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THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1961.

'Ninjutsu training can give Japan Olympic gold medals, says expert

Tokyo, Aug. 15.

Japanese youths are being urged to study the techniques of "ninjutsu”, the ancient samurai art of invisibility, to regain their fighting spirit and help them to win gold medals for Japan at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Mr Seiko Fujita, 14th head of the Koga School of Ninjutsu complained in an interview recently that Japanese youths today "have not got enough guts".

The lighting spirit deserted | The spies had to walk four, though. Mr Fujita explained, the Japanese after the Pacific | "r" tone i is equal to about 4 they were not perfectly Aut War, he anid, and the youth of kilometres or 21⁄2 inlies) an hour cellings but The Japanese today has not rogained "31, part- or 40 ri tabout 100 kilometres bei maid ones. 17 use al Japan's present or 100 milra) in ten hours. They! educational eystun Therefore, had to carry their own weight

he argued, som speels og ninjutsu should be revived unct stulled.

Studied by spies

were

The techniques of ninjutsu studied sples in

hy feudal days. They

were sald

to be invisible because they could do KO

things many which the normal man thought impossible!

tvere

After undergoing training, the ninjutsu men could; run long distances, parachute ; uff castle walls, elinib chits, avim underwater, Waik CHI water mel evel crawl 071 cellings. They were also experts at Juti ani kuto (Fighting with staver) and housebreaking They had special equipment

for their work.

Mr Fujilu said that 700 years ogo linen parachutes wire used But spies could leap off cliffs or walls 70 fret high and flout to earth. ·

a

Six hundred years ago, tou, they used two inventions to 1- able them to walk on water, One was a pair of gela (worden.

had Japanese shoea) which

under wooden board altached neath at the end of the geta near the toe. The hard hung

Mr Fuilt downwards and, cluimet, enabled shuffle over water.

21 built to

The other invention was on O-shaped piece of wood with leather stretched inside the eir- cle of the O by thongs. A man could place his foot on the lea- ther and move over water.

Mr Fujit sold

that the training was rigorous.

Sports

survey

By ALL-ROUNDER THEIR FRIEND WENT. TOO. - A Kidderminster householler was surprised to hear voices ending from the shing poul opposite is home in the early hours of the morning, especially By it was raining har<l.

Upon investigation he found four anglers all in their early teens and three of them were pushing the fourth in a cripple What chair. He was a spastle. Jends

savour to the story is that the three youngsters had

angling. pushed their crippled friend through the teeming rain all the way from Kingswinford and that is ten lles from the Kidderminster pond!

ARMY LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.-Results of -finals in the Army Lawn Tennis Championships at Aldeshot were: Men's sinstles: 2/L LLC. Freeman bent 2/14 C.A.S. Wise. Women's singles: Capt D.J. Tempie (holder) beat Ple P. Sutherland. Open doubles: 2/

Lts Freeman and Wise bent Ma- Jor E.C. Fraser and Pte J.N. Storey. Women's doubles: Capt M.E. Macingan and Capt. Tem- ple beat Capt. P.C. Davis and Pte Sutherland. Mixed doubles: 2/Lt Wise and Capt Davin best 2/Lt Freeman and Capt. Mac-i Jagan. Veterans' singles; Major R. Ninness beat Lt. Col M.D. Maclogan. Veterans' doubles: Lt. Col Marlagan and Major Fraser beat General Sir GeoGrey Bourne and Major General H. Martin.

MY DEAR WATSON. Peter Walcon, Aston Villa's 17- year-old whiker from Newry Town, is going to cost the Birmingham club kome money If he makes the grade,

Vilim pald the Irish League Club £000 for his transfer but the terms of the agreement call for a graded scale of extra' pay- abents if Watson "mthes godá." After 20 reserve games Newry will get an additional £500 and yet another £500 who the boy completed 10 first hap

team games. Then a Youth "cap" will menn another £250, an "Under 23" "C#" £250 inore, *** International £250 and a full International "cap" a dual £1,000.

Yet young Pater was porn in nearty Coventry, Amul ban qualjšertiana bolji for England and Northern Irelandi

To demonstrate his own up- for 2 (80 kiloanetres or 30 plezee, Mr Fujita pulled his miles) und be able to walk from thumb mit of its socket and Edo (the old name for Tukyo) | wuggled it around. He said that to Kyoto (about 380 kilometres, | he could do this

his with or about 240 miles in a straight shoulders and elbows, so that if Bae) in three days,

his head could pass through a small gap he would be able to wriggle the rest of his body thth

Fast curiers in ancient days nach the trip in six days.

Fujiu said ulujutsu men were also

M

that

euired to run so fast that th

Books

tly of an 18-foot fang length During the Paville

War, M

of cloth tied to the backs of ¦ Fujita fùight many of his 'nly- their heads did not lough the¦ Jutsu principles and techniques i ground.

at a spy school. Today, he teaches some of them to me hers of Japan's police force.

8-foot jumps

They also had to learn to hond their breath for dive CH six minutes unter water, AL feat which they practised every day by plucing their heads in fub of water. One school of ninjutsut

pupils lift tel require its

water with pebbles out of the their mouths.

If it was 160 cold in winter to practise swimming in ponds or rivers, the student spies trained on the duur.

Mr Fujita faid that the spies practised Junping over a typ of Bux which grew rapidly to height of eight to ten feet. They

day and som practised every peached a height of 2.7 metres faver # feel) (the existing world record is 2.22 metres), The jumps were made without a preliminary run.

Ninjutsu students were able

He has written several books i on the history of the ancient art but declares that knowledge of some of the

more dangerous principles and techniques will die with him. He does not want them used against modern society.

Nevertheless, he believes that many techniques used in niajul- su training could be adopted to modern sports. In running for example, he says, athletes should not swing their hands but keep them relaxed and so conserve and Jump energy. Hop-step eksed, athletes keep their mouths

their fighting spirit.

otherwise thes lost

"It is necessary tur Japanese their pre- athletes to restore

war fighting spirit as well us their spirit of endurance,” Mr Fujita argues, "If they trained as hard as the ninjutsu artists. I am sure they could win many events."--China Mall

to trail an eilings by develop | Olymple log supple lees and Gingers Sueciat.

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EARLY FAME

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A new China Mail series on sportsmen, and sportswomen who rose to the top while still in their 'teens.

The babe of the water babies

By Dennis Drew

Swim-kids

water babes that's what they called Great Britain's girl swimmers in 1957 and 1958. And no won- der. The oldest of the four -girls was Judy Grinham-and

she was 19!

The babe of the babes was a Diana Wilkinson, a curly hair- ed schoolgirl from Stockport, Cheshire. She was just 13 years and 3 months when she was first selected to swim for Great Britain against West Germany at Liverpool, becom- ing the youngest person ever to represent her country in an international match.

WORLD BEATER Diana was not on the winning side, but

she broke three British swimming records. In the 100 yards free- style she clocked 60.3 secs and set a new English native senior up record and new British and English junior records.

Six months later, and still not 14, she smushed 19 records in four days' swimming at Blackpool. By Decem- ber she had won her way into the hearts of Britain's sportsmen and sportswomen. She was elected the Sportswoman of the Year in a na tional newspaper poll.

THE CHASE GAVE HIM MEST HAVE TIRSÓ THE BLACK DEVIL OUT

MARNIE-

BUSHMIL

MEANWHILE, SADIE AND BRICK HAVE

GOTTEN TEK FEGOM KIPEDITION TO ROTA LINDBLAY==

AS YOU KNOW, THE MÄRTAL DE "THESE SHOU ABSORBS RADIO WAVES, SO THEY'LL NEVER POK ME VRON RADAR!

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HAVE DOZEG

INDEED

YOU DID UTILE NICK. AND NOW, SIR CAM MASTER/

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But it was with those other teenagers, Judy Grinham, Anita Lonsbrough and Christine Gosden that the now 14-year-old Diana really became a world beater.

The four swim kids were on top of the

world when they swam the medley relay championship at the Empire Games in Cardiff, faster than any other female foursome.

Diana was the last girl into the bath

for the British teum. Her team- mates, realising that she would be swimming against the world's fastest woman in water-Aus- tralia's Dawn Fraser-set cracking pace. When Diana hit the water she bad a

POUR ASHES

OVER HIM IN

a

fair lead over Dawn. The Aus- traliau managed to reduce it, but she was never able to overhaul the determined lass from Stockport.

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WORLD-CUP SOCCER

FACTS AND FIGURES

By IVOR YORKE

The finals of the seventh Jules Rimet (World) Cup competition take pluce in Chile between May 30 and June 17, 1962.

This column is designed to keep you up to date with fuets and figures about some of those taking part.

Twelve places left

permanent place in the vide had it not been for the com- parálive failure of the forwards in their early matches In Group Four (Braill, Eng land, Austria, Russia). However, Pele way given the inside-left spot against Russia, 110 performance apparentl salisfled team

selector Vicento Feola, for he was retained for

the quarter-final match against Wales. And Pele justified the

goul,

By the end of December, the faith la him by scoring the only original 56 entrants for A superb hal-trick in the the 1962 World Cup wll semi-final against France was probably have

further success in been followed by whittled down to the 14the Baal against Sweden and Pele had arrived Ds a world finalists plus Brazil (the star. holders) and Chile (the Since then, many, abortive host country) who auto- efforts have been made to lure matically qualify for the him away from Santos. Fabul~ final stages.

and bonuses have from him away. In addition, two more South so for kept

Europe. American countries have reach-

But peralips there is more et the last stages, Colombla

to it than money. A year after beat Peru 1-0 and drow 1-1 Brazil's World Cup success. win Group II of the South

Another of their stars, Didi, American zone; Argentina

signed for Real Madrid, who thre bed Ecuador 5-0 and 0-3

were then at the height of to win Group Que,

their power.

ous salvries

With such brillant players as Puskas and Genta

an assured sué- cess. But the Brazilian failed A in and returned home next year. Ils form has suf- fered ever since.

One shock has been the celipse of the George Orth-Di Stefano, trained Paru. (remember their already in the forward line 4-1 over England two years ago) Didi scomed who were Tegarded as dark horses for the Cup, but few caff 10 be surprised at the succoss of Argentian, who have been run- ning into form since the pre- On that evidence Pele has vious World tournament In

perhaps decided not to risk his 1954.

in Europe for the ruputation Winners of the South Ameri-me being. After next year can Championship in 1959, the Real might decide he just Argentinians won the Pan- the man to succeed Puskas.

Amerleu Championship the following season.

Most astonishing thing about

the Argentinian success is that a dine side has been built up during the post three years after the almost traditional drift of Į their stars to Europe.

Estimates say that 100 players left South America since the war to try their luck in Europe, among them Ernesto Grillo (to Mitan ind back), Enrique Sivor! (Juventus) and the maestro himself, Alfredo Di Stefano.

Brazilian boy wonder

Fans will miss Boniperti

Even if Italy win their

qualifying matches with Israel later this year and thus reach the World finals, Chilean enthusiasts will miss seeing one of soccer's all-time greats➡ Giampiero Boniperti, who has retired,

Boniperli, 34, skippered the John Charles club Juventus and his country, during 15 years at the top.

U

Thouch usually regarded as centre-forward, Buniperti

have no intention of leav- ing my club and I've had blossomed into one of the most no discussions with any versatile footballers In Italy, Italian officials.” That He played outside-right for the simple sintement by 20-FIFA team which met England at Wembley as part of the year-old Edson Arantes Football Association's 90th an do Nascimento (Pele)niversary celebrations, scoring should quash the wild twice in that much-discusacci rumours which have been 4-4 draw. He also played in- circulating about the side forward and wing half.

Yet despite his undoubted Brazilian wonder-boy.

talent, Baniperti was often For several months now comething of an enigma to gosalp linked Pule's name with Italian fogs. He was just, as Mulan clubs Juventus (Turin) } likely to earn brickbats as and Internazionale (Millan). All bouquets.

one time it seemed as though

upp of the world's greatest Inside-forwards would be tempted away from Santos, the club he joined at 15.

Most

relieved will be the soccer-mad Brazilian suppor-

meluang

Cup venues

ters, who see Pele as the young Four grounds will be used

to guide them

MR1 their in the World cup.

Lowards second successive success

for the three-week World Cup finals.

The 88,000 capacity sladium Although Pele had been capped in Santiago, the capital, will be a few months earlier, Brazilians used for ten matches including mined their eyebrows when he | the 'anal and match for third was included in the party which place, travelled to Sweden for The The remaining 22 games wili be split between Arica And Strangely, the young Negro | Rancagum (both 25.000) and might have had to wall for a Vina Del Mar (35,000).

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