Do you have to be chinese to study, live in the shaolin temple? I've been stumped on this question for a while and was wondering does anyone know...

Forget the crap you see and hear in movies, I am trainning ninjutsu in my native language in a real school not ninja "temple".

Ninjas were farmers.

forget the cliches

Yes.

Prepare to learn the ancient ninja way to.

Sow seeds.

Pick vegetables.

Tend to manure.

Milk your cattle.

And much much more~

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Lol, I know they we're framers... but I asked about xiaolin.

Massive facepalm much?

"Ninjas", in the real world sense, were samurai who were trained for stealth and assassination missions. They frequently disguised as farmers, hence the use of "kunai", a common gardening tool, serving a function similar to a spade, doubling as a handy assassination weapon.

"Ninjas", in the current sense of the word, are a product of kabuki theater. It was a common tradition in kabuki theater to dress stage hands in black so they would blend in with the background of the stage, and go unnoticed by the audience. When depicting the figures of legend, they dressed them in the uniform of the stagehands, to indicate to the audience that these people were invisible.

You can't be a shaolin monk.

Besides, who'd want that? A lifetime of training and meditation? Ick, I'd rather have my shows and hobbies left alone.

And why not? plus shaolin have tv and all that other stuff times have changed...
there not all old school like they used to be.

well, as far as i know, you go to this camp and live in a temple, with no air conditioner........and do chores. And learn kung fu.

actually they were peasents trained to do the dirty work a samurai couldnt do, they were totally different groups.

Oh please.

You take a mechafag who hates Japan seriously?
Ninjas are mad gay.

Ah, to be young and stupid again.

Mostly stupid.

I don't think they get good connection on that TV you mentioned, high up in the mountain. And I'm sure you'd probably be missing your favorite anime due to A : training or B : chores.

Honestly, what kind of kids are we getting these days, next they'll talk about sailing to some island to get a one piece bathing suit or "BECOMING DAH HOKAGE, BELIEVE IT."

Hakker, it's too late.
The invasion began three years ago.
In less than a year it took hold of children and rendered them idiotic beasts.

Trust me, I used to be one of them until I found my anti-Naruto/One piece.

Enjoying mecha anime =/= enjoying Japan.



But ninjas weren't samurai if I remember correctly. They were a totally different group.