![]() My sister Ruth has accompanied me on this Ninja go! journey. ![]() This book was discovered in a second hand shop in Melbourne, otherwise I may still have been blissfully ignorant about this very popular ninja juggernaut. I learnt that from the Official Guide to Ninjago shown above in the bottom left hand corner. ![]() Although they did not feature in the movie the four most powerful allies of the ninja are the elemental dragons they meet in their adventures. Many of the locations in the movie are also related to the elements such as The Temple of Fire and the Volcano Lair. Even so the ninja use the elements as weapons to fight the bad guys and in the 2017 movie Ninjago there is talk of elemental powers, inner peace and the right path. ![]() And admittedly Sensei Wu looks and sounds Chinese. Admittedly these are not the traditional five elements found in Japan, either the Chinese or Buddhist versions. Enter the Lego Ninjago Masters of Spinjitzu, launched in 2011! In this latest western reinvention of the ninja the elements are central to the story – fire, ice, earth(quakes), lightning, water, and green energy. ![]()
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