Monkey Steals the Peach

I think I actually *own* the book this is from?

http://www.amazon.com/Mystic-Arts-Ninja-Stephen-Hayes/dp/0809253437

“I think I actually *own* the book this is from?

http://www.amazon.com/Mystic-Arts-Ninja-Stephen-Hayes/dp/0809253437”

No, this is definitely not the work of Stephen Hayes. Hayes is a legitimate Ninjutsu instructor. This is from one of Ashida Kim’s books. I think it’s from his “Ninja Hands of Death” book. I’m not 100% certain of this though. For those who don’t know Ashida Kim is one of the biggest martial arts frauds in existence. His books are pure fiction. You do get a good laugh from the odd segment though. I must admit to laughing at the ‘monkey steals the peach’ when I first saw it.

My ninja roommate confirms that this is from one of the “shitty kim” books. We have been making “monkey steals peach” jokes for quite a while now, and even have the cat practicing a fairly accurate strike. We call that “kitty steals leechee”, though.

The name of the “technique” is actually derived from some cheesy HK martial arts films from at least the 70s. In real life it is easily countered with a inward knee rotation.

heh funny thing is, there is a bonus song on guitar hero I by a band named monkey steals the peach .

Actually, this particular slide is from this little gem from the 70′s / 80′s:

World’s Deadliest Fighting Secrets

http://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Deadliest-Fighting-Secrets-Count/dp/B000P GE2AI

Authored by this guy:

http://www.theblackdragonfightingsociety.com/home.html

The technique did appear in Ashida Kim’s book, Ninja Hands of Death

http://fliiby.com/file/41521/le14p4oyag.html

It appears on page 13. On page 3, he credits the technique to the BDFS.