Ninjitsu is the ancient Japanese Art of the Ninja. It is the
martial art of choice for the night vagabonds and killers. Ninjitsu
unlike it's social counterpart, the Samurai, is an underground
class of warriors trained to quickly gain entrance to hire security
areas and achieve it's mission. Ninjitsu began more than 800 years
ago. Ninja means "stealers - in".
Their forte is espionage and assassination, by any means possible.
Ninjas were usually trained from childhood and continued learning
the art of Ninjitsu from birth. Soon, even the elite Samurai class
began to fear the Ninja for their notorious skills. Ninjitsu was
practiced in great secrecy. Upon the arrival of Modern Japan, the
Ninjitsu class was absorbed into Japan's Secret Service arm of the
government. The art of Ninjitsu was later brought to the western
world during the 1970's because of the work of Doron Navon and
Stephen Hayes. They found a Ninjitsu headmaster living in Japan who
was willing to train them.
The art of Ninjitsu is also known as "ninpo". Ninpo is a
traditional Japanese bujutsu martial art that goes bcack for tens
of centuries. It was developed as a counter culture art to the
Samurai Warrior Class and was considered to be anti-government and
illegal. Ninpo continues to be practiced today unter the tutelage
of Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, 34th Grandmaster of the Togakure Ryu
Ninjitsu Tradition. Dr. Hatsumi is considered to be the last
variable true Ninja Grandmaster having a direct line of decent
going back to Feudal Japan.
The art of Ninjitsu has no bounds. Their direct aim is
assassination and espionage. They use many stealth and killer
tactics including ninja stars, throwing knives, smoke bombs,
poisons, darts, bow and arrows, karate, wrestling and guerilla
warfare tactics. Ninjitsu is best known for their black uniforms
and shurikens.
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