The Black Dragon Society

[@David-o1u9d]

A good book to read about this subject is Yakuza - Japan's secret underworld. Goes through all this information.

[@JoshBruin77]

Actually, I'm a member of the black dragon society. I paid 19.95 to Franku Deaux, and he brought me to a warp zone on the woods, where after I fought 368 four armed fellows named goro. Not a big deal, but I won every match, one strike.

[@MVK_GS]

Anthony, this is the kind of interesting and unique content I really enjoy to watch. Well done.

[@eesaf7969]

will definitely be buying some of the books

[@TenchiBushi]

I think about Count Dante

[@junzohirose4732]

Interesting that this has come up .... Following is an excerpt from UNKNOWN NINJA: Shinobi Agents in WWII. "... There is no doubt that there were active ninja at work in the 1930s and 40s! It is only because they existed in recent history-and because their deeds are still seen as abhorrent, if not atrocious-that the Japanese spies of World War II are not yet graced with the appellation ninja. The point here is not that those 20th century men and women deserve to be glamorized as “ninja,” but that the historical ninja also committed extremely heinous acts-acts which have lost their heinous impact due to the filter of time. Perhaps one hundred years from now we may come to regard the unforgivable but ninjutsu-oriented actions of the individuals who appear in these pages also as ninjutsu; or perhaps not. Be that as it may, it's clear that Hirose-sensei's objective in writing this book is not to validate or glorify the despicable actions of shinobi in the Second World War, for too much whitewashing has already taken place with respect to similar activities by the ninja of Japan's feudal ages. Nor is it his objective to condemn the practice of ninjutsu, or suggest that ninjutsu practitioners abandon their training. Hirose-sensei's objective is simple and evident-to ensure that we maintain an accurate historical perspective of who it is we are emulating in our practice of the ninja's art. ..." First Printing: November 2017 ISBN: 978-1-387-34873-2 Lost Arts Publications

[@christopherrasberry9629]

I guess there would be a bit of connection. If these people were former samurai and using shinobi tactics. But they weren’t officially shinobi. It would be a case of using the word as a verb.

[@samiibrahim5356]

I agree with that.

[@m.j.mahoney8905]

It was alleged years ago that Takamatsu was a member of the Black Dragon Society, I seem to recall. Who knows, maybe he actually was and came up with his "ninja" ideas from his activities back then?

[@tochiro6902]

Yes, I could imagine that a handful of shinobi were smuggled in to be informed about everything in the organization. Thank you very much.

[@thedragonofechigo7878]

A name i recognize at 2:53 is Taisuke Itagaki, he is apparently descended from the Itagaki family that served the Takeda.

[@elshebactm6769]

🤠👍🏿

[@SkullCowboy333]

Great work and solid info. I would say that there is no overt ninja connection to the Kokuryukai in history.

[@illusionshadow813]

Ashida Kim learned Koga Ryu from Shindai who fought and died in battle for this Nation. Shindai was mentioned in the movie Bloodsport.Yes, Senzo Tanaka's Lineage was influenced from black dragon Society.Count Dantaes SHINOBI-JUTSU also influenced from association with the b.d f.s. Sir Keehan traveled THREWOUT India ,and the Philippines,he was rich and had rare acceptance to learn what was guarded to certain rAces back then,eskrima,Kempo,Kung Fu ,and ninjutsu.e

[@signor_zuzzu]

It seems reasonable thinking that a couple of people might have been shinobi, after all they were officially disbanded along samurai in that period. But without evidence seems unlikely to have entire clans of them or their ancient art being used in full.

[@PeanutMoney]

Thank you for your work! I love learning about WWII, pre, and post-WWII things. Unfortunately it seems youtube doesn't like very many videos about history. If you look up any videos related to the BDS you only find videos with a few thousand views. this is very important stuff to learn about in our worlds history. Great work.

[@PerryKobalt]

Not only that, especially when it comes to Japanese WW2 history YT have a secret deal with Japanese government itself that "Anyone who tried to expose the past, in future you'll face wrath of Shinderu (Death)" You might know Unit 731 who famous for making Racial Biological weapon that can kill a certain race with their virus made

[@hermancarterjr8334]

The movie Bloodsport bought me here. I paid close attention of some of the details they were explaining in the movie about the Kumite history.

[@MultiJimbo1970]

We researched this back in Facebook days ushiba offered his tradition of ninjutsu to the nakano school but was in fact turned down this was as late as we2 the Japanese intelligence service has never not existed but ninjutsu was dropped officially just prior to ww1 for a book written by a German general..I forget his name now.as i have stated before at what point does a Japanese intelligence operative even today not use the Japanese term for spy? I mean they do exist they may or may not still have the same religious believes at what date do we changed the old for the new?

[@inthedenoftigers5702]

Bolt! Doesn't sound very fast on the video....

[@AntonyCummins]

Haha

[@SengokuStudies]

As odd as it sounds ultra nationalists adopting western ways to some extent certainly did happen. basically they wanted to adopt western military and industrial technology and knowledge, but keep western thoughts out of Japan. At the end of the 19th century, as you allude to, there were those that felt Japan could modernize without westernizing, and that was something they needed to do to resist western imperialism and build up their own imperialist empire in Asia.

[@AntonyCummins]

It’s such an interesting time in Japanese history that few talk of.

[@The-Blind-Witch]

If I remember correctly - The Nakano School in Japan during WW2 taught some Ninjutsu to the intelligence officers there. The Nakano School was originally focused on doing operations against Russia, specifically the Islands north of Japan (Sakhalin). I also remember from my research that the secretive BlackDragon-CherryBlossom political organizations key goal was to capture significant amounts of land to the north of Japan. The BlackDragon-CherryBlossom would then colonize these lands with a specific ethnicity of Japanese and after a few generations would amass an invading force which would then conquer Japan and reform it. The BlackDragon-CherryBlossom society considered it infeasible to reform Japan from the inside and this strategy was necessary to meet their political goals. It is reasonable to suspect the BlackDragon-CherryBlossom society may have helped found and influenced the creation of the Nakano school to teach Ninjutsu to further goals in the north.

[@ericamack6738]

Antony, have you read or do you own "The nine halls of death" by Dr. Haha Lung? It looks like a trash book but reading it I see alot of similar information but I'd like a little more insight to if what you are presenting ties together with that book.

[@AntonyCummins]

I’m going to get it after I move

[@nicholaspryor5488]

Count donte calls his the black dragon FIGHTING society. So the name is altered I don't know if he claims to have ties to the real black dragon society

[@jeanlloydbradberry9099]

Was Blackbeard a secret ninja? Was Bozo the Clown a ninja killer clown? I mean Ronald McDonald silently killed more people than firearms, automobiles and nuclear bombs combined! Was H. R. Puffinstuff a ninja? Was there a connection between the ninja and the teletubbies after they grew up to be power rangers? What about Inframan? I mean, like ... King Kong was DEFINITELY a ninja! Colonel Sanders was a secret Confederate Ninja.

[@colterknebel]

Interesting information! My introduction to the Black Dragon Society came when I read one of the screenplays based off of Eric Van Lustbader's The Ninja. There was a subplot within the screenplay that suggested a ryu that taught Ninpo was carrying out various duties for the Black Dragon Society. The screenplay was fairly faithful to the novel, but I don't remember the novel having that subplot...

[@ghostdog2898]

Wow haven't read that in maybe 2 decades lol.

[@colterknebel]

@Behram Patel A "development hell" movie. Not long after the novel's publication, Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown picked up the book's movie rights for 20th Century Fox. From about 1980 to about 1985, various screenwriters and directors, from Irvin Kershner to John Carpenter, tried to come up with a workable screenplay and vision for the film. Unfortunately, Enter The Ninja, along with the rest of the Cannon ninja movies, kickstarted the USA's "Ninja Boom" before Eric Van Lustbader's The Ninja could establish any influence, and so instead of the trend starting with a gritty "Taxi Driver" like story and mood, the trend started with cheap, cheesy exploitation flicks, and that came to be the "ideal" ninja movie blueprint up until the Ninja Boom collapsed. Along with change in management at 20th Century Fox throwing a bunch of projects out, I think at some point it was determined that the thunder for this novel was already stolen by these other ninja movies, and that whatever adaptation was put out would simply be assumed to be more of the same as what was already out there, rather than it's own thing.

[@ghostdog2898]

@Behram Patel I don't think theres a movie although I remember years ago some talk of script. Maybe I'll grab another copy for nostalgia. All these translations keep me crazy busy.

[@matmohair1]

Feels like an Asian version of Operation Gladio

[@-RONNIE]

I know a little bit about the history & he is going in the right direction also I think he should stop there. This is not a discussion for KZbin being who they REALLY are - I think you know where I'm going with that🤐

[@-RONNIE]

@@samiibrahim5356 I knew I shouldn't have commented because I had a feeling something like this was coming. First of all the research in the video was great let me start off by saying that. As a Marine from 2000-2006 we had to learn extensively about past wars throughout the ages in different countries. First time I ever heard of the Black Dragons it was when we were discussing the 4th Crusade. Are instructor went from the Livonian states Wars, Battle of Acre, Northern Wars & Battle on the Ice all of the Teutonic Knights & Livonian Order. Then in the same timeline over to Japan I was very interested because I like both Teutonic Knights & the Samurai that's how I remember. Now I cannot remember which Daimyo or Samurai started it but it was definitely during early to mid 1200s that would be the Kumakura period in Japan if my memory serves me right. Which later turned into The Black Dragon Society. Now as for your Yakuza comment no I wasn't referring to them because they first came around during the early 1600s same with the Triads in the mid 1700s & I knew that for 100% fact. If you were only doing research on the 1900 Black Dragon Society & not going back further I recant my statement. However the original Black Dragons are not letting any organized crime people tell them what to do that's laughable.

[@bushikageninryu6714]

It’s interesting to see what other countries versions of conservatism are as an American where conservatism here is literally “leave me alone” of course there’s often a nationalistic or ultra patriotic flavor but that’s honestly the only connection to other countries “right wing “ totalitarianism is antithetical to American conservatism however. Of course our founders stated that if a government becomes too tyrannical to the point where the population can’t do anything to stop it and the tyranny is brutal, then it’s not only the right of the people to rise up but it’s the duty. So for us it’s our patriotic duty to be reasonably rebellious.

[@shootits48]

I thought the black dragon society was something Frank dux invented for the movie Bloodsport

[@AntonyCummins]

Me too but seems not

[@jonasbowser8139]

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