# Ask the Ninja **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 1, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822 "2003-04-01T23:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/1 "2003-04-01T23:12:40Z")
That’s right. I am, in fact, a Ninja. For this one time only, I am willing to lift the veil of secrecy. So ask away. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/2 "2003-04-01T23:23:37Z")
What’s with the funky Ninja slippers with the weird toe sections? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/3 "2003-04-02T00:05:27Z")
What school of Ninjutsu did you train under? Where did you train? What do you think of Ashida Kim? Cheers, Bippy ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/4 "2003-04-02T00:09:00Z")
Which Ninja movie do you feel most trivializes the honorable Ninja profession? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/5 "2003-04-02T00:19:13Z")
What the heck does “Hiya” really mean? And where did it come from? Is it true that you can kill someone just by looking at them? And, if so, does that make it really hard to put up with rush-hour traffic? Do you know the Turtles? I bet they’re stuck up, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/6 "2003-04-02T00:23:41Z")
Do you have real ultimate power? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/7 "2003-04-02T00:30:51Z")
Is it really true that Al Gore is a Ninja? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/8 "2003-04-02T00:41:04Z")
So how often do you flip out? ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/9 "2003-04-02T00:44:04Z")
Do ninja’s celebrate April Fool’s day? ---
**Author:** ![JocoseBanter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@JocoseBanter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JocoseBanter)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/10 "2003-04-02T00:51:18Z")
Did you really have to kill a whole town just because some dude dropped a spoon? ---
**Author:** ![green\_dragon\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@green\_dragon\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_dragon_1)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/11 "2003-04-02T00:54:14Z")
lol I’m seeing that certain dopers have investigated the nija ultimate power website… Ever killed yourself just for fun?😉 What’s the basis for your art? strikes? what kind of kicks do you use? Had a lot of weapons training? What about joint manipulation? DO you use pressure points at all? ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/12 "2003-04-02T01:03:07Z")
What’s Eric Van Lustbader really like? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/13 "2003-04-02T01:04:16Z")
**green\_dragon** joint manipulation is only taught openly in Amsterdam and Jamaica these days. (Though I here there are hidden schools of this ancient art form all over the world). ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/14 "2003-04-02T02:01:56Z")
How accurate is the site [http://www.realultimatepower.net/](http://www.realultimatepower.net/) in decribing ninja’s? Also, do modern ninja’s use devices like nightvision googles or titanium blades to make them even more stealthy and deadly? ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/15 "2003-04-02T02:06:22Z")
Care for a duel? ---
**Author:** ![green\_dragon\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@green\_dragon\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_dragon_1)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/16 "2003-04-02T02:17:02Z")
Bippy…define ‘joint manipultion’…I was referring to the kind of thing seen in Hapkido, which I’m grading in shortly. What are you talking about? And where’s this ninja we’re supposed to be asking? ---
**Author:** ![green\_dragon\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@green\_dragon\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_dragon_1)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/17 "2003-04-02T02:21:14Z")
OH! I feel silly now. _floor opens up and swallows him_ ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/18 "2003-04-02T02:27:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by green\_dragon \* > \*\*Bippy…define ‘joint manipultion’…I was referring to the kind of thing seen in Hapkido, which I’m grading in shortly. What are you talking about? > > \*\* It took me a second to get it, too. I think **Bippy** ’s talking about the ancient art of Gan-Ja. _Adopts stance_ Whoooooooooooooooosh! _cough_ Dude. Wow. Let’s eat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-ninja/165822/19 "2003-04-02T03:00:02Z")
I do so _love_ April Fools Day.:rolleyes: Lockdown.