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Ninjas Rescue Student From Muggers

Posted by samzenpus on from the unlikely-silent-heroes dept.

A group of assailants got a little more than they bargained for when an entire ninja school came to their victim's rescue. A 27-year-old German exchange student was being mugged in an alley near Ninja Senshi Ryu, when a ninja student noticed the commotion. The sensei along with the rest of the students rushed out to help. "You should have seen their faces when they saw us in ninja gear coming towards them," the school's sensei, Kaylan Soto, told the Herald. It's good to see ninjas working on their brand. When I was a kid they were mostly shurikens, smoke, and attitude.

26 comments

  1. More Ninja Schools by whitedsepdivine · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I vote to have Ninja schools placed around street corners with high rates of muggings, or gun stores.

    1. Re:More Ninja Schools by Explodicle · · Score: 2, Funny

      Great, another jerk advocating ninjalantism.

    2. Re:More Ninja Schools by Alok · · Score: 1

      So future muggers will switch their stocking masks for ninja outfits; and escape in the confusion while would-be ninja vigilantes are busy beating up each other?

    3. Re:More Ninja Schools by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 1

      We already have.

      Oops, said too much, gotta go now, bye.

      --
      The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.
  2. Lots of Ninja by Thanshin · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wasn't the plural of "ninja" also "ninja"?

    1. Re:Lots of Ninja by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You are correct, there is no plural form in Japanese. So book is "hon" and books is also "hon". A ninja is "ninja" and some ninjas is "ninja". Also .

    2. Re:Lots of Ninja by Windwraith · · Score: 1

      Yes, Japanese words do not make plural forms the same way, so just adding "s" at the end is pretty much wrong.
      But then again even Japanese do it when writing English, so it's a very unimportant sort of wrong.

    3. Re:Lots of Ninja by amentajo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, and there's a little history behind it:

      When one is attacked by what seems like several ninja, it is difficult for one to be sure that it was not just one ninja running really fast. In fact, because of special relativity, it is actually impossible to determine in a single reference frame whether simultaneous ninja attacks were indeed perpetrated by a single ninja or several. Claims of ninja attacks were often inaccurate, with people saying "Some ninjas attacked John today at the supermarket - I guess we should inform his family," when they really meant "A ninja attacked John today at the supermarket - I guess we should inform his family."

      Families of victims eventually realized that they didn't even know whether their loved one was killed by a single ninja or several. It was simply not possible, given the laws of physics. So, for simplicity, people would just understand "He got attacked by ninja" to mean either the singular or plural form of the word, with the ambiguity either irrelevant or disambiguated using context.

      At the time, all other Japanese nouns did have separate plural forms in hyojungo, the "standard" Japanese dialect. Because this created an inconsistency, hyojungo was formally modified to follow the precedent set by "ninja". In support of this, ninja erased all official records that there ever was a distinction between plural and singular nouns in Japanese.

    4. Re:Lots of Ninja by Andy+Fleming · · Score: 1

      Besides, these were Australian Ninja(s) - we can pluralise them any way we like mate. And use "s" instead of "z" :)

    5. Re:Lots of Ninja by Anubis+IV · · Score: 1

      You're mistaken. There is no such thing as the plural form of "ninja" because you'll never see more than one at a time. Or, at least if you do, you won't live to talk about it afterwards.

    6. Re:Lots of Ninja by Cimexus · · Score: 1

      Haha, WTB mod points.

    7. Re:Lots of Ninja by g0bshiTe · · Score: 1

      I'm ninja'd az broo!

      Broo, you're ninja'd az!

      --
      I am Bennett Haselton! I am Bennett Haselton!
  3. Ninja fail by oldspewey · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "You should have seen their faces when they saw us in ninja gear coming towards them"

    If they see you coming towards them, you've failed.

    --
    If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
    1. Re:Ninja fail by kungfugleek · · Score: 2, Funny
      Not a complete fail. FTA: "They also failed to notice a ninja, Nathan Smith, standing in the shadows outside the dojo. "

      Well, at least it sounds all cool and ninja-like. In reality he was probably just trying to get a soda from a vending machine or something.

    2. Re:Ninja fail by zacronos · · Score: 2, Informative

      "You should have seen their faces when they saw us in ninja gear coming towards them"

      If they see you coming towards them, you've failed.

      From the article:

      They also failed to notice a ninja, Nathan Smith, standing in the shadows outside the dojo. Mr Smith immediately alerted his sensei, or teacher.

      Ninja WIN.

    3. Re:Ninja fail by Ihmhi · · Score: 1

      Dude, those weren't actually the ninja. Those were very, very cleverly disguised logs.

      The ninja were already behind the muggers.

      --
      Random Thoughts From A Diseased Mind (Not For Dummies)
    4. Re:Ninja fail by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 1

      Not a complete fail. FTA: "They also failed to notice a ninja, Nathan Smith, standing in the shadows outside the dojo. "

      Wow, so ninjas are almost as cool as the velociraptors in Jurassic Park! When you see a ninja coming towards you, there are two more readying to attack you from the sides!

      --
      Ezekiel 23:20
  4. Ninja vs Pirates by TagrenHawk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's too bad the muggers weren't pirates 'cause this could have finally answered the age-old question.

    1. Re:Ninja vs Pirates by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Maybe the "muggers" hobbled off on their peg legs to their ship...

    2. Re:Ninja vs Pirates by Ngarrang · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Ahem...I would like to point out that sense the three individuals were attempting to pre-salvage the wallet and electronics articles, though far from a ship, their attempted act might just qualify them as pirates. Really bad pirates, but pirates none the less.

      --
      Bearded Dragon
    3. Re:Ninja vs Pirates by sznupi · · Score: 1

      Plus in a basically coastal city, definatelly in the pirate area of influence (even if Western Sydney might be pushing it)

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      One that hath name thou can not otter
  5. Reminds me... by RichiH · · Score: 1

    There is this surveillance tape in the intarwebs where a few people tried to rob a restaurant. Next door, about 100 bikers had their club meeting and rushed out, armed with chairs and other things they could grab.

    Couldn't find it, though...

  6. You disrespect the Ninja with article picture by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    in place of Ninja , you show mall-ninja, a caricature, a clown --- you are teh suck

  7. Arrr by tepples · · Score: 1

    It's too bad the muggers weren't pirates

    How do you know what music the muggers were and weren't copying?

  8. Anonymous Coward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Actually, the correct term is Shinobi. The plural of this is Shinobi. So, these shinobi were in a school that should have been clouded in mystery and secrecy, and just happened to "see" this mugging through their network of informants and got the job done. What everyone is missing is that when they saw "an entire school of shinobi", they really would have only been viewing 1 of them. w0rd.

  9. Patric by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This is so awesome. I wonder if any of the ninja students had the TMNT theme song playing in their head as they attacked.