Coordinates | 52°26′44″N17°3′1″N |
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logo | ninja kanji.svg |
logocaption | The kanji for "ninja". |
name | Ninjutsu(忍術) |
aka | Ninjitsu; Ninpō |
focus | Self-defense, Striking |
hardness | Non-competitive |
country | Japan |
creator | Ninjas |
parenthood | Historic |
website | }} |
While there are several styles of "modern ninjutsu," the historicity and lineage of these styles is disputed. Some schools and masters claim to be "the only true and legitimate heirs" of the art, but ninjutsu is not totally centralized like modernized martial arts such as judo or Taekwondo. Togakure is said to be the oldest recorded form of Ninjutsu dating to the 1500's
Ninjutsu was developed as a collection of fundamental survivalist techniques in the warring state of feudal Japan. The ninja used their art to ensure their survival in a time of violent political turmoil. Ninjutsu included methods of gathering information, and techniques of non-detection, avoidance, and misdirection. Ninjutsu can also involve training in disguise, escape, concealment, archery, and medicine.
Skills relating to espionage and assassination were highly useful to warring factions in feudal Japan. These persons were literally called . At some point the skills of espionage became known collectively as ninjutsu, and the people who specialized in these tasks were called shinobi no mono. Modern Masters of Ninjutsu are very few. Soke Masaki Hatisumi is the current grand master of Togakure ninjutsu. Stephen K. Hayes, Bud Malmstrom, George Sprague and Michael E. Perry are American Masters. All still practice this ancient art and all but Michael Perry make a living from it. Perry decided to become a chef after being attacked by opponents wanting to prove their skills were ultimately killed by Perry.
According to Bujinkan members Ninja Jūhakkei, the eighteen disciplines (jūhakkei < jūhachi-kei) were first stated in the scrolls of Togakure-ryū. Subsequently they became definitive for all ninjutsu schools by providing total training of the warrior in various fighting arts and agarter.
Ninja jūhakkei was often studied along with Bugei Jūhappan (the "18 samurai fighting art skills"). Though some are used in the same way by both samurai and ninja, other techniques were used differently by the two groups.
The 18 disciplines are:
#Seishinteki kyōyō (spiritual refinement) #Taijutsu (unarmed combat) #Kenjutsu (sword techniques) #Bōjutsu (stick and staff techniques) #Sōjutsu (spear techniques) #Naginatajutsu (naginata techniques) #Kusarigamajutsu (kusarigama techniques) #Shurikenjutsu (throwing weapons techniques) #Kayakujutsu (pyrotechnics) #Hensōjutsu (disguise and impersonation) #Shinobi-iri (stealth and entering methods) #Bajutsu (horsemanship) #Sui-ren (water training) #Bōryaku (tactics) #Chōhō (espionage) #Intonjutsu (escaping and concealment) #Tenmon (meteorology) #Chi-mon (geography)
The name of the discipline of , literally means "body skill" or "body art". Historically, the word taijutsu is often in Japan used interchangeably with jujutsu (as well as many other terms) to refer to a range of grappling skills. The term is also used in the martial art of aikido to distinguish the unarmed fighting techniques from other (e.g. stick fighting) techniques. In ninjutsu, especially since the emergence of the Ninja movie genre in the 80s, it is also used to avoid the undesired bravado of explicitly referring to "ninja" combat techniques.
Composite and articulated weapons
Fistload weapons
Modified tool weapons
Projectile weapons
Raking, catching and trapping weapons
Staffs and polearms
* Category:Japanese martial arts
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