The nine elements relate to nine general paths thought to exist in the Kokoro air relates to the path of the mind, water to the path of emotion, fire to the path o the will, earth to the path of the flesh, wood to the path of the individual life force, metal to the path...
In Revelations of the Black Lotus and the web site of the Komuso Ryu Dojo some of the history of the Komuso Ryu has been given, more detail in the book and the legend on the web site. There are some that have disputed the history of my ryu under the misunderstanding that their view...
In the esoteric sphere of Komuso Nin Do we often speak of the number 9 as being supreme in symbolism as the circle or sphere and the center and in the nine levels of power in meditation or the nine cuts. It is little spoken of but true that there is a tenth cut which...
In the history of Japan there was a flourishing culture embodied in the idea of Bushido with that of Nin Do interacting and coexisting along with that of Bushido. The ideals and the power that evolved from Bushido for all of its flaws made Japan a power strong enough to endure the intrusion of the...
Looking at the Black Lotus Mandala one can see the trigrams of the I Ching arranged not once but twice. These 8 trigrams stand for eight of the nine elements of nature with the movement of those 8 expressing the ninth element of nature which is energy. These 8 trigrams are shown twice in the...
In a previous article the Way of the Ninja or Nin Do was compared to Budo or the Way of the Warrior via the code of the ninja versus the code of the samurai. There are some that have put forward that Nin Do or Nin Po is a “higher order” of the Silent Way...
In one to one combat the ninja often had to pretend defeat, endure shame or otherwise appear weak or lesser in order to prevail in the long term, giving ground in the short term. As many know the author has a slight handicap which makes it needful to adapt his training for it to be...
Being a warrior is about accepting responsibility for one’s self, one’s actions and for one’s missions and the results of one’s actions. To be an effective warrior one must be aware of what one can do as to causing or repairing harm; the warrior first learns to repair harm to themselves and then to others....
What is and why the black lotus, what does it represent? This is a question I have been asked since beginning the composition of the second of the Komuso Ryu texts that have published, one being Ninja Magick and the other being Revelations of the Black Lotus. In general the white lotus is a symbol...
Some goals are such that they can take years or decades to the point that the goal can become all consuming and one can put one’s expectations outside of what the goal can produce in the best of circumstances. In combat this is seen in the idea of “victory at all costs” which is a...
