet. I want to get a 42 but I will not pay the hundreds of dollars people want for them. Sweet thread btw.

Sar,

Aren't you worried that exposing your ninja past will bring retaliation upon you and your family?

Those throwing stars bring back some memories. I remember getting yelled at by my neighbor for testing them out on his fence.

I recall those stars liked to bounce back!

Anyone seen the Ip Man movies? +100 on those movies so good!

What was his teaching like? You do weapons work with him? Hwa Rang Do with a mean attitude?

Very cool!

I was too young to do weapons work. Just the basics. He was assasinated in 78. My Dad did a bunch of training with him. It was mostly work related. They did some crazy stuff.

No enemies left to fear <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Talked my dad into taking me to 'Good Guys Wear Black' in 78. And i was hooked.
Chuck Norris doesnt do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down.

Nice ninja stuff Sar5, i remember those days when the ninja stuff was popular. One of my best buddies was really into that stuff.

I remember those days well. I still have my first and second ninja swords, both 440 stainless from the collector's armory in Alexandria VA. I still remember all the shuriken I had and a few I still do as well as sai, kusari-gama,kama and a few other items I can't seem to part with. I was really into the whole craze, I can remember going to the drive-in to see Enter The Ninja I had to pay for my mother to get in as I didn't drive at the time. I have a really nice collection of fiction books on the ninja and samurai and still read them over and over and buy new ones as they come out. I have actually been looking at getting a new forged sword but haven't found the one I want, this whole thread brings back great memories, thanks for starting it.

Sar5 the second butter fly knife over from the right is it a Valor samurai warrior ?

I was in absolute stitches when Cartman tried to be "invisible" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/loopy.gif" alt="" /> I was laughing so hard I had to pause the DVD <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Cazio, check out Bud K. they have a full line of Shinwa traditional hand forged swords, and for the work that goes into them, they're priced nicely. Very good looking blades too!

For me it was the early 70's. One of my first 6th grade shop projects was a bunch of metal throwing stars. We caught heck when they started showing up stuck in the ceiling of the breezways. From there moved on to the nun chucks. Whenever it was jacket weather, I would carry a set with one stick running down the left sleeve inside, ready to pull out. The only thing I ever hit with them was myself, but thought I was ready and bad @$$. From High School days I still have a couple of sets that a friend in cabinet shop made for me. A set of hexagonal Bubinga wood. And some round ones that are teak, grooved and lead filled on the ends.
Ahh, good memories......

Thanks for the info I'll take a look.

Yes it is.

Why are you guys talking about this like it's history???

When I first new what a throwing star was I told my dad. He went to work and came home hith a 5" piece of thick styrefome. And my first star. He cut it out of sheet metal and was bigger than a circular saw blade! I couldn't believe it when I saw it. At first I was disappointed but darn that thing threw like no ones business.
My dad was great, I hope that

Well yes good memories.

Wow, what history there. Never really got into the ninja deal but had a few stars and secret butterfly knives!

Thanks for bring back those memories

I had a few stars, and "chucks". Got to messing with them in the Philippines. Also that's where I got my first POS butterfly knife. Got back to the world and got some nice Benchmade ones but the first GOOD one was the utility model from Pacific Cutlery, the for runner of Benchmade!

Of all the "NINJA MANIA" My favorite was the Sai. Funny that I never had a set. But I always thought they would be the best "Defensive" weapon, and not all that bad of an offensive one. I had "dreams" of a drop sheath double set up, one on each leg with tie downs. Man that was a long time ago.

I went through my ninja phase in the 80s. It was less ninja, and more phase.
my Mom was the opposite of your Dad, sar5

No spiked claw gloves, no ninja swords, no throwing stars or throwing knives, No rated R movies. I was told "no" a lot growing up.

I was told no a lot as well, buti oils try and improvise why I couldn't have and that would usually turn out more expensive and more dangerous for everyone! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

The sai were my favorite as well. I made my first pair from wood wrapped in my dads electrical tape, about a roll each much to his despair! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
He was such a good sport now that I look back.
I finally got a real pair and took private lessons with an instructor. They were great until while trying to parry a down ward strike from my instructor I put my thumb in-between the upper cross guard and used it to Cushion The strike. Split my thumb open, nail fell off and my sai days fell to the way side a year or so later. By then I found guns! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Yes - butterfly knives, feathered hair, and parachute pants


Very cool <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

i remember when i used to beg my parents for a copy of blsck belt magazine. i also remember those horrid movies that had the english dubbed in..everytime a fight scene would come on my & my buddy would jump up and :karate: fight

Ha! I remember those Steve Hayes BS Ninja articles in Black belt. The funny thing is some of the cheapest, thinnest throwing stars worked the best. Not sure where all my ninja nonsense went. Probably just as well, most of that stuff is illegal in NY now anyway.

Scrolling through the forums and this one caught my eye. Never heard of this before but thought that I would bring it back to light.

My Hero!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118708/

This thread really made me smile.... and laugh.

Haha I agree Tom.

For a second I thought SAR was back.

No, just another JYD gone by the wayside.

I think he had some pretty severe health problems didn't he? Hope he is well.

I don't remember.