PAGE 18, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 1983# WHITBY FR EE MfESS ENTERTA INMENT gouo q o gw r - ou 0 gm a du gu a g0ggaaa Gagu q quo aau ,A CONTESSA Is pleased to announce that ' Cathy Girwood"l Ivan's Halrstyllng 1400 Dundas St. E, Whltby has joined aur staff tFor the month of October 2PE5 O/OFF PERMSCUT & BLOW DRY This Offor applIeS ta aty) I Cathy would also Uike to welcomne customers 61d & new to contact her at her new location. 4 ~oaoaoaoo 668,a 9262 LA CONTIESSA HAIR SALON 119 Green St., Whltby U.~.LLS.&ULLLLULLRl1a.n.i oooia00 0Bo n a n. Cho Osaki (Sho'Kosugi) defends himself against Braden (Artbur Roberts), a masked minja warrior, i the martial arts thriller, Revenge of the Ninja, now playing at the Oshawa Centre Cinema. Revenge of the Ninja Silently, an agile figure sbrouded in black climbs tbrough the shadows of a modern glass skyscraper. His quick and skillful ascen- sion makes it appear as if he is defying gravity, betraying his long years of training. Obviously, this is no daredevil performing a publicity stunt. A crowd has gathered below, and- watches nervously as a dedicated film. crew photographs , bis progress. The crowd chatters curiously, un- noticed by a silent ob- server Who stands- alongside the director, concentrating upon the scene-in-progress. >Someone asks aloud Who the human fiy is supposed to be. The answer is almost a whisper: 'A Ninja."' It is a word that means nothing to the citizens of Sait Lake CitY, who found their business 'streets and neighborhoods overrun 1 by an army of technicians, a collection 1 of unewrdvermin and two strangely gar-i bed highly-skilled matrial arts experts for Il the -production ofd "Revenge of the Ninja" C a high-powered action V adventure film to beM released in theatres this n month.d Directed by Sam Fir- 'f stenberg, "-Revenge of tu the Ninja" stars Sho w Kosugi, former Al 0 Japan Karate Cham- cf pion, and Keith Vitali, America's current th Black- BeIt Karate eE Champion. - AlI<> 0' featured are Virgil sfi Frye, Arthur Roberts, ei Mario Gallo, Ashley ai Ferrare and Kane ch Kosugi, who i addition dh to being a black-belt Ch karate expert is also Sho ai Kosugi's eigbt year-old l son. for Written by James R. Silke, the film concerns Cho Osake (Sho Kosugi), a man forced to fiee bis family's bomeland in Japan when a band of Ninja warrors executes bis family. Along witb bis infant son and mother, who also survived the massacre, be embarks upon a new life in America, biding the fact that he too is a Ninja, -a deadly practitioner of the art of assass in ation. Their new and tranquil life is shattered wben a bizarre series of murders entangles Cho, forcing bim to reveal bis identity and to wage battle against a Ninja warrior who seeks bis destruction. Called the "art of in- visibility," Ninjitsu bas been veiled in secrecy since its inception in Japan in tbe sixth cen- tury. It bas been the subject of outrageous myths, which various books and motion pic- tures bave ,exploited over the past few years, resulting in an in- creasing public interest in the exotic martial art. The origins of Ninjitsu have been traced to a dissertation written by ECinese strategist Sun Wu sometime between 300 and 500 B.C. It did not begin to evolve as a distinct discipline of martial arts, however, until it reached Japan vhere it slowly evolved )ver the course of five ,enturies. In the sixtb century, he Japanese nation was ,mbroiled i civil strife ver the choice of the tate religion. Forced to igage in battle with the ristocratie ruling lass, the warring Bud- uist priests employed iinese miitary tactics id subterfuge to t eutralize the massive a rces. sent against d tbem. In order to sur- vive, tbey witbdrew to the mountainous regions of Japan's Iga and Koga provinces and engaged in guerilla war- fare. Over the course of history these clan- destine tribes, com- bining perfect physical conditioning witb psychological warfare and special weapons, became adept at espionage, arson, sabotage and murder. Much like the inhabitan- ts of' the ancient city- states of Sparta, Ninja off-spring were trained allmost-from birtb to serve as warriors. many legends arose to surround the Ninja in, mystery - tbey were said to be capable of disappearing at will, of flying tbrougb the air, breatbing underwater and many other clearly impossible- tasks. In. trutb, 'the Ninja were experts in camoflage and undercover ac- tivities. A Ninja spy would be tboroughly schooled in the customs, costumes and dialeet of the com- munity he was assigned to survey. This training made it possible for a Ninja to blend into the population of the village, rendering him "invisible" to anyone wbo did not know bis true identity. Experts in ail forms of martial arts, the Ninja added a unique arsenal of special weapons: dirks (throwing stars); caltrops; shuriken; and tegakis. In addition, they were taugbt to rnake and employ a wide variety of poisons :o blind or kW an op- xonent. A superb escape artist, the Ninja warrior vas taught early on bow to dislocate bis joints and wriggle out 0f bon- Lage. L"I .......... 0 Do 0 Oô 0 0 c'VA m